Method of monitoring labor

Details Method of monitoring labor Method of monitoring labor

1988-07-20

1990-11-06

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

Truss

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128775, A61B 504

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049677616

ABSTRACT:
A method of characterizing pregnant female myometrial activity to distinguish between myometrial activity predictive of term or preterm labor and of contractures, which method comprises: (a) sensing discrete epochs of myometrial contractility and producing signals representing said discrete epochs; (b) storing said epoch representing signals; (c) determining characteristic repetitive frequencies of said signals and thereby determining whether the myometrial activity being characterized is predictive of term or preterm labor.

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