Systems and methods for the treatment and prevention of female pelvic dysfunction
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Publication Number
US-10828476-B2
Publication Date
2020-11-10
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Abstract
Systems for the treatment and prevention of pelvic dysfunction are provided. In one embodiment, a vaginal dilation device includes a handle portion and a shaft portion. The shaft portion is configured to expand from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The shaft portion can include a distal tip region, a spine region, and a distal arm region connecting the distal tip region to the spine region. The spine region can extend distally from the handle portion to the distal arm region, and can be generally tubular in shape. The distal arm region can be generally conical in shape and be configured to provide a gradual increase in diameter from the distal tip region to the spine region. Methods of use are also provided.
Core Innovation
The disclosed invention provides a vaginal dilation device adapted to expand from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The device includes a handle portion and a distal tip, and a shaft portion extends distally from the handle portion to the distal tip and is sized and configured to contact vaginal tissue as the device expands.
The shaft portion comprises a spine region and a distal arm region. The spine region extends distally from the handle portion and comprises a plurality of spines arranged parallel to each other, and the spine region is generally tubular in shape and configured to expand in diameter as the shaft portion expands from the collapsed configuration to the expanded configuration.
A distal arm region extends distally from the spine region to the distal tip and comprises a plurality of distal arms that connect the distal tip to a distal end of each of the plurality of spines. The distal arm region is generally conical in shape and configured to provide a gradual increase in diameter along the shaft portion from the distal tip to the spine region, and the distal tip is configured to maintain a constant diameter profile in both the collapsed configuration and the expanded configuration.
Claims Coverage
The independent claim recites a single vaginal dilation device with 2 inventive features governing expansion from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The claim set also includes dependent claims that further refine control, measurement, actuation hardware, and quantitative diameter constraints.
Vaginal dilation device with parallel tubular spine region and conical distal arm region
A vaginal dilation device adapted to expand from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration, comprising a handle portion, a distal tip, a shaft portion extending distally from the handle portion to the distal tip and sized and configured to contact vaginal tissue, the shaft portion comprising a spine region extending distally from the handle portion, the spine region comprising a plurality of spines arranged parallel to each other, the spine region being generally tubular in shape and being configured to expand in diameter as the shaft portion expands from the collapsed configuration to the expanded configuration, and a distal arm region extending distally from the spine region to the distal tip, the distal arm region comprising a plurality of distal arms that connect the distal tip to a distal end of each of the plurality of spines, the distal arm region being generally conical in shape and being configured to provide a gradual increase in diameter along the shaft portion from the distal tip to the spine region.
Constant diameter distal tip profile in both configurations
The distal tip of the vaginal dilation device is configured to maintain a constant diameter profile in both the collapsed configuration and the expanded configuration.
Overall, the claim coverage centers on an expandable vaginal dilation device having a generally tubular spine region with parallel spines and a generally conical distal arm region that provides a gradual diameter increase, while the distal tip maintains a constant diameter profile in both collapsed and expanded configurations.
Stated Advantages
Advantages over conventional multi-size dilator kits.
Documented Applications
Treating female pelvic dysfunction including vaginismus using a single expandable vaginal dilation device that expands from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration.
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