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US 2008/0306345 A1Published application
Vaginal Speculum Arrangement
AssigneeForth Photonics Ltd.
InventorKonstantinos Balas
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AssigneeForth Photonics Ltd.
InventorKonstantinos Balas
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A vaginal speculum arrangement includes a blade system for opening the vagina having a first blade (1) and a second blade (2) physically separable from one another, and an injection mechanism for dispensing a diagnostic marker onto the surface of the examined tissue having an injection probe (7). The direction of application of the diagnostic marker by the injection probe is not influenced by separation of the first and second blades and thus the injection probe (7) allows for a substantially homogeneous application of the diagnostic marker on a desired area in the examined vaginal or cervical tissue, irrespective of the degree of separation of the blades (1,2). The probe may be a nozzle generating a desirable injection pattern. The probe may be affixed to an extension rod, which may be mechanically coupled with the speculum blades. Optical, electronic imaging means, illumination means and treatment tools may be mounted onto the extension rod, which rod may be reversibly attached to mechanical positioning systems or to imaging devices used in colposcopy. The speculum arrangement may be used as a tool for diagnostic and screening examinations and for the treatment of cervical and vaginal neoplasias.
A vaginal speculum arrangement comprising,
A vaginal speculum arrangement comprising,
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