Inventors:
Merlin Bardett Fausett - San Antonio TX, US
Jonathan William Hander - Allen TX, US
Edwin William Hander - Columbia MO, US
Assignee:
OB Technologies, LLC - San Antonio TX
International Classification:
A61B 5/103, A61B 5/117
Abstract:
A method is described to provide real-time fetal position, movement velocity, and head orientation feedback to professional medical staff and delivering mothers. Using this feedback, the mother can be apprised of how effective her pushing is moving the baby through the birth canal. Medical staff can use this feedback to assess fetal head orientation and determine location of the baby in the birth canal. The feedback device consists of metrology devices mounted on a fetal scalp electrode, a data acquisition method, software to interpret the metrology signals, and feedback hardware for doctors and the mother.