US Patent Issued to HeraLife Medical on June 2 for "System for monitoring fetal status during childbirth" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,463, issued on June 2, was assigned to HeraLife Medical Inc. (Wyndmoor, Pa.).

"System for monitoring fetal status during childbirth" was invented by John S. Missanelli (Wyndmoor, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "During childbirth process, trauma to an infant can readily arise, ultimately resulting in fetal hypoxia, academia, and brain damage. Such unfavorable conditions can be prevented by measuring the fetus' blood-oxygen level and heart rate. Without a fetal pulse oximeters, blood oxygen level cannot be monitored non-invasively reliably, which reduces the chance for birth complications to be recognized in time. A noninvasive syste...