Newborn Heart Rate Monitoring Device
A neonatologist from UC San Diego’s Medical Center has developed a standalone heart rate monitor to quickly detect a neonate’s heart rate within seconds of birth. This improved technology is automatic and easy to implement, offering instantaneous heart rate reporting for newborns, including premature babies. A functional prototype of this technology has been developed.
Inventor: KIM, Jae H.
Priority Number: WO2013063144A1
IPC Current: A61B000502
Assignee Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Title: NEWBORN HEART RATE MONITOR | DISPOSITIF DE SURVEILLANCE DE LA FRÉQUENCE CARDIAQUE D'UN NOUVEAU-NÉ
Usefulness: NEWBORN HEART RATE MONITOR | DISPOSITIF DE SURVEILLANCE DE LA FRÉQUENCE CARDIAQUE D'UN NOUVEAU-NÉ
Summary: Neonatal heart rate monitoring unit for measuring a neonates heart of a patient in a labor room, operating room and resuscitation room.
Novelty: Neonatal heart rate monitoring unit for measuring neonates heart of patient in e.g. labor room, has jaws clamping umbilical cord and integrated piezo-sensor embedded in one of jaws to be deflected by pulsations of umbilical cord
Biomedical
Medical Device
20140276148
Tech ID/UC Case 21202/2010-229-0 Related Cases 2010-229-0
USA

