A fornix manipulator includes a collar and stabilizer. The collar has a first end and a second end, the second end having an opening and diameter greater than the first end and the first end having an opening to receive a cervix into the collar. The stabilizer has a base portion defining a guide hole and a plurality of prongs extending from the base portion to contact the first end of the collar.

The invention relates to a Multipurpose Vaginal Occlusion and Distension Device with Distension Controller, which helps patients with Female Stress Urinary Incontinence and for Fecal Incontinence. It comprises of double layered cylindrical body (101) making inflatable annular space and with closed anterior (103) and posterior (104) wall provided with inflatable tubular silicon ribs (103a, 104a), but the posterior end is provided with gas flow tube (106) connectable to the Distension control and release mechanism by which the cylindrical cavity (107), annular space, tubular ribs at both the end can be inflated. But the same device can be used, if the anterior end (301) is opened for collecting menstrual blood during Menstrual Cycle as an alternative to menstrual cups and pads. The same can be used preferably with partly opened mouth (403) by Doctors during Laparoscopic Surgeries as a pneumoseal and as a vaginal blocker to prevent the gas leakage through the vaginal canal while performing the colpotomy and thereafter during vaginal vault suturing.

An apparatus includes a handle assembly, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The handle assembly includes a body and an actuator. The actuator includes a rotary member that is configured to be driven by a finger of a hand that grasps the handle body. The shaft assembly includes an external sheath that is fixed to the handle body and an inner shaft that is coupled to the actuator. The inner shaft is configured to slide longitudinally relative to the external sheath in response to rotation of the first rotary member relative to the handle body. The end effector is configured to encompass a bodily lumen and includes a flexible member extending distally from the inner shaft. A first coupling element is fixed to the distal tip of the flexible member. A second coupling element is fixed to the external sheath. The flexible member defines an adjustable loop.

The present disclosure relates generally to stents and methods for managing passage of material through a body lumen. In some embodiments, a medical stent may include a stent body defined by a hollow tubular elongate structure extending along a central axis, the stent body including a first portion and a second portion. The medical stent may further include a control region between the first and second portions, wherein in a first configuration the hollow tubular elongate structure of the control region is in a closed, twisted configuration, and wherein in a second configuration the hollow tubular elongate structure of the control region is in an open, expanded configuration.

Delivery and detachment of an implant can be enhanced by a retraction mechanism to secure portions of a delivery wire within an interior space of the implant. A delivery system can include an implant having a proximal end portion. A delivery wire can include (i) a detachment zone proximal to the proximal end portion and (ii) a distal region distal to the proximal end portion. An expansion member can be located between the proximal end portion and the distal region of the delivery wire. The expansion member can be biased to move the distal region of the delivery wire distally away from the proximal end portion when severed at the detachment zone.

A drug supply device includes: a tube body; a first expansion member configured to be expanded to a first outer diameter and a second expansion member configured to be expanded to a second outer diameter that is greater than the first outer diameter, the first expansion member and the second expansion member being positioned on a distal-end side of the tube body; and a masking member that extends between the expansion members and that is connected to outer surfaces of the expansion members at two ends thereof. The tube body includes an outlet that opens between the expansion members and a channel that is in communication with the outlet, the masking member is formed in an arc shape in a lateral cross-section that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, and the masking member stretches between the expansion members in a state in which the expansion members are expanded.

A self-expandable occluding device can both cover the neck of an outpouching and serve as a permanent embolic plug thereby immediately stabilizing the outpouching. The self-expandable device effectively covers the neck of an outpouching with, for example, a mesh, or other at least partially occluding component, in a desired orientation across the neck of the outpouching without projecting into the parent vessel. The device incorporates elements which immediately stabilize the device in the outpouching, in effect, functioning as a permanent embolic plug. An embolic disc is combined with retention arms of flexible material, which deploy within the outpouching and provide immediate stabilization thereby retaining the occluding component or mesh across the neck of the outpouching. In illustrative embodiments, the arms are in the form of coils configured to deploy into three dimensional structures.

Intragastric volume-occupying devices and methods for treating obesity are provided. The devices, which are inflated by carbon dioxide, include an aluminum or silicon oxide barrier layer providing carbon dioxide retention and an alkylene vinyl alcohol polymer layer providing structural integrity in vivo.

Everting balloon systems and methods for using the same are disclosed herein. The systems can be configured to access and dilate body lumen and cavities. For example, the systems can be used to dilate the cervix and access the uterine cavity. The systems can also be used to occlude the cervix. The systems can also be used to occlude the urethra.

There is provided with a method. A cardia and a pylorus of a stomach of a patient is blocked. The stomach is inflated. The stomach is secured within an abdominal cavity of the patient.