Transducer holder for maintaining signal-receiving contact with a patient's body

摘要

A transducer holder 20 comprising a base 22 adherently attachable to a patient's skin 12 and a retainer 24 attached or attachable to the base 22 to hold the transducer 36 in signal-receiving contact with the body. The base 22 may have one or more apertures (26, fig 2). The aperture may be open for use with an acoustic gel or closed by a barrier film. Alternatively the base 22 itself may receive signals. The base 22 may be adhesively attached to the patient's skin 12or held by suction. The retainer 24 may be in the form of one or more bands 30 or a membrane including an opening for inserting or removing the transducer 36. A method of using the transducer holder 20 is claimed. The holder may assist in monitoring a mother and baby during labour without the need for body straps.