A hand-held manual instrument, into which a video colposcope camera unit is placed, intended to dilate the vagina after insertion for visual examination of the tissues of the vagina, cervix, and external genitalia. It consists of two blades which can be opened at the distal end, and a cradle for attaching the camera in the handle-like proximal end; the camera is connected to a video colposcope camera/monitor (not included). This is a single-use device.