Electrocardiac instrument for testing unborn infants

• US 3,326,207 A
• Filed: 07/10/1964
• Issued: 06/20/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James J. Egan
• Original Assignee: James J. Egan
• Inventors: Egan, James J.
• Application Number:
  US04/381,790
• Time in Patent Office: 1,075 Days
• US Class Current: 600/376
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/288 for foetal cardiography, e.g. scalp electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/324 Means for providing electrolytes, e.g. syringes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4362 Assessing foetal parameters

Claims

1. AN ELECTROCARDIAC INSTRUMENT FOR INTRAUTERINE USE IN TESTING UNBORN INFANTS, SAID INSTRUMENT COMPRISING;

AN ELONGATED TUBULAR MEMBER;

AT LEAST TWO INFLATABLE MEANS MOUNTED ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND SPACED APART BY A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE;

ELECTRODE MEANS ON EACH OF SAID INFLATABLE MEANS;

ELECTRICAL CONNECTION MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ATTACHING SAID INSTRUMENT TO AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM APPARATUS;

AND MEANS FOR INFLATING EACH OF SAID INFLATABLE MEANS WITHIN AN INTRAUTERINE LOCATION TO BRING SAID ELECTRODE MEANS INTO CONTACT WITH AN INFANT THEREIN FOR OBTAINING AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM TRACING FROM SAID INFANT;

AND SAID ELECTRODE MEANS THUS CONTACTING SAID INFANT AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON SAID INFANT WITH SAID DIFFERENT LOCATIONS BEING SPACED APART BY SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE.