Method and apparatus for providing information related to labor progress for an obstetrics patient
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring an obstetrics patient during childbirth, said method comprising:
- a) receiving a set of information data elements associated with the obstetrics patient, the set of information data elements conveying;
i. a cervical dilation measure; and
ii. an observed level of descent indicator;
b) using a processing unit programmed with software, deriving an expected range of levels of descent at least in part by processing the cervical dilation measure, the derived expected range of levels of descent conveying levels of descent expected when childbirth is progressing normally; and
c) causing labor progress information associated with the obstetrics patient to be displayed on a display device, the labor progress information conveying whether the observed level of descent indicator lies within the derived expected range of levels of descent.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for evaluating labor progress during childbirth for an obstetrics patient are provided. A set of information data elements associated to an obstetrics patient are received, the set of information data elements including a cervical dilation measure and a level of descent indicator. The set of information data elements is processed to generate labor progress information associated to the obstetrics patient. The labor progress information conveys whether the level of descent indicator is within an expected range of levels of descent corresponding to the cervical dilation measure. A signal for causing the labor progress information to be provided to a user is then released.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring an obstetrics patient during childbirth, said method comprising:
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a) receiving a set of information data elements associated with the obstetrics patient, the set of information data elements conveying; i. a cervical dilation measure; and ii. an observed level of descent indicator; b) using a processing unit programmed with software, deriving an expected range of levels of descent at least in part by processing the cervical dilation measure, the derived expected range of levels of descent conveying levels of descent expected when childbirth is progressing normally; and c) causing labor progress information associated with the obstetrics patient to be displayed on a display device, the labor progress information conveying whether the observed level of descent indicator lies within the derived expected range of levels of descent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product, tangibly stored on one or more tangible computer readable storage media, for monitoring an obstetrics patient during childbirth, the program product comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a programmable system including at least one programmable processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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i. receiving a set of information data elements associated with the obstetrics patient, the set of information data elements including; (1) a cervical dilation measure; and (2) an observed level of descent indicator; ii. deriving an expected range of levels of descent at least in part by processing the cervical dilation measure, the derived expected range of levels of descent conveying levels of descent expected when childbirth is progressing normally; iii. causing labor progress information associated with the obstetrics patient to be displayed on a display device, the labor progress information conveying whether the observed level of descent indicator lies within the derived expected range of levels of descent. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for monitoring an obstetrics patient during childbirth, comprising:
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a) an interface for receiving a set of information data elements associated with the obstetrics patient, the set of information data elements conveying; i. a cervical dilation measure; and ii. an observed level of descent indicator; b) an apparatus including; i. an input in communication with said interface for receiving the set of information data elements; ii. a processing unit in communication with said input, said processing unit being programmed for; (1) deriving an expected range of levels of descent at least in part by processing the cervical dilation measure, the derived expected range of levels of descent conveying levels of descent expected when childbirth is progressing normally; (2) generating a signal for causing labor progress information associated with the obstetrics patient to be displayed on a display device, the labor progress information conveying whether the observed level of descent indicator lies within the derived expected range of levels of descent. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for monitoring an obstetrics patient during childbirth, said method comprising:
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a) obtaining a set of information data elements associated with the obstetrics patient, the set of information data elements conveying; i. a cervical dilation measure; and ii. an observed level of descent indicator; b) transmitting the set of information data elements to a remote computing apparatus, the remote computing apparatus being programmed for; i. deriving an expected range of levels of descent at least in part by processing the cervical dilation measure, the derived expected range of levels of descent conveying levels of descent expected when childbirth is progressing normally; c) receiving data from the remote computing apparatus, the data conveying labor progress information associated with the obstetrics patient, the labor progress information conveying whether the observed level of descent indicator lies within the derived expected range of levels of descent; and d) causing the labor progress information to be provided to a user using a display device.
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