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US 12,257,175 B2Granted
Intravaginal device
AssigneeGals Bio Ltd.
InventorsHilla Shaviv, Nadav Cohen, Omer Shezifi, Daniel Rosenblum
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Abstract
An intravaginal device (1600) includes arms (1602) and struts (1604). Each strut of the struts (1604) has a first end (1610) coupled to a shaft (1606) arranged to slide in a tube (1608) and a second end (1612) coupled to one of the arms (1602). A string (1616) is coupled to the shaft (1606). The arms (1602) have a stowed orientation in which the struts (1604) are folded inwards and a deployed orientation in which the struts (1604) point radially outwards and tautly hold the arms (1602) in an expanded position.
Claims8
An intravaginal device comprising:
- arms, each of the arms has a proximal portion that pivots from a proximal base;
- struts, each of the struts has a first end coupled to a shaft arranged to slide in a tube and a second end coupled to one of said arms;
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- a string coupled to said shaft and arranged for pulling in a proximal direction, said arms having a stowed orientation in which said struts are folded inwards such that the second ends point towards a proximal end of said intravaginal device, and said arms having a deployed orientation in which said struts point radially outwards and tautly hold said arms in an expanded position in which distal ends of said arms define a distal open end, and wherein a covering surrounds said arms, and in the expanded position, a fluid can flow into said distal open end and the fluid is retained in said covering until the fluid is removed from said covering, and wherein each of said second ends is coupled to one of said arms in both the stowed orientation and the deployed orientation.
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