US Patent Issued to Laborie Medical Technologies on Aug. 4 for "Fetal vacuum extractor having compact, versatile control handle and related methods of manufacture and use thereof" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,141, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. (Portsmouth, N.H.).

"Fetal vacuum extractor having compact, versatile control handle and related methods of manufacture and use thereof" was invented by Jake Munger (Herriman, Utah), Tomas Cartmill (Midvale, Utah), Praveen Bollavaram (Saratoga Springs, Utah) and Aneesh Kuppam (South Jordan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum extractor for use in childbirth includes a vacuum cup and a handle coupled to the vacuum cup. The handle includes a grip member and a pump member movably mounted on the grip member. The pump member is configured to be manually move...