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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2023
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Elise J. Higgins, St. Paul, MN (US);
Yong K. Cho, Excelsior, MN (US);
Richard J. O'brien, Hugo, MN (US);
Randal C. Schulhauser, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Douglas A. Hettrick, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Shantanu Sarkar, Roseville, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A system for sensing physiological traits of a maternal patient and a fetal patient carried by the maternal patient during a pregnancy using one or more sensors. The system may use the physiological traits sensed to define a maternal attribute for the maternal patient and a fetal attribute for the fetal patient, such as a heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate, temperature, oxygen saturation level, or other attributes. The system is configured to compare the maternal attribute to a maternal limit describing a threshold for the maternal patient and/or compare the fetal attribute to a fetal limit describing a threshold for the fetal patient. The system is configured to issue a communication to the maternal patient and/or a clinician based on the comparisons. In examples, the system regularly communicates the maternal attribute and/or the fetal attribute to an output device of the maternal patient and/or a clinician.