Patents Assigned to The University of Western Ontario Stevenson-Lawson Building
  • Moulded plastic obstetric forceps
    Patent number: 5849017
    Abstract: Obstetric forceps have a pair of elongated members, each having a blade at one end, a handle at an opposite end and a shank connecting the blade and handle. The members pivotally engage each other at a pivot point intermediate their ends and freely moveable when so engaged. The blades and shanks of each of the members are resiliently constructed to exert a traction force within a preset margin of safety and to slip when the preset margin of safety is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: The University of Western Ontario Stevenson-Lawson Building
    Inventors: J. Lawrence Reynolds, Paul M. Kurowski