Patents Assigned to Comfortpat B.V.
  • Patent number: 11805993
    Abstract: An assembly of a vaginal speculum and a reusable electric device. The vaginal speculum can be introduced into the vagina. A speculum housing has at least one spoon blade with an opened and closed state near a distal end. The spoon blade is operated by an operating device that is guided by and slides in the housing. The reusable electric device comprises a housing with an aperture and including a camera module near a distal end of the housing and a wireless communication module near a proximal end of the housing. The vaginal speculum and the reusable electric device share a connection system for releasably connecting the reusable electric device to the vaginal speculum. The connection system is formed on the operating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: COMFORTPAT B.V.
    Inventor: Sasja Anne Huib Spiertz
  • Patent number: 8267860
    Abstract: A speculum for internal examination of a body cavity such as a vagina, comprising at least two spoons, each comprising a spoon blade that can be inserted in the body cavity, which spoons are attached to one another via a hinge pin and are hingeable between a closed position in which the spoon blades are essentially in contact with one another and a spread position in which the spoon blades are some distance apart, and at least one operating handle which is located outside the body cavity during use, a body rest being provided which, in conjunction with the operating handle, effects spreading of the spoon blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Comfortpat B.V.
    Inventors: Bernhard Wilhelm Gaziena Nicolaas Klaassen, Rita-Helene Holseng Klaassen
  • Patent number: 7658712
    Abstract: A speculum (1) for internal examination of a body cavity such as a vagina (25), comprising at least two spoons (3,4), each comprising a spoon blade that can be inserted in the body cavity (25), which spoons (3,4) attached to one another via a hinge pin (7) and are hingeable between a closed position in which the spoon blades (3,4) are essentially in contact with one another and a spread position in which the spoon blades (3,4) are some distance apart, and at least one operating handle (5) which is located outside the body cavity (25) during use, a body rest being provided which, in conjunction with the operating handle (5), effects spreading of the spoon blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Comfortpat B.V.
    Inventors: Bernhard Wilhelm Geziena Nicolaas Klaassen, Rita-Helene Holseng Klaassen
  • Patent number: 7371212
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vaginal speculum comprising two spoon blades, which are intended for insertion into the vagina, and which are elongated and are located along side and opposite one another;—are mutually hinging in a clamped plane and through the longitudinal direction between a closed and open position; in which a handle is provided with operating means, in which the speculum is constructed in modular fashion with a first and a second module, the first module comprising the spoon blades, and the second module comprising the handle, and in which—the speculum further comprises transmission means that connect the operating means to the spoon blades, for opening and/or closing the spoon blades by means of the operating means; and in which—the speculum comprises connecting means, for connecting the first and second module together is a disconnectable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Comfortpat B.V.
    Inventor: Bernard Wilhelm Geziena Nicolaas Klaassen