US 12,484,772 B2
Air speculum
Sefi Shachrur, Pardes Hana Karkur (IL)
Assigned to Ivy Next Ltd., Caesarea Industrial Park (IL)
Appl. No. 17/604,425
Filed by Ivy Diagnostics (2021) Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
PCT Filed Apr. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/053647
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/212923, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/835,532, filed on Apr. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218192 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/303 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/32 (2013.01) [A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/0661 (2013.01); A61B 1/303 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A speculum comprising:
a speculum sheath formed with a first lumen which is in fluid communication with a pump and controller unit configured for introducing pressurized fluid into a vagina, a second lumen in fluid communication with said pump and controller unit for measuring fluid pressure in the vagina, and a third lumen in which is disposed a viewing device, and a sealing structure at a distal end of said speculum sheath that is configured to seal said first and second lumens from escape of said pressurized fluid when said sealing structure is pressed against female anatomy relative to the vagina so that said pressurized fluid enters the vagina for efficient inflation and pressure measurement, and wherein said pump and controller unit comprises a pump, a flow meter, and a pressure relief safety valve.