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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2008
Edward J. Moses, Rockville, MD (US);
John A. Cristion, Columbia, MD (US);
Susanne M. Daniels, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Wayne I. Sternberger, Highland, MD (US);
Timothy P. Magnani, Fulton, MD (US);
Edward J. Moses, Rockville, MD (US);
John A. Cristion, Columbia, MD (US);
Susanne M. Daniels, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Wayne I. Sternberger, Highland, MD (US);
Timothy P. Magnani, Fulton, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for monitoring the fetal condition in an objective, quantitative, and non-invasive manner by enabling continuous and highly specific data collection during pre-natal development and the intra-partum period. In an embodiment, monitoring the fetal condition comprises monitoring a fetal heart rate, a fetal heart rate variability, and/or the fetal heart vector orientation of a fetus in a pregnant mother. Automated signal processing techniques are applied to a multiplicity of transducers to select an optimum signal vector to monitor at least one of a fetal heart rate, a fetal heart rate variability, and/or the fetal heart vector orientation of a fetus in a pregnant mother.