ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,352, issued on March 3, was assigned to BAYMATOB PTY LTD (Broadway, Australia).

"Apparatus for monitoring pregnancy or labour" was invented by Sarah Catherine McDonald (Wanniassa, Australia), Graham brooker (Kirrawee, Australia), Jonathan Hyett (Riverview, Australia), Hala Phipps (Cronulla, Australia) and Javier Martinez (Rooty Hill, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for monitoring pregnancy or labour are disclosed. The example apparatus includes an electromyography (EMG) sensor having two or more EMG electrodes to monitor fetal or maternal activity during pregnancy or labour and one or more position sens...