US3900033A - Dilator for cervical canal - Google Patents

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US3900033A
US3900033A US338697A US33869773A US3900033A US 3900033 A US3900033 A US 3900033A US 338697 A US338697 A US 338697A US 33869773 A US33869773 A US 33869773A US 3900033 A US3900033 A US 3900033A
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Brenton Ray Lower
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Priority to IE467/74A priority patent/IE39335B1/xx
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M29/00—Dilators with or without means for introducing media, e.g. remedies
    • A61M29/02—Dilators made of swellable material
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/42—Gynaecological or obstetrical instruments or methods
    • A61B2017/4216—Operations on uterus, e.g. endometrium
    • A61B2017/4225—Cervix uteri

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  • ABSTRACT A novel inflatable device is disclosed for use in dilating various body cavities, and especially the human cervix, comprising an envelope member having an enlarged bulbous portion on one end, and a shield at the opposite end.
  • the envelope member is inflatable with suitable gases such as carbon dioxide, or liquids such as saline, distilled water and the like.
  • the human cervix is a canal having an inner and outer restricted s and varying in length from individual to individual, but usually of the order of about 2 centimeters.
  • the canal itself is more elastic than either the inner or the outer 0s and as between the two, the inner 05 is much more restricted and intractable to dilatation than the outer 0s.
  • Hegar dilators a series of solid, rodlike instruments of graduated diameter used in a serial fashion by the physician.
  • the physician first inserts a Hegar dilator of low cross sectional area, removes the dilator and replaces it with the dilator of next higher cross sectional area. He continues this until adequate dilatation occurs. This normally takes two or three minutes and is usually accompanied by a distressing amount of pain and discomfort for the patient.
  • Anesthetics are generally required but are not altogether satisfactory.
  • a general anesthetic has the disadvantage of requiring the presence of an anesthesiologist, thus complicating the procedure.
  • the patient When local anesthetics are used, the patient nevertheless frequently experiences a great amount of discomfort from the procedure. This is probably caused by the disproportionate amount of large longitudinal force required to achieve the relatively small amount of transverse force necessary to produce adequate dilatation. Administration of the local is itself not without discomfort.
  • a dilatation device which relatively painlessly and effortlessly produces dilatation of a body canal, especially the cervical canal, when employed by one practitioner only.
  • FIG. 1 shows a specific embodiment of the device of the invention.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show the position of the device in place in a cervix
  • FIG. 4 shows a modification of the present device.
  • FIG. 1 there is depicted at l a typical dilator of the present invention in inflated form but outside the body canal.
  • the device comprises an inserter tube 2 shrouded by a collapsible, relatively non-expansible envelope 3 having (in its non-collapsed form) a relatively constant cross sectional diameter.
  • Envelope 3 is attached at one of its ends to shield 4 and is engaged in fluid tight relationship with the insertion tube 2 and shield 4.
  • extension tube 5 Projecting through shield 4 and coordinating with tube 2 is extension tube 5.
  • the device is inserted in a manner described in more detail herein below, such that the shield 4 is the proximal end and enlarged portion 6 represents the distal end.
  • Tube 2 is provided with preferably a plurality of ports 7 so that gas or liquid may be transmitted through the tube into the envelope 3.
  • Tube 5 is connected to a source of fluid pressure (not shown) preferably a chemically inert, physiologically acceptable fluid such as carbon dioxide, saline solution, distilled water, and the like.
  • device I is inserted into the human cervix without prior dilatation.
  • the distance between the shield 4 and enlarged portion 6 is sufficient to permit contact along tyhe entire length of the cervix by tube 3 including the inner 0s 9 and outer 0s 8.
  • FIG. 2 shows the presence of the device of the invention in collapsed form, in place in the cervix to demonstrate that enlarged portion 6 is located beyond the inner os 9.
  • Envelope 3 is preferably 2-3 centimeters long. While the human cervical canal is approximately 2 to 2.5 cm. long, it is desirable to have envelope 3 somewhat longer to ensure adequate occlusion. For devices used to dilate other canals, appropriate changes in dimension may be made as desired.
  • the diameter of tube 3 in its collapsed state be of the order of 2 4 millimeters.
  • Tube 2 preferably provided as a rigid or semirigid member such as plastic, stainless steel and the like, being shrouded with a small diametere envelope, may then be easily inserted.
  • the end of tube 2 comes into close proximity with the end of enlarged portion 6 although in FIGS. 1 and 2 it is shown at a significant distance therefrom.
  • Envelope 3 is made of a relatively non-elastic nonexpansible material such as a polyurethane, polyvinylchloride or polyethylene vinyl acetate copolymer.
  • a relatively non-elastic nonexpansible material such as a polyurethane, polyvinylchloride or polyethylene vinyl acetate copolymer.
  • thermoplastic polyurethanes having a molecular weight of 20,000 to 80,000 and preferably 40,000 to 50,000 such as those available under the trade name of Roylar E-9 from the Uniroyal Corporation.
  • Relative non-elasticity in the device in the present invention is important for two reasons. Since both the inner and outer ora are more intractable toward dilatationn than the main part of the cervical canal, any member which is relatively elastic will tend to dilate the inner portion preferentially.
  • FIG. 3 shows the placement of the device in the cervix following inflation.
  • Both inner 0s 9 and outer 0s 8 are dilated to approximately the same degree. Following administration in the manner described, and when the patient is sufficiently dilated, the device may be removed and the patient treated in accordance with her medical indications. Oftentimes, the degree of dilatation is so satisfactory that the device may be freely moved in and removed from the cervical canal without venting the systern.
  • shield 4 should be from I 2 centimeters, and preferably 1.5 centimeters; tube 3 from 8 14 millimeters and preferably 10 l2 millimeters in diameter in filled form and from 1.5-4 millimeters and preferably 2-3 millimeters in collapsed form; and tube 2 and tube 5 of the order of l 1.5 millimeters in diameter.
  • these dimensions should be increased and a sufficient amount of flexibility will be provided within each member so as to minimize the risks of perforation.
  • port 7 need not necessarily be located on the side but may be present as the open end of tube 2.
  • the seal between shield 4 and envelope 3 may be either at a point located on the shield itself away from the entry point of tube 2, or indeed, may be located at a point on tube 2 away from shield 4. Similar modifications may be employed.
  • the device of the present invention is also uniquely suited to being used as a drug delivery system and thus dilatation and therapy can be accomplished simultaneously. Additionally, under some circumstances, it may not be necessary to dilate to any significant degree at all.
  • An illustration of the former case is represented by a device I wherein enlarged portion 6 is impregnated with a suitable medicament. Dilatation of the cervix would then be accomplished by a slow leaching of the medicament from the device itself. This could be an important adjunct to the use of abortifacients and labor inducers.
  • envelope 3 may itself be impregnated with a drug so that contact with the cervi cal canal results in high local concentrations of medicament.
  • enlarged portion 6 may be fabricated with one or more depressions 10 as is shown in FIG. 4. 'll'lis depression may be filled with medicament. When the device is inserted and fluid pressure applied, the pressure will force the depression 10 and cause the release of the medicament into the uterus.
  • a dilator of the type described in FIGS. 1 and 2 EXAMPLE I The patient was l6 years old. of zero parity and 6 weeks gestational age. No anesthesia was used because of a known allergic history. Pressurization at 4.5 psig for 3 minutes produced some cramping but less discomfort than use of the tenaculum and much less than produced by subsequent evacuation of the uterus by aspiration. After removal of the dilator, an 8 millimeter curette could be introduced with only slight resistance.
  • EXAMPLE ll The patient was 19 years old. of zero parity and 7 weeks gestational age. Pressurization at 5 psig for 2 minutes followed by 6 psig for another 2 minutes produced no discomfort. Final dilatation was somewhat more than 9 millimeters.
  • EXAMPLE Ill The patient was 24 years old, of zero parity and 8 weeks gestational age. There was some discomfort at 5 psig pressure which diminished after the first 2 minutes. After a total of 3 minutes at 5 psig, pressure was increased to 6 psig for l more minute. The final size was 9 millimeters. The unusual amount of time required for dilatation here was caused by a very firm cervix.
  • EXAMPLE IV The patient was years old, of zero parity and 7 weeks gestational age. Pressurization was 6 psig for 1 minute followed by 7 psig for 2 additional minutes. There was no discomfort noted and the final size was 9 millimeters.
  • EXAMPLE V The patient was 21 years old, of zero parity and 8 weeks gestational age. After 3 minutes at 6 psig dilatation was 9 millimeters.
  • Example I the inflated dilator could be easily moved in the cervical canal even to complete withdrawal and reinsertion with no discomfort. While this was not possible in Example l, the presence of a very firm cervix in the patient necessitated venting in order to achieve a zero discomfort level for removal.
  • a body canal dilating device comprising a relatively non-elastic, non-expansible, collapsible, inflatable envelope, having two portions, the first said portion in the inflated state having a relatively constant diameter and a length sufficient to occlude a canal having more than one 05, and the other of said portions contiguous with the first said portion and being a terminal enlarged bulbous portion having a diameter in excess of said constant diameter in the inflated state, a tubular inserter member entering the first said portion and while inside thereof extending therethrough and into the inside of the other of said portions, a shield located in proximity of the entrance to the first said portion and engaged with said tubular member, said tubular member being adapted to permit entry into said envelope of a pressurizing fluid.
  • the device of claim 4 wherein the first portion and sid terminal enlarged bulbous portion are polyurethane having a molecular weight of between 20,000 and 80,000.
  • tubular inserter member is at least semirigid.
  • the method for dilating a body canal which comprises inserting the device of claim 6 into a body canal and directing the flow ofa fluid into said device to pressurize the device thereby and to cause consequent dilatation of said body canal.

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AU66211/74A AU485609B2 (en) 1973-03-07 1974-03-01 Surgical lila tor
GB932474A GB1457811A (en) 1973-03-07 1974-03-01 Medical dilator
PH15571A PH10674A (en) 1973-03-07 1974-03-04 Dilator for cervical canal
SE7402917A SE401319B (sv) 1973-03-07 1974-03-05 Anordning for utvidgande av kroppskanaler
IL44363A IL44363A (en) 1973-03-07 1974-03-06 Body canal dilating device
SU2009220A SU535885A3 (ru) 1973-03-07 1974-03-06 Устройство дл расширени каналов тела человека
ZA00741466A ZA741466B (en) 1973-03-07 1974-03-06 Novel dilator
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IE467/74A IE39335B1 (en) 1973-03-07 1974-03-06 Medical dilator
BE141775A BE812023A (fr) 1973-03-07 1974-03-07 Dilatateur nouveau
BR1695/74A BR7401695D0 (pt) 1973-03-07 1974-03-07 Dispositivo para dilatar um canal do corpo
AR252686A AR197859A1 (es) 1973-03-07 1974-03-07 Dispositivo dilatador de un canal del cuerpo
DE2410933A DE2410933A1 (de) 1973-03-07 1974-03-07 Dehnsonde zur erweiterung von koerperhoehlen
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