A suction vacuum extractor is an instrument to assist the delivery of babies. A hand-held pump produces low vacuum, which is applied to a suction cup attached to the exposed fetal head. Traction is applied to the fetal head to assist each contraction. The current trend for instrument-assisted delivery is toward less and less use of forceps. It is a cup like device that is either attached to a suction device on the wall or by a manual suction pump. It is placed on the back of the baby's head and the suction is increased so that the practitioner pulls with the mother's pushes.