FETAL MONITORING DEVICE AND METHODS
First Claim
1. An ultra-wideband (UWB) fetal monitoring system capable of concurrent monitoring of indicators of fetal and maternal health, the system comprising:
- a sensor configured for receiving and transmission of UWB signal data, the sensor comprising at least one antenna; and
a signal processor configured to receive signal data from the sensor and to process the information into a matrix of reflected signals indexed by depth and time, and to extract from the matrix a plurality of indicators of fetal or fetal and maternal health.
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Abstract
Described herein are fetal and/or maternal monitoring devices, systems and methods using UWB medical radar. These devices and systems may include a UWB sensor providing high-resolution and reliable simultaneous monitoring of multiple indicators of fetal and/or maternal health, such as fetal heart rate, fetal heart rate variability, fetal respiration, fetal gross body movement, maternal contractions, maternal heart rate, maternal respiration, and other derivative parameters during virtually all stages of pregnancy and during delivery. The sensor allows novel collection of physiological data using a single sensor or multiple sensors to develop individual and aggregate normal motion indices for use in determining when departure from normal motion index is indicative of fetal or maternal distress.
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20 Claims
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1. An ultra-wideband (UWB) fetal monitoring system capable of concurrent monitoring of indicators of fetal and maternal health, the system comprising:
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a sensor configured for receiving and transmission of UWB signal data, the sensor comprising at least one antenna; and a signal processor configured to receive signal data from the sensor and to process the information into a matrix of reflected signals indexed by depth and time, and to extract from the matrix a plurality of indicators of fetal or fetal and maternal health. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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