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Making Sense of Science @makingsenseofsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The researchers have launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the next phase of their project. It reached $100k+ in just two days. “It’s proof there are people who really want change,” Hoveling said. “There is a real problem here and the current market solutions are not the best.”
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Making Sense of Science @makingsenseofsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
This new model, called the Lilium, is named after the lily flower and has a similar shape. Like a tampon, it uses soft plastic and an applicator. The three-sided opening lets doctors have better visibility during examinations.
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Making Sense of Science @makingsenseofsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Hoveling cited these women, as well as James Marion Sims and his involvement in creating the speculum, as motivation to make her own design.
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Making Sense of Science @makingsenseofsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
While the speculum is a necessary tool for gynecological exams, it can be uncomfortable and even physically painful. "I've received a lot of emails from women who told me they actually don't go to the gynecologist because of this device,” said Tamara Hoveling, one of the designers.
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Making Sense of Science @makingsenseofsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
In 1870, Edward Gabriel Cusco revised Sim’s speculum, giving us the model that is still used in gynecologist offices today.
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Making Sense of Science @makingsenseofsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The vaginal speculum is used in gynecological exams, most commonly as part of a Pap smear or IUD insertion. The first model was developed by US doctor James Marion Sims about 180 years ago and tested on enslaved women without their permission.
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Making Sense of Science @makingsenseofsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Two engineers at Delft University in the Netherlands have redesigned this common gynecological tool for the first time in 180 years.
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Making Sense of Science @makingsenseofsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
MFW I read a study that finds zero connection between childhood vaccines and 50 other chronic disorders.
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