The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has secured approval to Teal Health’s at-home vaginal sample self-collection device, Teal Wand, for cervical cancer screening. This prescription device claims to be the first and only product of its kind in the US,

To get screened for cervical cancer, patients in the United States may no longer need to put their feet in those awkward stirrups, brace for the uncomfortable speculum or even take the time off from work for an in-person doctor’s appointment.

The Teal Wand is an at-home vaginal self-collection device intended to test for 14 types of high-risk HPV that have the highest risk for causing cervical cancer.