US 11,717,257 B2
Fetal ultrasound monitoring method and system
Kiran Kumar Bogineni, Bangalore (IN); Ravi Jaiswal, Bangalore (IN); Shruti Gadgil, Bangalore (IN); and Jay Mehta, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/877,003.
Prior Publication US 2019/0223832 A1, Jul. 25, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/344 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 8/0866 (2013.01) [A61B 5/02411 (2013.01); A61B 5/4362 (2013.01); A61B 8/429 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/465 (2013.01); A61B 5/344 (2021.01); A61B 8/02 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 8/4438 (2013.01); A61B 8/4477 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 2503/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of fetal ultrasound monitoring, the method comprising:
detecting contact of a first ultrasound transducer with a mother's abdomen based on input from a contact sensor in the first ultrasound transducer and contact of a second ultrasound transducer with the mother's abdomen based on input from a sensor in the second ultrasound transducer;
receiving a first transducer ID from the first ultrasound transducer and a second transducer ID from the second ultrasound transducer;
correlating the first transducer ID with a first transducer label that identifies the first ultrasound transducer;
assigning a first color of at least two different colors to the first ultrasound transducer within a first housing;
correlating the second transducer ID to with a second transducer label that identifies the second ultrasound transducer;
assigning a second color of the at least two different colors, which is different than the first color, to the second ultrasound transducer within a second housing;
measuring a first heart rate based on output of an ultrasound device in the first ultrasound transducer and a second heart rate based on output of an ultrasound device in the second ultrasound transducer;
displaying a first heart rate indicator on a display device in association with the first transducer label and a second heart rate indicator on a display device in association with the second transducer label;
identifying a first position of the first ultrasound transducer and a second position of the second ultrasound transducer in at least a two-dimensional plane;
displaying the first transducer label and the second transducer label on an abdomen image based on the first position and the second position to visually represent the placement of the first ultrasound transducer and the second ultrasound transducer on the mother's abdomen; and
illuminating a first illumination device on the first housing in the first color and illuminating a second illumination device on the second housing in the second color to simultaneously provide a visual association between the first ultrasound transducer and the first transducer label displayed on the abdomen image and the second ultrasound transducer and the second transducer label displayed on the abdomen image.