Patent ID: 6723105
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An obstetrical vacuum extractor for placement on a child's head for use during childbirth, the obstetrical vacuum extractor comprising, in combination,a vacuum cup formed of a first material, the vacuum cup having a side wall having an inside surface and an outside surface and defining a hollow interior cavity, the side wall having a side wall edge forming a cup opening, the side wall further comprising at least one opening extending therethrough, said opening being disposed substantially adjacent the side wall edge, the vacuum cup further including a vacuum opening communicating with the interior cavity of the vacuum cup and being adapted for connection to a vacuum source; a lip formed of a polymeric second material and generally ring-shaped, the second material being flexible relative to the first material, the lip being disposed along said side wall edge adjacent the cup opening, the lip and the side wall having adjacently disposed surfaces, the second material of the lip being molded into the opening to mechanically couple the lip to the vacuum cup; a bond between at least the inside surface of the side wall and the adjacently disposed surface of the lip, the bond including a fusion between said inside surface of the sidewall and the adjacently disposed surfaces of the lip; and a handle coupled to the vacuum cup.