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Johns Hopkins University

Karin J Blakemore

Soumyadipta Acharya

Sung Jin Sunwoo

Abimbola Aina-Mumuney

Karin Hwang

Deepika Sagaram

Christopher B Courville

Yi Rose Huang

Rose Yi Huang

Christopher Brandon Courville

A system, method and apparatus for monitoring uterine and/or cervical activity indicative of labor in a patient. The system includes a medical device and a data processor in communication with the medical device. The medical device includes a structural component, a first electrode attached to the structural component, and a second electrode attached to the structural component. The structural component is structured to be in contact with a cervical surface and a vaginal surface of the patient, such that said first electrode is in electrical contact with said cervical surface and said second electrode is in electrical contact with said vaginal surface. The first electrode is adapted to receive an electrical activity of the cervical surface and the second electrode is adapted to receive an electrical activity of the uterus through the vaginal surface. The data processor is adapted to process the electrical activity of the electrodes to detect contractions on a surface of the patient indicative of labor.

Preterm labor monitor

Growing community of inventors

Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Karin J Blakemore