Inventors:
Roger C. Young - Memphis TN, US
Assignee:
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College - Burlington VT
International Classification:
A61B 5/00, A61B 5/0488
Abstract:
The invention includes, in part, methods and apparatus for determining the status of labor in a pregnant subject. In some embodiments of the invention, organ-level uterine function is determined as a measure of the status of labor such as non-labor (e.g. false labor), latent phase labor, active phase labor, or post-delivery.