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7527601 |
Cervimeter
The present invention provides a medical device for measuring cervical dilation including an elongate body defining a proximal end and a distal end, as well as an expandable element coupled to the...
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7447542 |
Three-dimensional monitoring of myographic activity
A system comprising an electromyogram (EMG) system operative to sense electromyographic activity generated in a muscle, at least one position sensor, and a processor in communication with the EMG...
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7318809 |
Method for monitoring a childbirth process
The method is for monitoring a childbirth process of a pregnant woman. In a measuring step, a lactate concentration of vaginal fluids is measured. In a comparison step, it is determined if the...
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7297116 |
Method and apparatus for imaging the cervix and uterine wall
Elastography is used to examine soft tissue of the uterus to detect tumors and to evaluate the strength of the cervix of the uterus based on its elastographic properties.
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7207941 |
Birth monitoring system
A medical transponder, including an ultrasonic sensor that detects impinging ultrasonic waves and generates electrical signals in response thereto; an electrical connection which receives said...
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7144379 |
Automatic apparatus for controlling the childbirth labor
Apparatus for controlling the childbirth labor comprising an electromyographic unit ( 4 ) with sensors ( 3 ) for detecting electrical signals of a parturient's uterus and means ( 6 ) for analyzing...
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7025723 |
Beltless fiber optic labor contraction sensing device
A beltless fiber optic labor contraction sensing device including a fiber optic strain sensor for detecting labor contractions during childbirth. The fiber optic strain sensor includes an optic...
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6966881 |
Cervical dilation monitor
A system for measuring dilation of a cervix of a uterus of a female during the first stage of labor, including an expandable gripping arrangement having two oppositely facing gripping members...
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6926679 |
Device and method for producing measuring data relating to the movements of the abdominal wall
The invention relates to a device for producing measuring data relating to the movements of the abdominal wall of a person, comprising at least one first pair of sensor units which are configured...
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6669653 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring the progress of labor
A method of monitoring the progress of labor in a mother during childbirth, by using a position sensor to measure a predetermined point on the mother; monitoring the location of the position sensor...
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6547748 |
Physiological event detector and method of operating the same
A method and apparatus for detecting a physiological signal and for providing indication of an event relating to the physiological signal. The apparatus including an input terminal for connection...
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6423016 |
System and method for evaluating labor progress during childbirth
An apparatus for tracking the labor progress of a patient during childbirth. Clinical measurements associated with a patient are received including a measurement of a previous dilatation of the...
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6423000 |
Labor monitoring device
A device for implantation on the cervix of a pregnant female that provides monitoring means by which the dilatation of a female patient's cervix may be monitored during the first phase of labor....
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6383137 |
Labor alerting device
A device for implantation on the cervix of a pregnant female that provides an alerting means by which a female patient or her health caregiver is notified of the onset of labor. The device...
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6360123 |
Apparatus and method for determining a mechanical property of an organ or body cavity by impedance determination
Apparatus and method for determining a mechanical property of an organ or a body part. The method includes positioning an impedance sensor within a blood vessel. The impedance sensor has at least...
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6308089 |
Limited use medical probe
A limited use medical probe is disclosed. The medical probe includes a memory storage component for maintaining a use value, representing either the number of uses and/or the duration of use of the...
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6270458 |
Cervix dilation and labor progression monitor
A device and method for monitoring cervical dilation, and descent of the presenting part, during labor. An extracorporeally located ultrasound transmitter transmits ultrasound signals into the body...
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6236318 |
Systems for identification and estrus state detecting in cattle
In a system for identifying a plurality of cattle bred on a livestock farm and detecting an estrus state thereof, an apparatus for detecting and identifying any one of cows in the estrus state,...
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6171263 |
Foetal circulatory impedance monitor
A device and method for monitoring a foetus over a period of time. The device includes an electrocardiograph for receiving and processing signals generated by the foetal heart and received from an...
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6134466 |
Apparatus and method for the diagnosis of true labor
Disclosed are systems and methods for detecting an onset of true labor in a pregnant mammal. In accordance with a method of this invention the following steps are executed: (a) detected electrical...
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6123676 |
Method and apparatus for detecting an increased risk of a premature birth
An apparatus for use in measuring the properties of endogenous fluids during a medical examination. The apparatus includes a protective clothing article which is able to be used during the medical...
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6066104 |
Device for cervical and pelvic measurement in medical obstetrics
A device for measuring cervical dilation includes a glove having middle finger an index finger, a thumb, and a palm area. A tube is attached to the index finger and extends from near the tip of the...
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6048323 |
Transducer support plate and tocodynamometer attachment system
A device for receiving and holding a removable ultrasound transducer and a tocodynamometer against the exterior of the abdomen of the patient is disclosed. The device comprises an improved...
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6039701 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring cervical diameter
An apparatus for measuring cervical diameter comprises a support structure and measurement devices for detecting changes in cervical diameter, either directly or indirectly through changes in the...
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5935061 |
Obstetrical instrument system and method
The childbirth process is monitored by applying one or more probes to the mother and monitoring the locations of the probes by transmitting non-ionizing fields such as magnetic fields between the...
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5928168 |
Method and apparatus for estimating and displaying fetal development data during pregnancy
A method and apparatus for determining and displaying fetal development data during pregnancy which allows a user to instantly view the current status of fetal development based on user defined...
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5882300 |
Wireless patient monitoring apparatus using inductive coupling
A wireless patient monitoring apparatus uses low frequency inductive coupling to couple signals from a transducer to monitoring and analysis instrumentation. Signals indicative of physiological...
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5871499 |
Child birth assisting system
The childbirth-assisting device uses an automatically synchronized expandable pneumatic girdle to externally augment the secondary force of labor. The girdle through which the pressure is applied...
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5851188 |
Device for holding medical instrumentation sensors at and upon the cervix os of a human female, particularly for holding the ultrasonic transducers of an ultrasonic transit time, real-time, cervical effacement and dilatation monitor
A flexible elastomeric annulus-shaped membrane having a shape-retentive memory and exerting a force so as to assume and to maintain a predetermined closed-loop geometric shape, normally a circle,...
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5829438 |
System and method for the infusing of tocolytic drugs in response to the onset of premature labor detected by ultrasonic monitoring of the dilatation and/or effacement of the cervix os
The onset of spontaneous abortion or premature labor of a pregnant human female is continuously monitored, potentially for periods of several months and longer, by a real-time transit-time...
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5817035 |
Biophysical foetal monitor
A device and method for monitoring over a period of time a foetus in a pregnant mammalian animal. A piezoelectric synthetic plastics material detector is applied to the abdomen of the pregnant...
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5807281 |
Cervical ring to detect labor
The present invention relates to a method and an assembly (10) for detecting dilation of a cervix (74) of a pregnant female (78) at the onset of labor. The assembly (10) includes a ring-shaped...
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5713371 |
Method of monitoring cervical dilatation during labor, and ultrasound transducer particularly useful in such method
A method for monitoring cervical dilatation during labor by attaching an ultrasound transmitter and an ultrasound receiver to opposite sides of the cervix and monitoring the input signal to the...
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5671749 |
Method for the diagnosis of preterm birth
A method for the diagnosis of preterm labor, and in particular for distinguishing between false labor and true labor, which includes both prelabor and active labor, is disclosed. The onset of a...
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5649548 |
Transducer for monitoring labor pains
Watertight transducer for measuring the contraction of the uterus with a transducer casing, wich has on its underside a diaphragm made from a soft material, such as e.g. elastomeric plastic. The...
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5634476 |
Uterine contraction sensing device and method for manufacture and use thereof
An extra-uterine sensing device for directly measuring changes in pressure brought about by uterine contractions of a wearer. The sensing device includes an outer member adapted for fixed...
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5566680 |
Transducer-tipped intrauterine pressure catheter system
A transducer-tipped intrauterine pressure catheter system for measuring, and delivering to an external monitor a signal representative of, the pressure in the uterus of a woman in labor. The system...
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5511560 |
Method and apparatus for signaling parturition in large farm animals
A device usable in animal husbandry for monitoring calving in large animals by sensing a sustained raised position of the animal's tail. Said device includes a tail position sensor and radio...
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5483970 |
Apparatus and methods for the diagnosis of labor
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for the electromyographic detection of electrical fields inherent in muscular activity, for the diagnosis of labor in a pregnant mammal. The apparatus includes a...
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5450857 |
Method for the diagnosis of cervical changes
The present invention relates to a method and instrumentation for detecting the changes in cervical connective tissues associated with cervical dilation or effacement. This method uses an optical...
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5442940 |
Apparatus and method for evaluating the fetal condition
An apparatus for evaluating the fetal condition prior to or under birth receives the signals of a fetal heart rate transducer and a toco transducer. The signals are first preprocessed in the time...
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5438996 |
Ambulatory, ultrasonic transit time, real-time, cervical effacement and dilatation monitor with disposable probes
Preferred transducers in the substantial shapes of a three-dimensional bodies, normally spheres or cylinders, emit ultrasound omni-directionally. The transducers are secured to the wall of the...
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5373852 |
Monitoring uterine contractions by radiotelemetric transmission
A uterine monitor is provided for gathering characteristic data such as maternal uterine electromyogram, uterine temperature and intra-uterine pressure so that the onset of parturition or labor may...
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5301680 |
Apparatus and method for the diagnosis of labor
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for the electromyographic detection of electrical fields inherent in muscular activity, for the diagnosis of labor in a pregnant mammal. The apparatus includes a...
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5289827 |
Uterine contraction sensing method
An extra-uterine sensing device for directly measuring changes in pressure brought about by uterine contractions of a wearer. The sensing device includes an outer member adapted for fixed...
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5279308 |
Intrauterine pressure catheter system
An intrauterine pressure catheter system for monitoring pressure in the uterus of a mother during labor and delivery. The system includes a reusable junction box with a needle communicating...
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5224490 |
Disposable tocodynamometer with self-adjusting bellows
A non-invasive, disposable, self-adjusting tocodynamometer (10) for monitoring uterine contractions of a patient during pregnancy, labor, and delivery The tocodynamometer includes a...
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5218972 |
Biomedical force measuring apparatus
A force transducer usable tokodynamometer for measuring intrauterine pressure and motion, and for measuring other force exerted by human body or other organisms. The tokodynamometer has a cavity...
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5205296 |
Uterine contraction detection
A system for tracing uterine contraction is disclosed. The system comprises a probe and an electronics module. The electronics module includes a drive circuit and an output section having a...
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5195536 |
Self-adhering noninvasive intracorporeal movement detector
A non-invasive intracorporeal movement transducer for translating intracorporeal movement into a detectable pressure signal is described. The movement transducer includes a fluid-filled bubble with...
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