In situations of localized disease it may be difficult or impractical for physicians to extricate assay samples or perform tests specifically defining pathologic status at given lesions. inflammatory sites of periodontal lesions are a representative problem. our objective is to develop a… More

Present catheter-based optical probes (optrodes) for continuous monitoring of various parameters in body fluids require separate sensors and fibers for each parameter measured, thus requiring large delivery devices. a small, inexpensive, disposable, and continuously monitoring multiparameter probe… More

International biomedics, inc. will develop and prove a fetal spiral scalp probe for continuous intrapartum monitoring (cim) of ecg, ph, po2, pco2, and temperature. this will provide labile fetal data (ecg, blood gases) and other data reflecting the totality of recent metabolic insults (ph,… More

The purpose of this proposal is to develop and qualify a continuous, miniature, atraumatic fiberoptic intravenous sensor and display system. the most common use of magnesiumtherapy is in obstetrics, where the infusion rate of mgso4 is regulated by clinical signs. the instantaneous regulation of… More

Current noninvasive monitoring of uterine activity in the pregnant woman is accomplished by tocotonometer devices, which monitor continuously the hardness of the abdominal wall by measuring the force needed to push against the device. these electromechanical devices must be located over the fundus… More

Continuous intrapartum fetal ph probes and intra-arterial blood gas monitoring probes need to monitor local temperatures at the sensor tips. during application and use, the bending and twisting to which these sensors are subjected have demanded that plastic fibers be used. the objective of this… More

Fetal blood ph is valuable for high-risk care. clinical evaluation of our patented continuous intrapartum fetal scalp tissue ph/ecg probe (obph probe) demonstrated ph can be monitored by our probe in the term fetus. our aim isto offer obph probes designed for the preterm fetus and for the fetus with… More