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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Maurice Andre Recanati, New York, NY (US);
Katherine Kramer, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Mohammad Ali Ozbeki, Novi, MI (US);
Jacob Carney, Berkley, MI (US);
Avik Chakravarty, Detroit, MI (US);
Amanda Nowicki, Plymouth, MI (US);
Alexander Von Mach, Birmingham, MI (US);
Steven Dudick, Tucson, AZ (US);
Maik Huettemann, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Jay Berman, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Robert Alan Welch, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Rita Semrick, Fresno, CA (US);
Maurice Andre Recanati, New York, NY (US);
Katherine Kramer, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Mohammad Ali Ozbeki, Novi, MI (US);
Jacob Carney, Berkley, MI (US);
Avik Chakravarty, Detroit, MI (US);
Amanda Nowicki, Plymouth, MI (US);
Alexander Von Mach, Birmingham, MI (US);
Steven Dudick, Tucson, AZ (US);
Maik Huettemann, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Jay Berman, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Robert Alan Welch, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Rita Semrick, Fresno, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A vaginal speculum and side wall retractor allows clinicians to visualize the cervix and upper vagina by retracting vaginal walls simultaneously. This device is comprised of a handle, a mobile introducer allowing the device to comfortably be inserted vaginally, and a lower blade capable of stabilizing the cervix and a body containing the side wall retractor. This retractor is comprised of a rolled-up sheet of transparent plastic which can be opened through a rotating shaft countersunk in the body of the base. A friction or sprocket gear allows the rotating shaft to open and close the plastic side wall retractor as well as completely unwinding the transparent plastic sheet so that the device can be removed while leaving surgical instruments in the vagina. The rotating shaft serves as a light guide and brings light from the knob, which contains an LED, into the rolled-up sheet during examinations.