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Emily Houghton

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Sep 28, 2026

20:21
swelling.
20:22
And even if you put forceps on and do a gentle pull, there will always be a mild mark.
20:27
And exactly as George said, if it's going to fail, it doesn't pop off because there's no suction.
20:32
We call it a slip off because it literally just does that.
20:35
It slips off.
20:37
And in the clinical trials, we've had three kind of consecutive trials over time.
20:42
that each one we've learned from, you know, the first, I mean, the first UK trial, we'd never used it before in women who needed assisted vaginal birth.

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34:57
we had
16:18
Tell me about how that came about, because many people I, I would've imagined would've said, "No, I'm not gonna be the first to use it."
16:25
Yeah.
16:26
Um, the backstory is quite amazing.
16:29
The concept came up fr- from an Argentinian car mechanic, and the WHO, um, the World Health Organization, came involved to develop the device.
16:37
And it came to a point that we were ready to trial it and test it in women, because we have to prove it, you know.
16:43
It, it's all in good having simulation work.
16:46
And Southmead Hospital in Bristol were approached and asked if they could support the simulation development.
18:28
It's 250 pounds per device.
8:46
Tell me about how that came about, because many people, I, I would've imagined, would've said, "No, I'm not gonna be the first to use it."
8:53
Yeah.
8:54
Um, the backstory is quite amazing.
8:57
The concept came up fr- from an Argentine car mechanic, and the WHO, um, the World Health Orga- Organization, came involved to develop the device.
9:05
And it came to a point that we were ready to trial it and test it in women, because we have to prove it, you know.
9:11
It, it's all in good having simulation work.
9:14
And Southmead Hospital in Bristol were approached and asked if they could support the simulation development.
11:34
What we've done is worked very closely with our collaborator obstetricians, such as Emily, to really understand the true value of the device.

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