Malmstrom's obstetrical vacuum extractor, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1979
- Made:
- 1979 in Gothenburg
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Malmstrom obstetrical vacuum extractor, by AB Vacuum Extractor, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1979
This instrument was used to help deliver babies, in place of forceps. It is a type designed by the Swede T Malmstrom in the 1950s and was manufactured by AB Vacuum Extractor in Sweden. In 1849 Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870) successfully used a suction cup attached to the baby's head to aid delivery, and this is the idea that Malmstrom revived one hundred years later.
Details
- Category:
- Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception
- Object Number:
- 1980-58
- Materials:
- vessel, glass, tubing, rubber and fittings, steel (stainless)
- Measurements:
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overall: 1.3491 kg
overall (tube with pump): 740 mm 35 mm,
overall (extractor): 28 mm x 290 mm 20 mm,
overall (vessel): 280 mm 80 mm,
overall (other tube): 1350 mm 130 mm,
overall (tubes): 1570 mm
- credit:
- Downs Surgical Limited
