US Patent Issued to Viospex on Sept. 15 for "Vaginal speculum and cervical screening kit" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,803, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Viospex (Parker, Colo.).

"Vaginal speculum and cervical screening kit" was invented by Jean Bouquet (Parker, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vaginal speculum, conical in shape, made out of clear plastic resin or metal that when closed can easily and gently be inserted into the introitus (vaginal opening). In certain embodiments, a dilator is used to introduce and/or expand the speculum. Various mechanisms are disclosed for dilating the speculum, after it has been inserted, so as to allow inspection of the patient's cervix. Such dilation can be affected relative to multiple axes, or eve...