	US 12,419,510 B2
	Speculum
Jeffrey Ralph Swift, Boca Grande, FL (US); and Aaron J. Buchok, O'Fallon, MO (US)
Assigned to CooperSurgical, Inc., Trumbull, CT (US)
Filed by OBP Medical Corporation, Lawrence, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/225,345.
Application 18/225,345 is a division of application No. 16/515,371, filed on Jul. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,744,454.
Application 16/515,371 is a continuation of application No. 14/748,435, filed on Jun. 24, 2015, granted, now 10,368,733, issued on Aug. 6, 2019.
Application 14/748,435 is a continuation of application No. 14/316,787, filed on Jun. 26, 2014, granted, now 9,913,577, issued on Mar. 13, 2018.
Application 14/316,787 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/241,136, filed on Sep. 22, 2011, granted, now 9,307,897, issued on Apr. 12, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/387,038, filed on Sep. 28, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2023/0363636 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 1/303 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01)

CPC A61B 1/32 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00032 (2013.01); A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/303 (2013.01); A61B 1/0669 (2013.01)]

33 Claims

1. A speculum comprising:

a member comprising:

a handle extending in a first longitudinal direction,

a first blade extending distally with respect to the handle in a second longitudinal direction, and

a portion extending between the handle and the first blade, wherein the portion comprises a bottom wall extending in a third longitudinal direction of the portion and comprises sidewalls extending from the bottom wall, wherein the third longitudinal direction is different from the first longitudinal direction and the second longitudinal direction;

a second blade coupled to the member; and

a light emitting diode (LED) positioned adjacent a distal end of the portion for emitting light distally into a space between the first and second blades.