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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2008
David Keith James, Wysall, GB;
John Andrew Crowe, Nottingham, GB;
Barrie Robert Hayes-gill, Radcliffe on Trent, GB;
Carl William Barratt, Pentrich, GB;
Jean-francois Pieri, Nottingham, GB;
David Keith James, Wysall, GB;
John Andrew Crowe, Nottingham, GB;
Barrie Robert Hayes-Gill, Radcliffe on Trent, GB;
Carl William Barratt, Pentrich, GB;
Jean-Francois Pieri, Nottingham, GB;
Monica Healthcare Limited, , GB;
Abstract
Fetal behavior is monitored by receiving ECG data from a set of electrodes attached to a material body. A waveform pre-processor identifies a succession of fetal ECG complex waveforms within the received data and a waveform processor determines differences in the processor succession of fetal ECG complex waveforms over time. An event logger determines from the determined differences a number of fetal movements during the period of time. Fetal spatial presentation and/or position within the uterus may also be determined from fetal ECG data acquired from a plurality of electrodes positioned on the maternal abdomen in a predetermined configuration. A number of fetal ECG complex waveforms are identified within the data, and each of the waveforms is compared with a set of predetermined fetal ECG complex templates ascribed to the predetermined electrode configuration to determine a template that best matches the identified fetal ECG waveforms.