OdonAssist is CE marked and can only be sold in countries that recognize the CE mark. It is not available for sale in other countries and jurisdictions until local regulatory approvals and clearances have been obtained.

A breakthrough innovation for childbirth

Currently available methods to assist childbirth – forceps, vacuum extraction and C-section - are known to have risks which can lead to unnecessary pain, trauma, and short and long-term complications.^1-^2,7 The OdonAssist™ is designed as a new, gentle^4-6 alternative for assisted vaginal birth that is safe for mothers and newborns.^3-5

Event recap

May 5th | QEII Centre in London

Since July 2025 over 300 babies have been safely delivered thanks to the OdonAssist™, an inflatable device for assisted delivery which has been hailed by clinicians as “a breakthrough, the first entirely new approach to assist childbirth in more than a century”.

Innovation in labour and birth has historically been limited. In recent years, an international collaboration of obstetricians, midwives, engineers, industry partners and new mothers have supported the development of OdonAssist, designed to reduce birth trauma when assistance is needed towards the end of labour.

On May 5, 2026 families involved in a groundbreaking clinical trial of the OdonAssist joined obstetricians, midwives and researchers at an event in the QEII Centre in London, England to celebrate this remarkable milestone in women’s medicine and care during labour.

Media coverage

Mumsnet

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London Times

Inflatable device offers ‘gentle’ forceps alternative for childbirth

“To be able to deliver a baby using an instrumental device which causes no soft tissue bruising or marks to their face, is something that I have not been able to previously do in the ten years I’ve been an obstetrician. Being able to provide another option that has been developed with women in NHS hospitals is phenomenal. I’m really proud that after years of rigorous testing and collaborative work with colleagues across Europe the OdonAssist is now being introduced into routine clinical practice.”

Dr. Emily Hotton, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Resident Doctor, and Investigator in the Clinical Trial of OdonAssist at Southmead Hospital, University of Bristol

A breakthrough innovation for childbirth

Media coverage

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