Continuous Wireless Monitoring of the Cervical Dilation of a Pregnant Woman

Author

Verma, P. ; Ghosh, A.K. ; Huck, R.C. ; Cheng, S. ; Chen, S. ; Martens, M. ; Kaul, A.

Author_Institution

Telecommun. Eng. Program, Univ. of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK

fYear

2008

fDate

9-10 May 2008

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

96

Abstract

A novel electronic sensor system is designed to continuously monitor the dilation of the cervix of a pregnant female approaching labor and delivery. The system is capable of wirelessly transmitting the progress of dilation to a central monitoring agency that can get in touch with the attending physician and/or the hospital of the pregnant female. Using wireless telephony, the monitoring agency and/or the physician can advise the female about the medical care she needs at that moment, even though the female might be at her home, or away from home and away from the medical facility.

Keywords

gynaecology; patient care; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; cervical dilation; childbirth; continuous wireless monitoring; electronic sensor system; medical care; pregnant woman; wireless telephony; Biomedical monitoring; Costs; Fingers; Hospitals; Instruments; Pediatrics; Pregnancy; Sensor systems; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Wireless sensor networks; RF design; Wireless networking; ZigBee protocol; birth monitoring; electronic sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Measurements and Applications, 2008. MeMeA 2008. IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1937-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1938-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MEMEA.2008.4543005

Filename

4543005