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US 2022/0175573 A1Published application
Hannah Cervical Cup
OwnerAshley Camille CRAFTONinventor
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Abstract
A cervical cup includes a body having a flange and a vacuum port so that application of a vacuum to the port will secure the cervical cup to a cervix disposed inside of the body of the cup. Example of the disclosed methodology to treat preterm birth includes inserting of a cervix into a cervical cup and applying a vacuum to a vacuum port of the cervical cup so as to secure the cervical cup to the cervix.
Claims20
A cervical cup, comprising:
- a body generally extending along a first direction along an axial axis thereof, said body being generally curved and open at a proximal end;
- a flange attached to the proximal end of said body;
- and
- a vacuum port connected to the body at a distal end of said body,
- wherein, said body is curved with respect to a radial axis thereof so as to create asymmetry about the axial axis and the cervical cup is adapted to secure a cervix disposed inside of the body with an application of a vacuum to said vacuum port.
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A cervical cup, comprising:
- a body generally extending along a first direction along an axial axis thereof, said body being generally curved and open at a proximal end portion thereof;
- a flange formed by curving the proximal end of the body to form a lip and extending the proximal end of the body pass the lip in a second direction generally opposite to the first direction such that the curved end portion forming the flange radially extends away from the body;
- and
- a vacuum port connected to the body at a distal end portion of said body,
- wherein, the cervical cup is adapted to secure a cervix disposed inside of the body with an application of a vacuum to said vacuum port.
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A method to treat preterm birth, the method comprising:
- inserting end portions of a cervix into a cervical cup, said cervical cup comprising a body generally extending along an axial axis thereof, a flange attached to a proximal end portion of said body, and a vacuum port disposed at a distal end portion of said body;
- and
- inducing tension to the cervix by applying a vacuum to said vacuum port to reconstitute the cervix as a treatment of preterm birth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.