Ben Kokes

Title: Ben Kokes: Inventor Advancing Fetal Heart Monitoring.

Introduction

Ben Kokes is an inventor associated with San Mateo, California. His patent work includes technology for monitoring fetal health through magnetic sensing, with an emphasis on portable, long-term use beyond clinical settings.

Latest Patents

Kokes is associated with 1 patent, titled “Fetal Magnetocardiography Systems and Methods.” The invention describes devices and methods that use magnetometer sensors to monitor fetal heart rate and track beat-to-beat changes that may help estimate fetal position and orientation.

One described method receives a combined signal containing both maternal and fetal heart signals, estimates parameters related to the magnetic sensor’s location or motion, and applies denoising to the combined signal. It then tracks an estimate of the fetal heart signal. The patent describes portable systems intended to support extended monitoring, including while the mother moves during everyday activities.

Career Highlights

Kokes’s patent work focuses on applying magnetic sensing and signal processing to fetal health monitoring. The described approach aims to make monitoring more practical outside a clinical setting while accounting for sensor movement and interference from the maternal heart signal.

Collaborations

Kokes is associated with Cloudnav Inc. His listed coworkers include Erik E. Anderson and Jeffery Dech.

Conclusion

Ben Kokes’s patent work addresses portable fetal heart monitoring by combining magnetometer sensing, signal denoising, and tracking methods designed to support monitoring during daily activity.