System for monitoring fetal status during childbirth

A method for detecting oxygen saturation in a fetus comprising:

• providing an oximeter probe comprising:
• a housing defining a first cavity and a second cavity;
• the first cavity comprising at least two light emitters, wherein each emitter emits an emitted light of a different wavelength than the other of the emitters;
• the second cavity including a detector for detecting both wavelength of reflected light emitted from the at least two light emitters, wherein the reflected light is the emitted light reflected off of fetal tissue;
• wherein at least one of the first or second cavities further comprises a mirror that collimates or focuses the emitted or the reflected light;
• and
• a divider located between the first and second cavities that prevents the emitted light from directly entering the detector;
• a camera detachably located within a first channel located longitudinally in the housing;
• a thermocouple detachably located within a second channel located longitudinally in the housing;
• placing the oximeter in proximity to the fetus;
• determining, using a CPU, oxygen saturation in the fetus based on a difference between the emitted light wavelength and the reflected wavelength.

An oximeter probe comprising:

• a housing defining a first cavity and a second cavity;
• the first cavity comprising at least two light emitters, wherein each emitter emits an emitted light of a different wavelength than the other of the emitters;
• the second cavity including a detector for detecting both wavelength of reflected light emitted from the at least two light emitters, wherein the reflected light is the emitted light reflected off of tissue;
• and
• a divider located between the first and second cavities that prevents the emitted light from directly entering the detector;
• wherein the oximeter probe is in communication with a CPU, which determines oxygen saturation in the tissue based on a difference between the emitted light wavelength and the reflected wavelength;
• wherein at least one of the first or second cavities further comprises a mirror that collimates or focuses the emitted or the reflected light;
• wherein the housing further comprising a first longitudinal channel in an exterior wall of the housing configured to accommodate a camera;
• wherein the housing further comprising a second longitudinal channel in the exterior wall of the housing configured to accommodate a thermocouple.