Sklar Simpson-Luikart Obstetrical Forceps
A long pattern obstetrical forceps used by obstetricians to guide and assist delivery of the fetal head during assisted vaginal births.
The Sklar Simpson-Luikart Obstetrical Forceps is a long pattern obstetric forceps used when an assisted vaginal delivery is needed to help the fetal head through the birth canal. It measures fourteen inches overall with a nine and a half inch blade, giving the obstetrician the reach and leverage required for a controlled application and traction.
Obstetrical forceps of this design are kept on labour and delivery units and used specifically by trained obstetricians in cases where the second stage of labour needs active assistance, such as maternal exhaustion or fetal distress. The long blade pattern is chosen over shorter designs when additional reach is needed to seat the blades correctly around the fetal head.
As a reusable surgical instrument, it undergoes the maternity unit's full decontamination and steam sterilization cycle between deliveries. Hospitals providing a complete obstetric service typically stock more than one obstetrical forceps pattern to match different clinical situations.
