Technologies
Title: | Hystero electrical activity mapping device |
Area: | Medical Sciences |
Focus Area: | Foetal heart rate monitoring |
Developing Agency: | National Hub For Healthcare Instrumentation Development (NHHID), Chennai |
Technology Readiness Index: | Ready for commercialization |
Brief Description
Description : | Monitoring the uterine activity and foetal electro cardiogram (FECG) are the important tools for the obstetrician to assess the progress of labour and the condition of the foetus. Taking the utility in the clinical area and the extent of sophistication needed in acquiring and processing these signals, a new integrated system is developed to acquire and process the ehg and fecg signals totally non invasively. The system is designed such that it gives information of the foetal heart rate variability and the uterine contraction. Thus the system helps the obstetricians to decide about the course of action to be taken in case of foetal distress during labour. This can be used as a diagnostic tool by the obstetrician in reducing the foetal mortality. |