US 12,453,581 B2
Handheld gynecological device
Julien Finci, Lutry (CH); and Jérémie Trommer, Saint Piere en Faucigny (FR)
Assigned to ASPIVIX SA, Renens (CH)
Appl. No. 18/252,479
Filed by ASPIVIX SA, Epalinges (CH)
PCT Filed Nov. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/081276
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/101284, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 1441/20 (CH), filed on Nov. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008899 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/42 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00561 (2013.01); A61B 2017/4225 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handheld gynecological device for cervix handling, comprising:
a body member defining a vacuum chamber and having a proximal end and a distal end;
a piston member being at least partially received in the vacuum chamber and configured such that at least a portion of the piston member is displaceable in the vacuum chamber from a first position to a second position for creating a vacuum in the vacuum chamber;
an actuating mechanism having an actuating member;
a rod member having a proximal end and a distal end, the rod member defining a lumen and being configured to be coupled to the body member; and
a suction head configured to engage at least a portion of a cervix of a patient, the suction head being fluidly connected to the distal end of the rod member and having a cross-section that is larger than a cross-section of the rod member;
wherein the position of the rod member along the longitudinal axis of the body member is fixed relative to the body member when the rod member is coupled to the body member; and
wherein the actuating member is coupled to the body member and/or the rod member and is configured to be switched from a disconnected position, in which the vacuum chamber of the body member is fluidly disconnected from the lumen of the rod member, to a connected position, in which the vacuum chamber of the body member is fluidly connected to the lumen of the rod member.