Vaginal Specula

A specula is a broad tipped instrument used to widen an opening or passage during the diagnosis or the surgery. It may be used to widen the vagina to reach the cervix these are called Vaginal Specula. The Nasal specula are to look into the nostrils and the ear specula to look into the ear canal and the ear drum.

The ophthalmic specula are quite commonly used in the eye surgery to control the folds in the lid and the lid movement for easy. The speculum usually have a non reflective ends that are flared. The angled shanks allow easy opening and closing. The lower blade is shorter for easy insertion. Most of the ophthalmic surgical procedures can be accomplished by this kind of speculum. Others may use a wire speculum with a heady coiled fulcrum tht help retract the lids.