Patent ID: 6425899
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An obstetric forceps for grasping a baby during childbirth, said forceps having blades (8, 9) which are approximately adapted to the shape of a baby's head (12), are made of a rigid material and have contact surfaces (14) for grasping said baby's head (12), said contact surfaces (14) being provided with at least one device for detecting the pressure prevailing between said contact surface and said baby's head whereinsaid contact surfaces (14) of said forceps blades (8, 9) each are provided with an elongated, elastically ductile contact body (15), and said pressure detection device is designed in such a manner that said contact body has, at least at the side facing said contact surface, an electrically conductive surface and that electrodes (19), which are insulated from each other, are provided at said contact surfaces of said forceps blades, upon deformation of said contact body (15), said electrodes being contactable with the same in such a manner that with increasing deformation of said contact body (15), an increasing number of electrodes (19) are electrically interconnected by said electrically conductive surface of said contact body (15).