Determining parameters associated with a female pelvis and cervix
OwnerYoav Paltieliinventor
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Abstract
A method for calculating fetal parameters with reference to a female pelvis, the method including previously obtaining measurement of a pelvis of a woman, re-locating the pelvis by sensing a point on the pelvis and finding a spatial orientation of the point with the previously measured pelvis and one other reference point, and calculating a fetal parameter of a fetus in the woman with respect to the pelvis.
Claims25
A method for calculating fetal parameters with reference to a female pelvis, the method comprising:
- previously obtaining measurement of a pelvis of a woman;
- re-locating the pelvis by sensing a point on the pelvis and finding a spatial orientation of said point with the previously measured pelvis and one other reference point;
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- calculating a fetal parameter of a fetus in the woman with respect to the pelvis.
A method for determining cervical information associated with a woman pregnant with a fetus, the method comprising:
- identifying a cervix on an ultrasonic image;
- marking boundaries of the cervix;
- calculating cervical length and dilatation based on the identified cervix and its boundaries;
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- creating and displaying a three-dimensional reconstruction of the cervix.
Apparatus for determining dimensions and spatial position of a female pelvis, the apparatus comprising:
- a reference sensor attachable to a known point on a female pelvis of a pregnant woman;
- a position sensor for acquiring a position of at least one additional known point of the pelvis;
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- ultrasonic markers of at least two known points of the pelvis.
Apparatus for determining fetal head station in a birth canal associated with a female pelvis of a woman pregnant with a fetus, the apparatus comprising:
- an ultrasonic image that includes the birth canal and the pelvis of the woman;
- an ultrasonic identifier of a tip of a skull of the fetus;
- ultrasonic markers of known landmarks of the pelvis associated with the birth canal, which are seen on the ultrasonic image;
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- a processor for calculating head station that correlates the known landmarks with the tip of the skull.
Apparatus for determining cervical information associated with a woman pregnant with a fetus, the apparatus comprising:
- an ultrasonic image that includes a cervix identified thereon;
- a processor for calculating cervical length and dilatation based on the identified cervix and its boundaries, said processor being operative to create a three-dimensional reconstruction of the cervix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.