The old way
- Metal speculum unchanged since 1845
- Forced stirrup position
- Pain, anxiety, and skipped appointments
- No camera guidance for clinicians
From a bedside partnership to a
chance encounter
What started as two nurses determined to change screening became a collaboration across nursing, engineering, and patient care born on a University of Michigian Road Scholar trip and built to end the pain, discomfort, and shame of the speculum era.
“We did not build a product. We built an apology for every woman who was never asked if she was okay.”
2018
Two nurses, one purpose
Our story began with the partnership between a nurse midwife and a nurse practitioner united by a passion to modernize and improve the cervical cancer screening procedure.
2019
A chance encounter
On a UM Road Scholar trip, they met a woman engineer. That unexpected connection gave birth to today's design of FemScope.
2021
What we are building toward
We aim to eliminate the pain, discomfort, and shame of speculum-aided cervical cancer screening — permanently.
