home uterine activity monitoring (huam) has demonstrated to be of great value for preventing preterm labor in recent years. in this research, a low cost monitoring device for non-invasive monitoring of the uterine activity in pregnant women is presented. the new device has been designed based on an inductive colpitz oscillator and vertical displacement of a ferrite core in a coil. the resulting...

AIMS To determine the quality of intrapartum uterine activity (UA) monitoring in daily practice during the first and second stage of labor. The total duration of inadequate UA monitoring is quantified in relation to the technique applied: external or internal. METHODS One hundred and ninety-two UA recordings, collected from 1 April 2006 untill 1 October 2006 from consecutive deliveries at the...

Today’s maternal/fetal monitoring lacks the capability to diagnose labor and predict delivery. The objective of this work was to demonstrate that uterine electromyography (EMG) is proven to be a viable alternative to current monitoring techniques. Uterine EMG was monitored noninvasively and trans-abdominally from pregnant patients using surface electrodes. Several aspects of the uterine EMG wer...

At present, the most widespread method of monitoring of uterine contractions activity during pregnancy and labour is the external tocography. This mechanical method, however, has limited value resulting from its low accuracy and sensibility. Recent progress in new techniques of perinatal monitoring requires more precise method of monitoring uterine activity. The most promising seems to be the e...

Monitoring the progression of maternal uterine activity provides important prognostic information during pregnancy and parturition. Currently used methods for intrauterine pressure (IUP) measurement are unsuitable for long-term observation of uterine activity. The abdominally measured electrohysterogram (EHG) provides a non-invasive alternative to the existing methods for long-term ambulatory u...

Preterm birth is associated with significant neonatal mortality and morbidity nationwide. Multiple strategies have been used to attempt to reduce the incidence of preterm births, and none have been entirely successful. The current review contains assessment of recent literature and home uterine activity monitoring. It also makes some suggestions about how and when this diagnostic modality may b...