APPLICATOR FOR INSERTION INTO A BODY OPENING FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES

摘要

An applicator for insertion into a body opening for medical treatment or for diagnostic purposes comprises an elongated jacket (2) for insertion into the body opening a disposable sleeve (6) received on the jacket (2), and a balloon (7) integrally formed on the disposable sleeve (6) at one side of the jacket (2). The balloon (7) is inflatable by a fluid to press the opposite side of the jacket (2) and sleeve (6) laterally against the tissue of the body opening, thereby to fix the position of the jacket (2) within the body opening and to conform the pressed body tissue to the shape of the opposite side of the jacket (2).