MULTIFACTORIAL TELEHEALTH CARE PREGNANCY AND BIRTH MONITORING

摘要

A system for monitoring a fetus in a pregnant woman, and/or the maternal health risk for pregnancies complicated by such as pre-eclampsia and hypertensive disorders is configured to be worn by the pregnant woman, preferably so as to allow monitoring during daily life, e.g. in the form of an adhesive patch. The unit has a sound sensor, e.g. a microphone or accelerometer, to be positioned on the skin of the abdominal area so as to detect a vascular sound from umbilical arteries of the fetus or from the uterine arteries of the pregnant woman. The sound sensor is functionally connected to a processing unit which executes a processing algorithm on the captured vascular sound and extracts a signal parameter accordingly. The processing unit then communicates the signal parameter, e.g. using an audio signal, a visual display or by means of a wired or a wireless data signal.

主权项

1. A system for monitoring a pregnant woman or a fetus in a pregnant woman, the system comprising
a portable unit arranged to be carried by the pregnant woman, the portable unit comprising at least one sound sensor arranged for being positioned on the skin of the abdominal area and arranged to detect a vascular sound from a uterine artery or from an umbilical artery of a fetus present in the pregnant woman's uterus and to generate a first signal accordingly, and a processing unit functionally connected to receive the first signal, wherein the processing unit is arranged to execute a first processing algorithm on the first signal so as to extract at least a first signal parameter accordingly, and wherein the processing unit is arranged to communicate the at least first signal parameter.