Dave Lee

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Here we were, three men trying to pitch rooms full of male investors a tool meant to alleviate cervical pain: It was like trying to sell ballet shoes to a football team.

Julien Finci, from gynecology start-up Aspivix, on his team's efforts to reduce pain for women being fitted with IUD contraception. The process has remained largely unchanged, and unanesthetized, for 135 years.

Revolutionizing Gynecology With Women in Mind - Truthdigtruthdig.comA new medical device is part of a broader effort to make gynecological care less painful — and to take women’s pain more seriously.