Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for measuring uterine contractions and fetal heart rate
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Application No.: US16753424Application Date: 2018-10-02
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Publication No.: US11666268B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Markus Silvester Wohlschlager , Hansjoerg Geywitz
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP 17195205.4 2017.10.06
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/076740 2018.10.02
- International Announcement: WO2019/068684A 2019.04.11
- Date entered country: 2020-04-03
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B5/024

Abstract:
There is provided a device (100) for placement on the abdomen (102) of a subject to measure uterine contractions of the subject and a fetal heart rate. The device (100) comprises a rigid base (104) for placement on the abdomen (102) of the subject and a cover (106) configured to connect to the rigid base (104). The cover (106) comprises a flexible portion moveable in response to uterine contractions of the subject. The device (100) further comprises a fetal heart rate sensor (108) mounted on the rigid base (104) and configured to measure the fetal heart rate. The device (100) also comprises a uterine contractions sensor (110) located within the device (100) and configured to measure the uterine contractions of the subject.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200315521A1 DEVICE FOR MEASURING UTERINE CONTRACTIONS AND FETAL HEART RATE Public/Granted day:2020-10-08
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