Yi C Huang

US Patent:

20130053670, Feb 28, 2013

Filed:

Feb 18, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/580046

Inventors:

Deepika Sagaram - Providence RI, US
Christopher Brandon Courville - Baltimore MD, US
Karin Hwang - Ontario, CA
Yi Rose Huang - Brooklyn NY, US
Karin J. Blakemore - Baltimore MD, US
Sung Jin Sunwoo - Laurel MD, US
Soumyadipta Acharya - Baltimore MD, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/04
A61B 6/00

US Classification:

600377

Abstract:

A system, method and apparatus for monitoring uterine and/or cervical activity indicative of labor in a patient. The system includes a medical device and a data processor in communication with the medical device. The medical device includes a structural component, a first electrode attached to the structural component, and a second electrode attached to the structural component. The structural component is structured to be in contact with a cervical surface and a vaginal surface of the patient, such that said first electrode is in electrical contact with said cervical surface and said second electrode is in electrical contact with said vaginal surface. The first electrode is adapted to receive an electrical activity of the cervical surface and the second electrode is adapted to receive an electrical activity of the uterus through the vaginal surface. The data processor is adapted to process the electrical activity of the electrodes to detect contractions on a surface of the patient indicative of labor.

US Patent:

20150031976, Jan 29, 2015

Filed:

Sep 24, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/495433

Inventors:

- Baltimore MD, US
Deepika Sagaram - Providence RI, US
Christopher B. Courville - Baltimore MD, US
Karin Hwang - Ontario CA, US
Yi R. Huang - Brooklyn NY, US
Karin J. Blakemore - Baltimore MD, US
Sung J. Sunwoo - Laurel MD, US
Soumyadipta Acharya - Baltimore MD, US

Assignee:

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - Baltimore MD

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
A61B 5/04

US Classification:

600373, 600591, 600476

Abstract:

A system, method and apparatus for monitoring uterine and/or cervical activity indicative of labor in a patient. The system includes a medical device and a data processor in communication with the medical device. The medical device includes a structural component, a first electrode attached to the structural component, and a second electrode attached to the structural component. The structural component is structured to be in contact with a cervical surface and a vaginal surface of the patient, such that said first electrode is in electrical contact with said cervical surface and said second electrode is in electrical contact with said vaginal surface. The first electrode is adapted to receive an electrical activity of the cervical surface and the second electrode is adapted to receive an electrical activity of the uterus through the vaginal surface. The data processor is adapted to process the electrical activity of the electrodes to detect contractions on a surface of the patient indicative of labor.