ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,702, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to CooperSurgical Inc. (Trumbull, Conn.).
"Fetus delivery assisting device" was invented by Rajiv Varma (Shenfield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fetus delivery assisting device (10) for assisting with the birth of a fetus. The device (10) comprises a shaft (16). At one end of the shaft (16) is a rigid base (18) to which an inflatable balloon (12) is mounted. The rigid base (18) and the inflatable balloon (12) are configured to accept a fetal head. The inflatable balloon (12) is configured to displace the fetal head from a pelvic cavity when inflated. The shaft (16) is configured fo...