Fetal Oximetry Probe

Although widely practiced as the current standard of care, electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) has noimproved fetal outcomes. This is partially due to difficulties inherent in fetal heart rate and continterpretation. Oxygen saturation through pulse oximetry has become a standard for detection of hypoill patient. The addition of fetal oxygen saturation to the currently available EFM information hasinvestigated for several years but an acceptable method has not yet been devised. The major issue hareliable and practical method for attachment or application of the oximetry probe to the fetus in sugood pulse signal. We will develop a fetal oximetry system that will be reliable and, at the same timajor element of the optical fetal pulse oximetry probe is to mount the emitters and detector in a fsimilar to those used currently to measure fetal heart rate. Additionally, the design will integratewith the fetal oximetry probe. The improved signal-to-noise ratio and elimination of movement artifawith unique signal processing to give reliable oximetry data using an application method (FSE) alreastandard for clinical use. Our goal is to improve fetal monitoring thereby reducing the morbidity, munnecessary cesarean sections.