Pelvic floor physical therapy solutions for female cancer survivors suffering from chronic pelvic pain and dyspareunia.

Mission

Cervu is a health care startup working to create pelvic floor physical therapy tool to help female cancer survivors and their physical therapist and doctors manage chronic pelvic pain and dyspareunia (pain with sexual intercourse).

Who its for

Female cancer survivors who suffer from adverse effects from chemotherapy, radiation, hormonal therapy, or surgeries. This may include conditions such as vaginal stenosis, vulvodynia, myofascial pain syndrome, pelvic floor muscle spasms, vaginismus, dyspareunia, or other chronic pelvic pain conditions.

Our Solution

The Cervu treatment system is a novel intravaginal device that will allow easy performance of multiple therapeutic modalities to treat numerous medical conditions. Currently under development, the device will seek to improve the treatment experience for women while allowing the supervising doctor or physical therapist to easily assess treatment progress and adjust the treatment plan.

Origin Story

Cervu is a universty start up stemming from the Research Triangle of North Carolina. The founders met at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. The Cervu team includes an industrial designer and OBGYN.

Support

Cervu’s work has been supported by non-dilutive funding from the following sources:

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“I wasted a year because my oncologist said ‘you’re alive aren’t you?’ I could have had help sooner.”

—cancer survivor

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