US Patent Issued to ASPIVIX on Oct. 28 for "Handheld gynecological device" (French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,581, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ASPIVIX SA (Renens, Switzerland).

"Handheld gynecological device" was invented by Julien Finci (Lutry, Switzerland) and Jeremie Trommer (Saint Piere en Faucigny, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld gynecological device for cervix handling is disclosed. The device includes a body member defining a vacuum chamber, and a piston member displaceable in the vacuum chamber from a first position to a second position for creating a vacuum in the vacuum chamber. The device includes an actuating member, and a rod member defining a lumen and a suction head. The rod member is fixed relative to ...