Pregnancy monitoring devices, systems, and related methods
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring a pregnant subject, the system comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to generate one or more signals related to an internal source load and an external source load received by the pregnant subject; and
a controller including control electrical circuitry operably coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to receive the one or more signals therefrom, the control electrical circuitry configured to;
perform a comparison of the internal source load to the external source load; and
generate an output related to the comparison of the internal source load to the external source load at least partially based on the one or more signals received from the one or more sensors.
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to devices, systems, and methods for monitoring pregnancy of a female pregnant subject. For example, a pregnancy monitoring system can detect movement or motion of a pregnant subject and/or of the fetus in the pregnant subject. Additionally or alternatively, the pregnancy monitoring system can detect internal and/or external source loads applied to the pregnant subject. In an embodiment, the pregnancy monitoring system can compare and/or correlate two or more loads, one to another (e.g., to produce an output that is in part based on such comparison and that is related to the wellbeing of the pregnant subject and/or of the fetus). For example, the pregnancy monitoring system can include a controller that is configured to determine and compare two or more loads based on signals received from one or more sensors that can be positioned on the pregnant subject.
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46 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a pregnant subject, the system comprising:
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one or more sensors configured to generate one or more signals related to an internal source load and an external source load received by the pregnant subject; and a controller including control electrical circuitry operably coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to receive the one or more signals therefrom, the control electrical circuitry configured to; perform a comparison of the internal source load to the external source load; and generate an output related to the comparison of the internal source load to the external source load at least partially based on the one or more signals received from the one or more sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A wearable system for monitoring a pregnant subject, the wearable system comprising:
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one or more wearable elements sized and configured to be worn by the pregnant subject; one or more sensors configured to generate one or more signals related to an internal source load and an external source load received by the pregnant subject, at least one of the one or more sensors carried by the one or more wearable elements; and a controller including control electrical circuitry operably coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to receive the one or more signals therefrom, the control electrical circuitry configured to; perform a comparison of the internal source load to the external source load; and generate an output related to the comparison of the internal source load to the external source load at least partially based on the one or more signals received from the one or more sensors. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of monitoring a pregnant subject, the method comprising:
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at a controller, receiving one or more signals from one or more sensors that detect one or more forces associated with an internal source load and an external source load received by the pregnant subject; at the controller, determining the internal source load and the external source load based at least partially on the one or more signals received from the one or more sensors; at the controller, performing a comparison of the internal source load to the external source load; and generating an output related to the comparison of the external source load to the internal source load. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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