Surgery – Female reproductory tract shields – supports – or birth...
Patent
1997-12-04
1999-08-10
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Female reproductory tract shields, supports, or birth...
128836, A61F 606
Patent
active
059342790
ABSTRACT:
A pessary insertion apparatus providing a rigid, elongated body having an crescentic shape. The body defines a bottom portion and a pair of opposing side wall portions. The side wall portions extending from the bottom portion a distance approximately equal to or greater than the height of the folded pessary. The body sized and adapted to hold the pessary therein. The crescentic shape extending the full length of the body so that, when in the vaginal cavity, the body holds the vaginal cavity open and defines a passageway through which the user may reach the back end of the pessary to force the pessary from the body and into position. Holes in the bottom portion of the body enhance gripping of the pessary insertion apparatus.
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Flyer: Bioteque America, Inc., Pessary Flexible Silicone Ring Rings Are The Most Commonly Used Pessaries For Minor Degree Prolapse (Date Unknown).
Brown Michael A.
Griffin Jeffrey E.
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