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Single-use double-valve manual vacuum aspirator. Vacuum or suction aspiration is a procedure that uses a vacuum source to remove an embryo or fetus through the cervix.The procedure is performed to induce abortion, as a treatment for incomplete spontaneous abortion (otherwise commonly known as miscarriage) or retained fetal and placental tissue, or to obtain a sample of uterine lining ...
Menstrual extraction (ME) is a type of manual vacuum aspiration technique developed by feminist activists Lorraine Rothman and Carol Downer to pass the entire menses at once. . The non-medicalized technique has been used in small feminist self-help groups since 1971 and has a social role of allowing access to early abortion without needing medical assistance or legal approv
Up to 15 weeks' gestation, suction-aspiration or vacuum aspiration are the most common surgical methods of induced abortion. [77] Manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) consists of removing the fetus or embryo, placenta, and membranes by suction using a manual syringe, while electric vacuum aspiration (EVA) uses an electric pump. Both techniques can be ...
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A diagram of a vacuum aspiration abortion procedure at 8 weeks gestation. The vagina is held opened by a speculum [4] in order for a tube (called a vacurette [5]) which is attached [6] to a suction pump to be inserted through the patient's cervix.
Potain's aspirator. A medical aspirator is a suction machine used to remove mucus, blood, and other bodily fluids from a patient.They can be used during surgical procedures but an operating theater is generally equipped with a central system of vacuum tubes. [1]
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