Handheld device for fetal health monitoring and method thereof
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsKiran Bogineni, Fatma Nazan Demirbilek, Nasir Ahmed Desai, Antony Kalugumalai Neethimanickam
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Abstract
A handheld device for fetal health monitoring is provided. The device comprises at least one sensor configured to detect fetal movement, and an ultrasound transducer unit configured to record a heartbeat sound of the fetus. The device further comprises a storage unit connectable to the at least one sensor and the ultrasound transducer unit and configured to store the detected fetal movement along with a timestamp and the heartbeat sound of the fetus in the form of digital information.
Claims15
A handheld device for fetal health monitoring, the device comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to detect fetal movement;
- an ultrasound transducer unit configured to record a heartbeat sound of the fetus;
- and
- a storage unit connectable to the at least one sensor and to the ultrasound transducer unit, and configured to store the detected fetal movement along with a timestamp and the heartbeat sound of the fetus in the form of digital information.
A method of monitoring fetal health, the method comprising:
- detecting fetal movement using at least one sensor;
- recording a heartbeat sound of the fetus using an ultrasound transducer unit;
- and
- storing the detected fetal movement along with a timestamp and the heartbeat sound of the fetus in the form of digital information in a storage unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.