Mobile phone linked monitoring unit measures foetal health and labour onset related body parameters in pregnant woman with threshold related alerts

摘要

A mobile phone (2) measures (6), analyses (8) and transmits body (1) function data to a service center (3) to allow the detection of the onset of labour using an electrode sensor (4) to measure the potential of contracting abdominal muscles (5), ultrasonic foetal heart rate, heart potential, with automatic activation at threshold levels.