Regulating uterine muscular activity
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1. A method for regulating uterine muscular activity comprising:
- measuring uterine contraction with an electrical uterine monitor (EUM), said EUM comprising uterine electrical activity sensors that output to a processor, wherein the measuring comprises processing electrical signals of the uterine electrical activity sensors to determine a measured amount of uterine contraction; and
using sensed measurements of the uterine contraction to regulate uterine muscular activity by comparing the sensed measurements to a desired level, said desired level being defined and stored before said measuring, wherein the difference between sensed and desired level is used to calculate the level of either manual or automatic application of a drug or electrical signal, comprising defining the difference between the sensed and the desired levels as an error signal and regulating the uterine muscular activity with a level of control proportional to the error signal.
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Abstract
A method and system for regulating uterine muscular activity including measuring uterine contraction with an electrical uterine monitor (EUM), and using sensed measurements of the uterine contraction to regulate uterine muscular activity by comparing the sensed measurements to a desired level, wherein the difference between sensed and desired level is used to calculate the level of either manual or automatic application of drugs or electrical signals.
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1. A method for regulating uterine muscular activity comprising:
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measuring uterine contraction with an electrical uterine monitor (EUM), said EUM comprising uterine electrical activity sensors that output to a processor, wherein the measuring comprises processing electrical signals of the uterine electrical activity sensors to determine a measured amount of uterine contraction; and using sensed measurements of the uterine contraction to regulate uterine muscular activity by comparing the sensed measurements to a desired level, said desired level being defined and stored before said measuring, wherein the difference between sensed and desired level is used to calculate the level of either manual or automatic application of a drug or electrical signal, comprising defining the difference between the sensed and the desired levels as an error signal and regulating the uterine muscular activity with a level of control proportional to the error signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for regulating uterine muscular activity comprising:
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an electrical uterine monitor (EUM) for measuring uterine contraction, said EUM comprising uterine electrical activity sensors in operative communication with a processor; and wherein said processor is operative to use sensed measurements of the uterine contraction to regulate uterine muscular activity by comparing the sensed measurements to a desired level, wherein the difference between sensed and desired level is used to calculate the level of either manual or automatic application of a drug or electrical signal, and wherein said processor is operative to define the difference between the sensed and the desired levels as an error signal and to regulate the uterine muscular activity with a level of control proportional to the error signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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