The present disclosure relates to a maternal monitoring transducer (20), comprising a housing (60), a substrate board (72), particularly a PCB (70), disposed in the housing (60) and comprising control components (74), and a displacement measurement arrangement (76) comprising a displacement-sensitive structure (78) that is arranged to detect deformations of a deflectable measurement section (80) of the substrate board (72), wherein the maternal monitoring transducer (20) supplies a signal that is representative of maternal motion. The disclosure further relates to a method of operating a maternal monitoring transducer (20).

A computing device arrangement (20) for receiving fetal monitoring data from a fetal monitoring system is disclosed. The computing device arrangement comprises a display device (30) arranged to display the fetal monitoring data, a touchscreen device (32) and a processor arrangement (24) communicatively coupled to the display device and the touchscreen device. The processor arrangement is arranged to receive the fetal monitoring data from the fetal monitoring system, control the display device to display the fetal monitoring data, receive a freeform input (36) in a region of the touchscreen device from the touchscreen device; modify the fetal monitoring data by annotating a displayed region (34) of the fetal monitoring data with the freeform input, said displayed region corresponding to the region of the touchscreen device; and generate an output of the modified fetal monitoring data for storage in a data storage device (28). Also disclosed are a fetal monitoring system including such a computing device arrangement and a method of generating freeform annotations with such a computing device arrangement.

Communication of parent physiological data to an infant may include a first interface device which includes a sensor to record physiological data associated with a heartbeat of a parent, a processor to receive the physiological data from the sensor, and a transceiver; a server which receives the physiological data from the transceiver, accesses an instance of the physiological data from a replay storage location during a loss of communication, assigns a unique identifier, processes the physiological data, modifies the physiological data to be within an allowable threshold or accesses physiological data within the allowable threshold when the physiological data is outside an allowable threshold, filters the physiological data to apply an effect, and transmits the physiological data based on the unique identifier; and a second interface device which includes a transceiver to receive the physiological data and a communication element to communicate the physiological data to the infant.

An apparatus has a computer receiving input signals indicative of fetal heart rate (“FHR”) and maternal uterine activity in a patient. The computer determines when each of FHR, baseline FHR variability, FHR accelerations, FHR decelerations, and maternal uterine activity exhibit a plurality of pre-defined non-reassuring characteristics. The computer receives inputs indicating the presence of maternal, obstetrical, and fetal risk factors, and determines at predetermined times during labor a present level of risk to the fetus which accounts for the total of the number of parameters that each exhibit the non-reassuring characteristics at predetermined points in time during labor and the number of risk factors present. An output display depicts in a single graphical interface information respecting the parameters and risk factors over time during labor. The graphical interface includes indicia for indicating the present level of fetal risk at the predetermined times during labor and signals the need for intervention.

This present invention discloses a fetal monitoring device that enables the monitoring of an unborn baby's heartbeat and its movements inside the womb. The fetal monitoring device includes an elastic strap with a fetal monitor disposed centrally on the strap. The fetal monitoring device is worn such that the strap fits to the abdomen of the pregnant woman, and the fetal monitor is placed adjacent to the location of the fetus, so as to monitor the fetus' condition and further project real-time imagery of the unborn baby on a related display device.

Devices, systems and methods are described herein that enable and make assessments related to pregnancy, including assessments related to a labor-related status such as the onset of true labor. In some embodiments, a pregnancy monitoring system comprises a portable, noninvasive data acquisition device adhered to a patient's skin, comprising at least two electrodes to measure uterine electrical activity, signal processing means, data storage means, and a battery. Systems for notification of the labor-related status are described.

Light reflected from a pregnant woman's abdomen and fetus contained therein that has been received by a detector and converted into a reflected electronic signal may be received by a processor. A portion of the reflected electronic signal that is reflected from the fetus may be isolated and the isolated portion of the reflected electronic signal may be analyzed to determine a fetal hemoglobin oxygen saturation level of the fetus. The isolation may be achieved by synchronizing the reflected electronic signal with a fetal heartbeat signal and multiplying the synchronized reflected electronic signal by the synchronized fetal heartbeat signal.

Methods and apparatus for reducing the risk of neurological injury to a human fetus during labor and before are disclosed, which include the steps of: (1) identifying during labor the risk of neurological injury to a fetus by, conducting an analysis of fetal blood to determine at least a first base excess (BE) value for the fetus; (2) determining a multiple of the median for the BE value at the first period in time, wherein a risk of neurological injury to the fetus is indicated when the BE value is a predefined multiple of a median BE value; and (3) treating the fetus for which the risk of neurological injury is, by intervening in labor to reduce or eliminate the risk of neurological injury to the fetus through any conventional therapeutic measures.

An intelligent device and wearing method. The method includes, for an intelligent device having a first sensor and a second sensor, obtaining a measurement value of the first sensor, when the measurement value of the first sensor is greater than a first threshold, determining that the intelligent device is in a worn state, when the measurement value of the first sensor is less than a second threshold, determining that the intelligent device is in a not-worn state, where the first threshold is greater than the second threshold, when the measurement value of the first sensor is between the first threshold and second threshold, turning on the second sensor, turning on the second sensor, obtaining a measurement value of the second sensor, and determining, according to the measurement value of the second sensor, that the intelligent device is in the worn state or in the not-worn state.

Light reflected from a pregnant woman's abdomen and fetus contained therein that has been received by a detector and converted into a reflected electronic signal may be received by a processor. A portion of the reflected electronic signal that is reflected from the fetus may be isolated and the isolated portion of the reflected electronic signal may be analyzed to determine a fetal hemoglobin oxygen saturation level of the fetus. The isolation may be achieved by synchronizing the reflected electronic signal with a fetal heartbeat signal and multiplying the synchronized reflected electronic signal by the synchronized fetal heartbeat signal.