Patents by Inventor Susanne M. Daniels

Susanne M. Daniels 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).

  • Apparatus and method for non-invasive, passive fetal heart monitoring
    Patent number: 7869863
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for monitoring the fetal condition in an objective, quantitative, and non-invasive manner by enabling continuous and highly specific data collection during pre-natal development and the intra-partum period. In an embodiment, monitoring the fetal condition comprises monitoring a fetal heart rate, a fetal heart rate variability, and/or the fetal heart vector orientation of a fetus in a pregnant mother. Automated signal processing techniques are applied to a multiplicity of transducers to select an optimum signal vector to monitor at least one of a fetal heart rate, a fetal heart rate variability, and/or the fetal heart vector orientation of a fetus in a pregnant mother.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Edward J. Moses, John A. Cristion, Susanne M. Daniels, Wayne I. Sternberger, Timothy P. Magnani
  • Apparatus and Method for Non-Invasive, Passive Fetal Heart Monitoring
    Publication number: 20090182242
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for monitoring the fetal condition in an objective, quantitative, and non-invasive manner by enabling continuous and highly specific data collection during pre-natal development and the intra-partum period. In an embodiment, monitoring the fetal condition comprises monitoring a fetal heart rate, a fetal heart rate variability, and/or the fetal heart vector orientation of a fetus in a pregnant mother. Automated signal processing techniques are applied to a multiplicity of transducers to select an optimum signal vector to monitor at least one of a fetal heart rate, a fetal heart rate variability, and/or the fetal heart vector orientation of a fetus in a pregnant mother.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Edward J. Moses, John A. Cristion, Susanne M. Daniels, Wayne I. Sternberger, Timothy P. Magnani