Passive phonography heart monitor

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2006-05-02

2010-10-19

Bockelman, Mark W (Department: 3766)

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Cardiovascular

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07818050

ABSTRACT:
A fetal heart monitor device includes a channel to receive a first signal representative of acoustic energy principally from a maternal heartbeat and a second signal representative of acoustic energy including a fetal heart beat. The device includes a computing device including a processor, a memory operatively coupled to the processor and non-volatile storage operatively coupled to the processor, the non-volatile storage storing a computer program including instructions to cause the processor to process the first and second electrical signals into an electrical signal representative of the acoustic energy emitted by the fetal heart.

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