Bay Area startup just got FDA approval for a device designed to prevent pelvic pain

Women and people with vaginas could soon have new ways to prevent pelvic pain.

Materna Medical Inc., a women's health startup based in Mountain View, is developing two devices that could address the malady. It's targeting one of them — which just received regulatory approval earlier this month — at women who experience pain while having vaginal intercourse. It designed the other to help pregnant people reduce their chances of getting a pelvic injury while giving birth.