145 results about "Vaginal wall" patented technology

A vaginal sleeve used to cover the conventional vaginal speculum, generally comprising an elastomeric sheath having a small orifice at the distal end thereof a flange adapted to cover the pubic region, wherein the vaginal sleeve improves the physician's visibility during gynecological examination and surgical procedures, removes the need for using other medical instruments, such as retractors, by shoring the walls of the vaginal, and labia, from collapse, protects the walls of the vagina, and labia, during gynecological examinations and surgical procedures involving lasers and / or electricity, and further protect the vaginal region from speculum pinching during extraction.

In a preferred application, e.g., the repair of vaginal prolapse after relocation of the vagina and any organs displaced by the prolapse, corrective surgery is initiated by applying a hollow tubular element, formed to forcibly insert a barbed anchor attached to a distal end of a first length of suture, without any incision, from the inside of the vagina through the vaginal wall (the supported tissue) into selected support tissue within a patient's pelvis. This involves puncturing and thus locally severe physical distressing of both the supported tissue and the support tissue. The barbed anchor is left in the support tissue as the tubular element is then withdrawn from the support tissue and out of the vagina, leaving the proximate end portion of the suture extending through the vaginal wall into the vagina. A second such anchor, with a second length of suture attached thereto, is similarly inserted adjacent to the first anchor. The proximate end portions of the sutures are tied to each other inside the vagina, to thereby secure the vaginal wall to the support tissue with corresponding punctures formed in each by the insertions of the two anchors being thereby held in respective, precisely aligned, intimate contact during healing. This results in a pair of fused scars that cooperate to permanently bond the vaginal wall locally to the support tissue. If the sutures and / or the anchors are made of absorbable material they will all eventually disappear and the fused scars will provide the permanent bonding. If the anchors are made of non-absorbable material they may remain where located. A plurality of such paired fused-scar bonds may be generated, at the surgeon's discretion, to ensure adequate support for the repaired vagina. The apparatus and method can be readily adapted to similarly effect deliberate, local, beneficial bonding between other adjacent living tissues in a patient.

A computational model of the internal human pelvic environment. The model comprises meshed finite element regions corresponding to internal tissues or organs selected from the group consisting of pelvic muscles, vagina, vaginal walls, intestinal tissues, bowel tissues, bladder, bladder walls, cervix, and combinations thereof.

A modified Fletcher-Suit tandem tube applicator includes a balloon which can be inflated to both positionally secure the applicator within the vaginal canal and to distend the confronting vaginal wall thereby increasing the distance of such tissue from the radioactive source contained in the tandem tube of applicator and correspondingly reducing radiation damage to nearby tissues and organs such as the rectum and bladder.

A modified Fletcher-Suit tandem tube applicator includes a balloon which can be inflated to both positionally secure the applicator within the vaginal canal and to distend the confronting vaginal wall thereby increasing the distance of such tissue from the radioactive source contained in the tandem tube of applicator and correspondingly reducing radiation damage to nearby tissues and organs such as the rectum and bladder.

This application presents minimally-obstructive and structurally-adjustable retractors which afford an open work area of desirable size and enhanced visualization for a surgeon about the perineum and the posterior vaginal wall of the patient. The retractors may be lightweight and compact, and also configured and dimensioned to minimize slippage during use. The retractors may retract the engorged labia of the postpartum patient as well as the vaginal walls. The device may also be used as a speculum.

This application presents structurally-adjustable vaginal specula, which provides visualization and access to the vagina and the cervix. The specula may be lightweight and compact, and may also be configured and dimensioned to minimize slippage during use. The specula may comprise built-in light sources. The specula may comprise a fluid handler, for example, to remove fluids from the vagina during medical interventions. The specula may retract the labia as well as the vaginal walls. The speculum may also be used as a retractor.

A prosthesis for addressing pelvic organ prolapse in females comprises a frame fabricated from a shape memory material that supports a thin, flexible mesh sheet in a stretched condition when the frame is unconstrained. The mesh sheet is formed with two finger receiving pockets proximate its posterior periphery to be used by the surgeon in steering the prosthesis to a desired disposition within the pelvic basin. The frame is shaped so as to conform to and be supported by bone structures and muscle tissue in the pelvic basin while providing needed support to pelvic organs to maintain them in a proper position. The use of a shape memory material allows the prosthesis to be rolled or folded into a reduced size for ease of placement through a small incision in the wall of the vagina, but that springs back to its memorized shape following deployment from a delivery sheath.

A prosthesis for addressing pelvic organ prolapse in females comprises a frame fabricated from a shape memory material that supports a thin, flexible mesh sheet in a stretched condition when the frame is unconstrained. The mesh sheet is formed with two finger receiving pockets proximate its posterior periphery to be used by the surgeon in steering the prosthesis to a desired disposition within the pelvic basin. The frame is shaped so as to conform to and be supported by bone structures and muscle tissue in the pelvic basin while providing needed support to pelvic organs to maintain them in a proper position. The use of a shape memory material allows the prosthesis to be rolled or folded into a reduced size for ease of placement through a small incision in the wall of the vagina, but that springs back to its memorized shape following deployment from a delivery sheath.

The present invention refers to a vaginal device 1 of an elastic material, said vaginal device 1 comprising a longitudinal portion 2 having a geometrical centre line 3, an upper end 4 and a lower end 5 and which vaginal device 1 is intended to be inserted securely fixated inside of a vagina, the upper end 4 being the innermost of the vaginal device 1 in the vagina during use, to support against the urethra, through the vaginal wall, to prevent urinary stress incontinence in a woman, wherein the vaginal device 1 comprises at least one supporting portion 6 protruding from the longitudinal portion 2 and a reference member 7 protruding from the longitudinal portion 2 at the lower end 5, which reference member 7 during use is fixated against the vaginal introitus, holding the vaginal device 1 securely fixated inside of the vagina and ensuring said at least one supporting portion 6 to support against the urethra.

A non-expandable single use pessary device. The pessary device has a top, a base, a length, an outer surface, a longitudinal axis, a maximum diameter, and a minimum diameter that is less than the maximum diameter. The pessary device includes a pressure region adapted to extend between an anterior vaginal wall and a posterior vaginal wall of a user to provide pressure on the user's urethra through the vaginal wall. The pressure region includes the maximum diameter. In addition, the outer surface includes a usage indicator that is visible to a user viewing the outer surface of the device after the device is removed from the user's vagina.

A speculum cover that is adapted to sheath the blades of a speculum, and to support lateral vaginal walls to facilitate vaginal / cervical examination during gynecological exams and surgery. The speculum cover includes top and bottom pockets for the respective blades of the speculum, and side portions having openings therein for sampling of tissue at the vaginal locus. In a specific implementation, the speculum cover is of a four-ply construction, formed by impulse welding or other polymeric film joining technique, and the two inner plies of the cover include rearwardly extending flaps to which are adhesively secured donning guide members for facilitating installation of the cover on the speculum.

The invention relates to a Baofukang suppository with an expansion carrier, which is a vaginal suppository prepared by the following components in parts by weight: 60-100 parts of zedoary oil, 60-100 parts of borneol and matrix and 500-2,000 parts of expansion carrier; the surface of the expansion carrier is coated with a drug containing layer formed by at least a part of active ingredients and at least a part of matrix, and the expansion value of the expansion carrier is greater than 1.5. The Baofukang suppository has the benefits that the Baofukang suppository is convenient to use and long in effect time and takes effect fast; the pollution to clothes is avoided; an active drug can be uniformly distributed on a whole vaginal wall and uterine cervix, and permeated into a deep site of mucosa ruffles; surprisingly, the technological effects can still be realized under the conditions that even polyethylene glycol is not used and water is almost not used; the effective rate to mycotic vaginitis is 96.2%; and the effective rate to senile vaginitis is 96.6%.

Non-permanent occlusion of the uterine arteries is sufficient to cause the demise of uterine myomata without unnecessarily exposing other tissues and anatomical structures to hypoxia attendant to prior permanent occlusion techniques. A therapeutically effective transient time of occlusion of a uterine artery to treat uterine fibroid tumors is from 1 hours to 24 hours, and preferably is at least about 4 hours. A therapeutically effective temporary time of occlusion of a uterine artery to treat uterine fibroid tumors is from 1 day (24 hours) to 7 days (168 hours), and preferably is about 4 days (96 hours). By invaginating the tissues of the vaginal wall up to or around a uterine artery, collapse of the uterine artery can be achieved without penetrating tissue of the patient.

A prosthesis for addressing pelvic organ prolapse in females comprises a frame comprising first and second segments or halves fabricated from a shape memory material that together support a thin, flexible sheet in a stretched condition when the frame is unconstrained. The frame is shaped so as to conform to and be supported by bone structures and muscle tissue in the pelvic basin while providing needed support to pelvic organs to maintain them in a proper position. The use of a shape memory material allows the prosthesis to be rolled or folded into a reduced size for ease of placement through a small incision in the wall of the vagina, but that springs back to its memorized shape following deployment from a. delivery sheath. By providing a two-piece segmented frame, removal of the frame structure post implantation of the prosthesis is facilitated.

The present invention relates to a method for measuring the elasticity of the anterior walls of the human vagina. The elasticity of the vagina walls degrade as women age. When a condition occurs called pelvic organ prolapse, the vaginal walls have lost much of the visco-elastic properties. The ability to measure the elasticity in healthy women at an early age and track the changes over time will give researchers the chance to develop new therapies to manage this growing problem. The present invention makes multiple data measurements of vacuum pressures and proximity measurement, by the use of a small insertable, user friendly and quickly sterilizable vaginal device. The proximity sensor not only measures the deformation of the skin pulled into a small hole of the vaginal probe but also measures the skin deformation after the skin has retracted out of the probe hole.

Methods for assessment of pelvic floor conditions based on tactile imaging are described. The vaginal wall is deformed using a transvaginal probe equipped with tactile pressure sensors and a motion tracking sensor. The vaginal wall coordinates and pressure patterns are obtained during the examination and used to build 3-D tactile image of the vagina and to calculate elasticity modulus profiles and spacing profiles along selected lines inside 3-D tactile image. The profile values at specified locations are then compared with thresholds or profiles for normal conditions of vagina and its support structures. Methods of the invention are disclosed to be used in assessing a risk of pelvic organ prolapse development, estimating an extent of pelvic floor organ traumatic damage after childbirth and estimating an improvement after an interventional procedure.

A non-expandable pessary device, the pessary device having a top, a base, a length, a longitudinal axis, a maximum diameter, and a minimum diameter that is less than the maximum diameter. The pessary device has a pressure region adapted to extend between an anterior vaginal wall and a posterior vaginal wall of a user to provide pressure on the user's urethra through the vaginal wall. The pressure region includes the maximum diameter, and the maximum diameter is less than 25 mm.

A method of repairing a pelvic floor disorder and a system for carrying out the method are provided. The method is effected by positioning an imaging device in an abdominal, rectal, perianal or vaginal cavity, advancing a surgical instrument through a vaginal wall under guidance of the imaging device to thereby reach a target tissue and using the surgical instrument to attach the tissue repair device to the target tissue.

The invention relates to a nifuratel-nysfungin gel and a preparation method of the nifuratel-nysfungin gel. The gel is prepared by nifuratel, nysfungin, hydrogel matrix and other auxiliary materials. According to the invention, the pharmaceutical ingredients are fully dissolved and evenly mixed in the gel matrix, and the pharmaceutical ingredients are fully contacted with the vaginal wall, so that the bacteriostasis of the medicine is fully exerted, and the nifuratel-nysfungin gel is safe and comfortable to use without foreign body sensation and greasy feeling. The nifuratel-nysfungin gel canbe used for treating vulva and vaginal infections and vaginal mixed infection caused by bacteria, trichomonas and candida, thus effectively maintaining the physiological environment of the vagina, providing the survival condition suitable for vaginal beneficial bacterium group and promoting disease recovery.

A guard and guide apparatus and method is used with a speculum having jaws in a vagina to define a passage toward a cervix at an end of the vagina. The guard and guide apparatus has a guard body movable into the passage, the guard body having sides, a top and a bottom defining a tunnel toward the cervix for preventing contact between a probe and walls of the vagina. Flexible cervix panels are at the inner end of the guard body and extend toward the fornix of the cervix for covering the fornix to protect it from contact by the probe. A support fulcrum is provided in the guard body tunnel at a location between inner and outer ends of the guard body for supporting the probe handle to help a practitioner hold the probe handle steady and aim the probe accurately to a selected location on the cervix.

The present invention relates to an easily inserted menstrual cup. The menstrual cup according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a main body having an opening formed at one side and a storage part for accommodating menstrual blood therein formed at an inner side; a rim formed at the opening of the main body and configured to prevent leakage of the menstrual blood by closely contacting with the wall of the vagina when the menstrual cup is inserted into the vagina; and a frame formed inside a wall of the main body, wherein the frame is formed of a shape memory material.

A prosthesis comprising a flattened lobe (100), a neck (110) and a handle (120) sized and shaped to shield the posterior vaginal wall from frictional contact during coitus. This self-retaining prosthesis comprises a means to retain the flattened lobe (100) within the vagina and a means to prevent the handle (120) from entering the vagina during insertion of the prosthesis or during coitus. This prosthesis decreases the volume of the vagina and decreases the area of the vaginal opening providing a non-surgical, cost-effective solution to tightening a woman's vagina. The posterior vaginal wall prosthesis enables women who have larger vaginas to use tampons.