GB1080448A - Vagina speculum - Google Patents

Vagina speculum

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Publication number
GB1080448A
GB1080448A GB52781/64A GB5278164A GB1080448A GB 1080448 A GB1080448 A GB 1080448A GB 52781/64 A GB52781/64 A GB 52781/64A GB 5278164 A GB5278164 A GB 5278164A GB 1080448 A GB1080448 A GB 1080448A
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Prior art keywords
blade
blades
speculum
adjustable
separation
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Expired
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GB52781/64A
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Monarch Molding Inc
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Monarch Molding Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/32—Devices for opening or enlarging the visual field, e.g. of a tube of the body

Abstract

1,080,448. Surgical specula. MONARCH MOULDING Inc. Dec. 30, 1964 [Jan. 20, 1964], No. 52781/64. Heading A5R. A disposable vaginal speculum of plastics material comprises a part 22 including a dilatory blade 50 and a handle 56, and a part 20 including a blade 24 and a lever part 34, 36, the two parts 20, 22 being pivoted together so that the separation between the ends of the blades is adjustable, and the pivot pins being selectively positioned in three bearings 68, 70 so that the separation between the blades at the pivot is also adjustable. A ratchet member 44 on the lever part locks into the handle 56 and when locked with the blades 24. 50 separated at their ends, also prevents adjustment of the pivot pins. The speculum is also provided with a lip 97 at the end of the blade 50, with two depending teeth at the end 98 of the blade 24, and with a thumb grip 40. In use, the body being examined is observed through the opening 26.
GB52781/64A 1964-01-20 1964-12-30 Vagina speculum Expired GB1080448A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US338946A US3332414A (en) 1964-01-20 1964-01-20 Vaginal speculum having selectively locked angular and vertical blade adjustment means

Publications (1)

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GB1080448A true GB1080448A (en) 1967-08-23

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US (1) US3332414A (en)
BE (1) BE658496A (en)
CH (1) CH442605A (en)
DE (1) DE1466865A1 (en)
FR (1) FR1423166A (en)
GB (1) GB1080448A (en)
SE (1) SE308001B (en)

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US3246646A (en) * 1962-10-31 1966-04-19 Cordis Corp Pivoted vaginal speculum having linear and angular blade adjusting means

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2438462A1 (en) * 1978-10-12 1980-05-09 Lamaf Kunststoffen Bv SPECULUM
GB2237202A (en) * 1989-10-10 1991-05-01 Chen Regina Ray Jean Vaginal speculum
GB2349826A (en) * 1999-05-13 2000-11-15 Samuel George Speculum
GB2349826B (en) * 1999-05-13 2001-08-01 Samuel George Speculum
GB2459076A (en) * 2007-10-10 2009-10-14 Evexar Medical Ltd Speculum with ratchet lock
GB2459076B (en) * 2007-10-10 2012-06-06 Evexar Medical Ltd Improvements in and relating to medical devices

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SE308001B (en) 1969-01-27
CH442605A (en) 1967-08-31
US3332414A (en) 1967-07-25
DE1466865A1 (en) 1969-03-27
FR1423166A (en) 1966-01-03
BE658496A (en) 1965-07-19

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