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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel N Helfer, Cheshire, CT (US);
Phillip W King, Wallingford, CT (US);
Assignee:
American Home Products Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128642 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for use in monitoring fetal heartbeat and the like. The apparatus includes a tubular member having a distal end adapted to be inserted through the vagina and cervix of a woman in labor. A coil is movably mounted in the tubular member and is adapted to be rotatably attached to the fetus. A linear to rotary converter is provided for applying a rotary force to turn the coil for attaching to the fetus in response to the linear force applied by a user to the additional elements and additional means serve to yieldably r esist the linear force applied by the user.