No. That wouldn't be direct contact, and is, again, more likely to cause injury because you're not getting good kinesthetic feedback. What I'm talking about is what the L&D doctor did when my daughter was born a couple months ago to aid my wife, who was exhausted and in pain: manual manipulation of the vaginal opening, and carefully inching baby's head forward using nothing more than his fingers.
As it turned out, this doctor some work delivering babies in Africa in third-world conditions, and only low-tech solutions were available. Things that American hospitals aren't fond of, like having mom stand up and move around, eat and drink to keep her strength up, and finding a birthing position comfortable for the mom, like squatting, hands and knees, whatever her body is telling her to do.
This device is better than forceps only that it is less likely to crush a skull, but it still carries a risk of breaking baby's neck.
Forceps also have the risk of injuring the baby in other ways. Part of Sylvester Stallone's face is paralyzed because of forceps used during his delivery.
