Patents by Inventor Forrest O. Smith

Forrest O. Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for measuring pushes during labor
    Patent number: 12672810
    Abstract: A device to accurately measure the strength or level of the voluntary pushes supplied by the laboring mother during the second stage of labor through the contraction of her abdominal musculature, that comprises a hollow handheld base with a central lumen and a recess enclosing a calibrated spring into which a shaft with a central lumen capped by a mushroom-shaped outer surface is inserted which tip is applied to the anus to pass a catheter containing a solid-state pressure transducer to provide an accurate measure of the strength of voluntary maternal expulsive efforts without interfering with those efforts or with the birth canal of the mother.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Inventor: Forrest O. Smith
  • APPARATUS FOR MEASURING PUSHES DURING LABOR
    Publication number: 20250099002
    Abstract: A device to accurately measure the strength or level of the voluntary pushes supplied by the laboring mother during the second stage of labor through the contraction of her abdominal musculature, that comprises a hollow handheld base with a central lumen and a recess enclosing a calibrated spring into which a shaft with a central lumen capped by a mushroom-shaped outer surface is inserted which tip is applied to the anus to pass a catheter containing a solid-state pressure transducer to provide an accurate measure of the strength of voluntary maternal expulsive efforts without interfering with those efforts or with the birth canal of the mother.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventor: Forrest O. Smith