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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Dynasthetics, Llc, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Joseph Orr, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Dynasthetics, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to simulate intrauterine contractions to train clinicians in using a tocodynamometer (TOCO) transducer. The apparatus includes an enclosure housing an air bladder, with an opening in the enclosure for a TOCO transducer to be placed in contact with the air bladder. The air bladder is selectively pressurized by a source of compressed gas, the flow being controlled by a flow valve. A pressure release valve is provided to reduce pressure in the bladder. A pressure sensor monitors the bladder pressure, and can be used to calibrate the system to determine what bladder pressure produced a given uterine activity. The flow valve may be controlled by a software run on a processor to achieve particular uterine activity levels over a given period of time.