Custom-Made Vaginal Balloons for Strengthening Circumvaginal Musculature
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Biomaterials, Medical Devices, and Artificial Organs
- Vol. 14 (3-4) , 239-248
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10731198609117545
Abstract
A technique for making individualized silicone rubber intravaginal balloons is described. The method entails investing alginate vaginal impressions in silicone rubber and casting a resin model which is then dipped repeatedly in a Silastic Dispersion® (Dow Corning, Q7–2213). The range of forces developed by circumvaginal muscles during maximum contractions was determined to be 0.5–4 lbs. Pressure-volume relationships of the balloons showed that the pressure of filling fluid was an accurate replica of the mean pressure in the vagina.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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