Amniotic membrane perforator

Claim 1

A perforator for penetrating amniotic sac tissue of a patient comprising: an elongated shaft having proximal and distal ends, said shaft having a configuration for insertion into a vaginal canal of the patient with a length to allow said distal end to be positioned adjacent the amniotic sac while said proximal end is positioned exterior of the vaginal canal; perforating means at said distal end of said shaft comprising: a pair of spaced-apart lobes extending from said distal end of said shaft and diverging from a central longitudinal axis of said shaft, said lobes extending toward the amniotic sac upon said positioning of said shaft in the canal by a user, said lobes having a configuration hindering a puncture of the amniotic sac tissue; said diverging lobes defining an area therebetween for the reception of a downwardly bulging portion of the adjacent amniotic sac between said lobes upon an urging of said lobes against the sac by a first manipulation of said proximal end of said shaft by the user; puncture means extending from said distal end of said shaft and fixed between said lobes, said lobes of said shaft extending beyond said puncture means to allow for said bulging of the sac between said lobes upon said first user manipulation of said distal end prior to a subsequent piercing of the bulging portion of the sac between said lobes by said puncture means upon a second manipulation of said proximal shaft end by the user.