Our advantages
Orchid Spec
the most reliable speculum
The Orchid Spec was tested at the NHS Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory (SMTL) in Wales. It was confirmed as the first ‘unbreakable speculum’ therefore strong enough to fulfill its function with ease.
ORCHID SPEC ADVANTAGES
Orchid Spec – the standard speculum
Our standard speculum is available in 4 patient friendly sizes and in both white and clear plastic.
CLEAN WHITE OR CHRYSTAL CLEAR
Most doctors prefer a white speculum.
The doctor’s choice
Research by leading women’s health specialists has demonstrated that white provides specific advantages.
– White surface design vastly improves visibility of Cervix thanks to light reflection. Clear looses the light.
– Reduced misdiagnosis. Diagnosing through a ‘clear’ Speculum may provide a limited and distorted view due to local tissue depression and discolouration.
– Patients perceive white as higher quality, hygienic and friendly.
A clear choice
Orchid Spec’s clear vaginal speculum provides a visible advantage in such instances when the aim is accessing larger conditions or bleeding or inspecting sutures. Our white speculum is used by 95% of our customers. Some also have our clear speculum on hand for specific instances.
ADVANTAGES SMOKE PLUME EXTRACTION SPECULUM
Orchid SPX – surgical smoke plume extraction
Our SPX speculum range provides vastly improved surgical precision and visibility due to a flat smoke plume extraction channel flush with the top of the speculum. No more tubes or pipes intruding into view and limiting manoeuvrability.
ADVANTAGES OPEN SIDED
Orchid Open – our special edition
Open on one side, the Orchid Open’s generous spacious access allows for instruments or catheters to be easily inserted.
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Testimonial
What Doctors are saying
A gynaecology consultant on BBC News shows our Crystal Clear Orchid Spec in an interview where she uses it to show our patient friendly speculum design as used during the cervical screening process. With our patient friendly speculum design the worry should no longer be a reason for women to avoid the smear test.
As seen on BBC News Health: "We use these."
"This is a patient friendly speculum and never feels cold."
BioBased Speculum
Orchid Spec Bio
The eco-friendly choice
Bridea’s standard speculum is already significantly less environmentally impacting than competing disposable brands. Now Bridea has developed a new and unique BioBased Speculum range. All the benefits of our Orchid Speculum with the added benefit or further reduced environmental impact.
BioBased material has an up to 7x lower CO2 footprint!
The Idea
Birth of Orchid Spec
In 2007 Mr Bob Roeloffs, when involved in a gynaecology project, realised that the proposed design had some design shortcomings. These could result in potentially sharp edges along the outer circumference of the product, which he believed would cause discomfort and potential harm to the patient.
At this moment Bob was inspired with a revolutionary design to solve this problem. Whilst solving this, Bob recognised multiple other aspects, which he believed could also be improved. The Orchid Spec design was born.
The name ‘Orchid Spec’ comes from the delicate beauty of the Orchid flower. (lat. Orchidaceae)
Design
Meet the designer
The designer Mr Bob Roeloffs re-imagined the speculum with passion for detail, comfort, ease of use and unprecedented quality. He believed it was time to completely abandon the traditional type designs and designed the new speculum – the Orchid Spec optimising it with the gynaecologists, the patients, the hospitals and an environmentally responsible product life-cycle in mind.
Mr Roeloffs has a Masters degree in Industrial Design Engineering from the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.
About
Bridea Medical
“Bridea Medical is a Dutch company specialising in designing specula and periferal instruments for Gynaecology. Production in the Netherlands allows for state of the art manufacturing and environmentally friendly resource management. Bridea was awarded the Reddot Design Award winner 2013 & 2016.
In close collaboration with Dutch hospitals, Bridea has re-imagined the humble speculum, giving women and doctors a patient-friendly and user-friendly alternative. Driven by a desire for continuous improvement and the belief that the patient should come first, Bridea Medical has created the Orchid Speculum – a modern and natural-feeling alternative.”
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