Apparatus and method for monitoring fetus in maternal body

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PATENT NO 8483810
APP PUB NO 20110092837A1
SERIAL NO

12649331

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An apparatus for monitoring fetal positions and fetal movements is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of sensors, a signal pre-processor, a signal post-processor, and a fetal position judging processor. The sensors are attached on the abdomen of a maternal body to provide at least three measuring leads. The signal pre-processor receives a plurality of sensing signals from the sensors, and the signal pre-processor reduces noises in the sensing signals and amplifies the sensing signals to output a plurality of characteristic sensing signals. The signal post-processor receives the characteristic sensing signals from the signal pre-processor and separates out a plurality of fetal electrocardiograms (FECGs) corresponding to the leads. The fetal position judging processor analyzes the FECGs to obtain a characteristic waveform for each of the FECGs or directly calculates a fetal heart axis vector with respect to a front-side coordinate of the maternal body according to the FECGs.

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INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTENO 195 SEC 4 CHUNG HSING RD CHUTUNG HSINCHU 31040
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL10002

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lee, Chien-Nan Taipei, TW 1 7
Lee, Shiow-Harn Hsinchu, TW 5 40

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