Sensor interface system

US9351682B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Convergent Engineering, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Neil R. Euliano · Gainesville, US
• Dorothee Marossero · Gainesville, US
• Shalom Darmanjian · Gainesville, US
• Daniel Patrick McKenna · Gainesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2011
• Grant date: May 31, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F04C2270/041
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sensor interface system for providing a connection between at least one sensor and a maternal-fetal monitor, wherein the interface system converts electrical muscle activity captured by the sensor(s) into uterine activity data signals for use by the maternal-fetal monitor. The sensor interface system of the invention preferably includes a conversion means for converting the signals from the sensor(s) into signals similar to those produced by a tocodynamometer.