Inventors:
Pramode Verma - Tulsa OK, US
Anjan Ghosh - Tulsa OK, US
Samuel Cheng - Tulsa OK, US
Mark G. Martens - Jenks OK, US
Robert Huck - Tulsa OK, US
Shanshan Chen - Tulsa OK, US
Anil K. Kaul - Tulsa OK, US
Assignee:
The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma - Norman OK
International Classification:
A61B 5/103
A61B 5/117
Abstract:
A method of monitoring the cervical dilation of a pregnant female, comprising the steps of receiving cervical dilation data generated by a cervical dilation monitor having a sensor including a coil measuring an inductance with the coil attached to a housing such that expansion of the housing changes the inductance of the coil. Then, the cervical dilation is correlated to the immediacy of delivery to create immediacy data and/or one or more instructions indicative of the immediacy of delivery. The immediacy data and/or one or more instructions is transmitted so as to inform the pregnant female of the immediacy of delivery.