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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2013
Coloplast A/s, Humlebaek, DK;
Sarah J. Deitch, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ty Erickson, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Allen Gaynor, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Jeffrey Brian Taylor, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Michael M. Witzmann, Shoreview, MN (US);
Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek, DK;
Abstract
A vaginal manipulator includes a head, a tissue index, a door, and a head extender. The head has a first end connected to a distal end of a shaft and a distal end opposite of the first end, and an anterior side opposite a posterior side. The anterior side of the head has a first lateral edge opposite of a second lateral edge, where the first and second lateral edges of the anterior side of the head extend between the first end and the distal end of the head. The tissue index is attached to the head. The door has a pivot portion attached to a distal portion of the head and a free portion that is movable away from the first end of the head. The head extender attached to the distal end of the head and configured to provide manipulation and control of an apex the vagina.