US EditionResearchers redesign vaginal speculum to ease fear and pain
- Researchers at Delft University in the Netherlands are redesigning the vaginal speculum to make it less painful and intimidating for patients.
- The new prototype is named Lilium, inspired by the lily flower, and focuses on patient comfort rather than the doctor's convenience.
- The project was motivated by the researchers' personal experiences with the vaginal speculum.
- With proper funding, the Lilium could be saving lives within five years.
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Two engineers from the Netherlands try to boost a new model of vaginal speculum that is more comfortable and less painful for patients
It is cold, hard, metallic and usually associated with pain. It is not an instrument of medieval torture, but the vaginal speculum that is used daily around the world for essential gynaecological examinations. Two engineers from the University of Delft, in the Netherlands, set out to redesign this unpopular and controversial tool for [...] The entry Researchers redesign the vaginal speculum to relieve pain and fear was first published in Informa…
It is cold, hard, metallic and usually associated with pain. It is not an instrument of medieval torture, but the vaginal speculum that is used daily around the world for essential gynaecological examinations. Two engineers from the University of Delft, in the Netherlands, set out to redesign this unpopular and controversial utensil to make it less intimidating and painful. “Unfortunately, I have a lot of experience with the vaginal speculum. I …
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