US Patent:
20070276251, Nov 29, 2007
Inventors:
Nicholas Orenstein - Dallas TX, US
Ezra Rapoport - New York NY, US
International Classification:
A61B 8/14
Abstract:
A monitor especially adaptable for fetal heart monitoring receives signals from acoustic transducers each of which includes a base member, a polymer sheet having a pair of electrodes disposed over major, opposing surfaces of the polymer sheet, the polymer sheet disposed adjacent an exterior portion of the base member, a cap affixed to the base member and electrical circuitry carried by the acoustic transducer and coupled to the electrodes on the polymer sheet.