| 摘要 |
<p>A labor and delivery monitoring system having a relay disk (11) for receiving labor contraction signals, ultrasound fetal heartbeat signals, and fetal ECG signals from respective sensors (12, 14, 16) placed on or in the mother and relaying those signals to a computer processor for display on a monitor. Communication between the respective sensors (12, 14, 16) and the relay disk (11) is preferably wireless, as is the communication between the relay disk (11) and the computer processor. The relay disk (11) also preferably provides a plurality of programmable buttons (18, 20, 24) for enabling the mother to control a wide variety of equipment in the labor and delivery room, such as temperature, television, radio or stereo equipment, lights, anesthetics, and the like. The relay disk (11) also preferably includes at least one dedicated nonprogrammable button (28) for enabling the patient to alert medical personnel when the patient requires assistance.</p> |
