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Andrea Silva-Lindsey

at Univ Ana G Méndez

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Proceedings Article | 19 May 2020 Presentation + Paper

Contraction monitor for high risk pregnancies

Andrea Silva-Lindsey, Jose Mojica-Pabellón, Miguel Goenaga-Jimenez

Proceedings Volume 11423, 1142314 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2559153

KEYWORDS: Fetus, Sensors, Global system for mobile communications, Electrodes, Microcontrollers, Resistance, LCDs, Computer engineering, Signal processing

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Pregnant women with conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, anemia, obesity, among others; have more possibility to be diagnosed with a high-risk pregnancy. Women with this type of pregnancy should visit their gynecologist up to two times a week depending on their condition, to monitor contractions and the fetal heartbeat, just to know the wellbeing of the fetus. Mothers have no other way to monitor the health and the contractions because the equipment is very limited and involves high costs. Constant Monitoring of the fetus could help to detect early symptoms and anomalies that can be a sign of premature childbirth and other fetal complications that could be of major concern. By creating a low-cost contraction monitor that measures the duration and frequency of contractions we could detect some symptoms or abnormalities that may indicate symptoms of early miscarriage or some other problem with the fetus. This device will save the data and would be able to alert the patient if an anomaly in the contractions occurs. When the abnormality is detected the doctor receives a text message with the information of the patient so he can give her a recommendation on what to do. The device will also save all the data so the doctor can analyze and determine the status of the fetus. The idea of this device is to help detect early symptoms of possible complications during pregnancy and so that both the mother and the fetus can enjoy a healthier pregnancy. The data recollected can also be useful to support investigations related to fetal conditions and abnormalities.

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