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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2001
Margit Biehl, St. Wendel, DE;
Other;
Abstract
Disclosed is an obstetric forceps for grasping a baby during childbirth, the forceps having blades which are approximately adapted to the shape of a baby's head, are made of a rigid material and have contact surfaces for grasping the baby's head, the contact surfaces being provided with at least one device for detecting the pressure prevailing between the contact surfaces and the baby's head. The invention is distinguished by the contact surfaces of the forceps blades each is provided with an elongated, elastically ductile contact body, and the pressure detection device is designed in such a manner that the contact body has, at least at the side facing the contact surface, an electrically conductive surface and that electrodes, which are insulated from each other, are provided at the contact surfaces of the forceps blades, upon deformation of the contact body, the electrodes being contactable with the same in such a manner that with increasing deformation of the contact body, an increasing number of electrodes are electrically interconnected by the electrically conductive surface of the contact body.