Method and apparatus for monitoring location of fetus
CA 1331210 C · Owner: Bellinson, Susan A. · Inventors: Bellinson, Susan A.
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A method and apparatus for monitoring the location of a fetus in a birth canal during labor. The conductors of a fetal monitor probe, such as a fetal heartbeat monitor electrode, are marked with calibration means corresponding to predetermined distances from a babyward end of the probe. The babyward end of the probe is attached to the baby. During labor the position and progress of the fetus in the birth canal may be inferred by observing the calibration means relative to the outer end of the birth canal.
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- Granted August 2, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 2, 2011.
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