Patent · US Expired

Side wall support speculum

US6024696A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 24, 1998
Grant dateFeb 15, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 24, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B1/32
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides hingeable side wall support blades integral with any of vaginal speculum parts that operatively lie circumferential to the view of the vagina, whereby the side wall support blades are movable from a collapsed position near the top or bottom blade to an upright position to press back the vaginal walls.

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