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Validation study · Front Bioeng Biotechnol · 2022

Contractions read from the heart’s own signals

A novel, cardiac-derived algorithm for uterine activity monitoring in a wearable remote device

In short

INVU derives uterine activity from the mother’s heart signals, electrical and acoustic, rather than from a pressure belt. In labour, compared with the intrauterine catheter in 41 women, it identified 89.8% of contractions. Where all three methods were recorded together, INVU detected 93.3% of contractions and the external belt 38.5%.

41women in labour
89.8%of contractions identified
93.3%detected by INVU vs 38.5% by the external belt, same recordings
The paper
A novel, cardiac-derived algorithm for uterine activity monitoring in a wearable remote device

Mhajna M, Sadeh B, Yagel S, Sohn C, Schwartz N, Warsof S, Zahar Y, Reches A. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022;10:933612.

doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.933612
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