US Patent Issued to Ivy Next on Sept. 15 for "Air speculum" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,802, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Ivy Next Ltd. (Caesarea Industrial Park, Israel).

"Air speculum" was invented by Kfir Solomon (Zoran, Israel), Sefi Shachrur (Pardes-Hana Karkur, Israel) and Gil Bachar (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A speculum includes a speculum including a speculum sheath formed with one or more fluid flow lumens in fluid communication with a pump and controller unit for introducing pressurized fluid into a vagina, a pressure sensor lumen in fluid communication with the pump and controller unit for measuring fluid pressure in the vagina, and a third lumen in which is disposed a viewing de...