Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for monitoring pregnancy or labour
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Application No.: US16467879Application Date: 2017-12-07
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Publication No.: US11213248B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Sarah Catherine McDonald , Graham Brooker , Jonathan Hyett , Hala Phipps , Javier Martinez
- Applicant: The University of Sydney , Sydney Local Health District
- Applicant Address: AU Sydney; AU Camperdown
- Assignee: The University of Sydney,Sydney Local Health District
- Current Assignee: The University of Sydney,Sydney Local Health District
- Current Assignee Address: AU Sydney; AU Camperdown
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Priority: AU2016905046 20161207
- International Application: PCT/AU2017/051346 WO 20171207
- International Announcement: WO2018/102874 WO 20180614
- Main IPC: A61B5/04
- IPC: A61B5/04 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/01 ; A61B5/024 ; A61B5/11 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B5/391

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for monitoring pregnancy or labour are disclosed. In one embodiment the apparatus includes an electromyography (EMG) sensor having two or more EMG electrodes to monitor fetal or maternal activity during pregnancy or labour and one or more position sensors to monitor the relative positioning of the two or more EMG electrodes during the fetal or maternal activity. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a monitoring device to be placed on a body and having a plurality of sensors integrated into the monitoring device, the plurality of sensors including at least: a first sensor configured to detect a first type of signal from the body indicative of a first type of fetal or maternal activity during pregnancy or labour; and a second sensor configured to detect a second type of signal from the body, different from the first type of signal, also indicative of the first type of fetal or maternal activity during pregnancy or labour.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200085365A1 Apparatus For Monitoring Pregnancy Or Labour Public/Granted day:2020-03-19
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