Netherlands researchers redesign vaginal speculum to ease discomfort

Cold, rigid, and metallic – it’s not a medieval torture device, but the vaginal speculum, a tool used daily in gynecological exams worldwide and often linked to discomfort and fear. Two engineers at Delft University in the Netherlands are now reimagining this decades-old device, aiming to make it less intimidating for patients.

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