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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
May. 08, 2023
Applicant:
Vladimir Egorov, Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Vladimir Egorov, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0866 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); B06B 1/067 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cervical probe, outfitted with a tactile sensor array and an ultrasound transducer, is designed for simultaneous collection of stress and ultrasound strain data from the same cervical sector. The gathered stress and strain data from multiple cervical sectors are sent to a data processor, which calculates cervical elasticity as a strain-to-stress ratio. Subsequently, an average stress-to-strain ratio is compared to a predetermined cutoff value to predict preterm birth at 24-28 gestational weeks.