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.

In 1870, Edward Gabriel Cusco revised Sim’s speculum, giving us the model that is still used in gynecologist offices today.

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.

Two engineers at Delft University in the Netherlands have redesigned this common gynecological tool for the first time in 180 years.