Device and method for the treatment of the vaginal canal and relevant equipment

A method of treating atrophic vaginitis, the method comprising:

• providing a laser source, said laser source emitting a laser beam;
• providing a device connected to the laser source, said device comprising a vaginal canal wall retractor having a longitudinal axis and a laser beam scanning system, said vaginal canal wall retractor is detachable from the laser scanning system and comprises spaced apart bars extending in the longitudinal axis and defining between them a hollow volume and an aperture, said laser beam scanning system being arranged and configured for receiving the laser beam from the laser source and directing said laser beam on a mirror arranged in the hollow volume, said mirror being arranged in a fixed position within said hollow volume at a distal part of said hollow volume;
• introducing the vaginal canal wall retractor in a vaginal canal of a patient having atrophic vaginitis;
• moving said laser beam according to a pre-settable treatment pattern via said laser beam scanning system;
• directing the moving laser beam towards the mirror;
• reflecting the laser beam by means of said mirror transversely to the longitudinal axis of the wall retractor through said aperture toward mucosa of a lateral surface of the vaginal canal, and applying the laser beam in points having a spacing of 5,000 micrometers or less along a predetermined path of the mucosa, the laser beam having a power of 2 to 100 W, a wavelength between 1,000 nanometers and 12,000 nanometers, and being pulsed with a pulse duration between 0.1 and 10 milliseconds or continuous with an emission duration between 0.5 and 50 milliseconds, to induce renewal of the mucosa and stimulate collagen production under the mucosa.