Non-Invasive Fetal Oxygen Monitor Could Make for Safer Deliveries (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Non-Invasive Fetal Oxygen Monitor Could Make for Safer Deliveries

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Prototype of the external fetal oxygen monitor developed by engineers at UC Davis. The device uses light to directly measure fetal oxygen saturation. Existing monitors used in the delivery room infer fetal oxygen by measuring fetal heart rate and contractions, and have a high false positive rate leading to many Cesarean sections. The new device has so far been successfully tested in sheep.

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Daniel Fong, UC Davis

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