Patents by Inventor Gilbert Sturbois

Gilbert Sturbois has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Foetal heart rate apparatus and method in which average foetal heart rate during non-deceleration periods is compared with the average foetal heart rate over a fewer number of periods
    Patent number: 4027657
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring the variations of the foetal heart rate particularly during labor. According to this method, an average value is determined from zones where no deceleration occurs. In order to avoid variations due to small parasitic signals, this average value is compared with a filtered value, corresponding to the average value during a small number of periods of the electrocardiogram. This apparatus allows a practitioner to obtain a binary indication on the decelerations of foetal heart rate and accordingly an indication on the possible foetal stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1977
    Assignee: Agence Nationale de Valorisation de la Recherche (ANVAR)
    Inventors: Claude Sureau, Michel Tournaire, Jean-Rene Zorn, Gilbert Sturbois, Jacques Chavinie, Roger Le Houezec, Andre Ripoche