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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
David J. Shine, Hamden, CT (US);
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc., Waukesha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting uterine contractions, determining the frequency of uterine contractions, trending the frequency data, and generating a real time graphical representation of the determined frequency. The invention employs commonly known methods of uterine activity detection. The uterine activity data is analyzed to determine the occurrence and frequency of contractions. The determined frequency of multiple time periods is displayed on a maternal/fetal monitor in real time over the course of labor.