30 results about "Maternal health" patented technology

Described herein are fetal and / or maternal monitoring devices, systems and methods using UWB medical radar. These devices and systems may include a UWB sensor providing high-resolution and reliable simultaneous monitoring of multiple indicators of fetal and / or maternal health, such as fetal heart rate, fetal heart rate variability, fetal respiration, fetal gross body movement, maternal contractions, maternal heart rate, maternal respiration, and other derivative parameters during virtually all stages of pregnancy and during delivery. The sensor allows novel collection of physiological data using a single sensor or multiple sensors to develop individual and aggregate normal motion indices for use in determining when departure from normal motion index is indicative of fetal or maternal distress.

A fetal and maternal monitoring system is provided, including one or more sensing devices, a central control device which receives signals from, and provides power to, the sensing devices, and a gateway device in wireless communication with the central control device for visualization of data received from the central control device and transmission of the received data to a remote location over a network. The one or more sensing devices may include a fetal heart rate monitor (FHR), a strain gauge tocodynamometer (TOCO), maternal heart rate monitor (MHR), blood pressure monitor or other wearable health or fitness sensing device which require only a basic sensor and rely upon the central control device for processing and power. Lighting elements on the sensing devices provide indications of signal detection and strength. The gateway device will also provide instructions to a user for performing tests and virtual physician visits.

The invention relates to a non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram detection device and an electrocardiogram signal data processing method. The device comprises an electrocardiogram acquisition front-enddevice and an electrocardiogram signal analysis processing software system. It includes ECG collector, analog-to-digital conversion module, wireless communication module and core processor module. The signal obtained by the ECG acquisition front end is transmitted to the core processing module through the wireless communication module, The ECG signal quality evaluation, pretreatment, maternal ECGsignal analysis and fetal ECG signal analysis are completed, and the heart rate information of mother and fetus is obtained. Combined with waveform morphology analysis, the maternal health status andfetal intrauterine status are evaluated. The device can realize the long-term, dynamic and real-time analysis and processing of fetal signals, which is of great significance to the monitoring of maternal and fetal health during pregnancy and parturition.

The present description relates to a method for determining the risk of a pregnant woman developing a hypertensive disorder, more specifically gestational hyper-tension or late onset preeclampsia. The present description provides methods useful for determining risk that a pregnant individual will develop a hypertensive disorder or condition of pregnancy, such as gestational hypertension, early preeclampsia, late preeclampsia and related disorders. Several useful combinations of biochemical markers and related clinical population studies are described herein. Additionally, it is proposed herein that certain sets of biochemical markers can be used to determine risk of multiple hypertensive disorders in a single screen. The biochemical markers are PlGF, Activin A and optionally P-Selectin.

A system for monitoring a fetus in a pregnant woman, and / or the maternal health risk for pregnancies complicated by such as pre-eclampsia and hypertensive disorders is configured to be worn by the pregnant woman, preferably so as to allow monitoring during daily life, e.g. in the form of an adhesive patch. The unit has a sound sensor, e.g. a microphone or accelerometer, to be positioned on the skin of the abdominal area so as to detect a vascular sound from umbilical arteries of the fetus or from the uterine arteries of the pregnant woman. The sound sensor is functionally connected to a processing unit which executes a processing algorithm on the captured vascular sound and extracts a signal parameter accordingly. The processing unit then communicates the signal parameter, e.g. using an audio signal, a visual display or by means of a wired or a wireless data signal.

Described herein are fetal and / or maternal monitoring devices, systems and methods using UWB medical radar. These devices and systems may include a UWB sensor providing high-resolution and reliable simultaneous monitoring of multiple indicators of fetal and / or maternal health, such as fetal heart rate, fetal heart rate variability, fetal respiration, fetal gross body movement, maternal contractions, maternal heart rate, maternal respiration, and other derivative parameters during virtually all stages of pregnancy and during delivery. The sensor allows novel collection of physiological data using a single sensor or multiple sensors to develop individual and aggregate normal motion indices for use in determining when departure from normal motion index is indicative of fetal or maternal distress.

A method for health assessment and nutritional fortification during pregnancy enables a mother to interactively work with a caregiver to manage pregnancy from preconception through the period of breastfeeding, so as to enhance the mother's maternal health and achieve an appropriate birth weight for the baby. The method provides a battery of health tests designed to identify needs and special conditions of the mother. The health test includes genomics analysis. A customized nutritional plan and supplemental program supply both the mother and the baby with the necessary vitamins and nutrients during and after birth. The mother records information pertinent to food intake and general pregnancy. The recorded information is used by the caregiver for analysis, and also to educate the mother and network of mothers. The mother and caregiver interact to formulate an individual pregnancy plan during the duration of the pregnancy based on the health assessments and supplements.

The invention provides an additive composition capable of improving a sow postpartum body condition or reproductive performance of sows. The additive composition is prepared from, by weight, 1-2 parts of thymol, 4-6 parts of cinnamaldehyde, 11-13 parts of amino acid and 6-8 parts of vitamin. The invention further provides a preparing method and application of the composition. The feed additive can effectively improve the sow postpartum body condition, restore maternal health, improve sow immunity, improve breast milk at the same time, guarantee piglet health, and increase the survival rate after weaning; in addition, the additive can relieve the pressure brought to the environment by the use of antibiotics, and bring benefits to pig husbandry.

The present description relates to a method for determining the risk of a pregnant woman developing a hypertensive disorder, more specifically gestational hyper-tension or late onset preeclampsia. The present description provides methods useful for determining risk that a pregnant individual will develop a hypertensive disorder or condition of pregnancy, such as gestational hypertension, early preeclampsia, late preeclampsia and related disorders. Several useful combinations of biochemical markers and related clinical population studies are described herein. Additionally, it is proposed herein that certain sets of biochemical markers can be used to determine risk of multiple hypertensive disorders in a single screen. The biochemical markers are PlGF, Activin A and optionally P-Selectin.

The invention discloses lactogenic maternal health noodles which are prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 100-120 parts of flour, 20-30 parts of millet flour, 20-30 parts of black glutinous rice flour, 20-30 parts of selenium-enriched rice meal, 10-15 parts of red bean powder, 30-40 parts of Malachium aquaticum, 20-30 parts of loosestrife, 20-30 parts of aurea helianthus flower, 20-30 parts of dandelion, 10-15 parts of sweet potato leaves, 8-12 parts of humifuse euphorbia herb, 8-12 parts of Astragalus membranaceus, 4-8 parts of motherwort, 13-17 parts of sunset abelmoschus root, 1-5 parts of Tetrapanax papyriferus, 1-5 parts of loofah sponge, 5-10 parts of gold carp soup and 0.2-0.4 percent of flour additive. The health noodles disclosed by the invention are rich in nutrition, smooth in taste, do not stick teeth, do not make the soup turbid during cooking, can achieve the effect of rapidly promoting lactation and have good lactation-promoting effects on puerpera during lactation with symptoms of lack of lactation and little and thin breast milk if taken for a long term.

Provided herein is a method, a programmed computer and an article of manufacture for predicting a prenatal, neonatal, obstetric or childhood clinical event, disease or disorder, as well as a method for generating in-utero fetal and placental growth curves, using a continuous recursive algorithm housed in a computer and data periodically collected during pregnancy.

The invention discloses a special postoperative rehabilitation bed for obstetrics and gynecology, which includes a backing board, a bed board, and a mattress. The surface layer of the backing board and the bed board is provided with a mattress, and the mattress is connected to the backing board and the bed board by sewing. , the side of the backing board is provided with a movable hanging rod, and the movable hanging rod is welded to the backing board, the side of the backing board is provided with an air bag, and the air bag is connected to the backing board by sewing. This kind of obstetrics and gynecology medical The special postoperative rehabilitation bed has a reasonable structure and layout, which can effectively ensure the rest and safety of the puerpera. It is equipped with massage balls and airbags, which can make the puerpera healthy physically and mentally. One side of the rehabilitation bed is connected to the storage box, and the baby can rest together with the puerpera. When not in use, just push the storage box and store it, which can save space. There is a movable hanging rail on one side of the rehabilitation bed, which is convenient for treatment, and the top of the railing on both sides of the bed can be placed with wooden boards. When eating, the wooden boards can be used When placing things, the wooden bracket can slide through the chute as a whole, which is convenient for storage.

The invention discloses a feeding management method for pregnant female rabbits. The feeding management method includes the steps: (1) performing breeding registration on the female rabbits after mating pregnancy of the female rabbits, calculating expected dates of confinement of the pregnant female rabbits, and hanging breeding records in the front of cages; (2) adjusting nutrition of the female rabbits to avoid obesity of the female rabbits caused by excessive nutrition supply; (3) decreasing various stresses; (4) inoculating staphylococcus vaccine for the female rabbits when the female rabbits are fifteen-day pregnant; (5) feeding the female rabbits by the aid of boiled beans ranging from 10 particles to 15 particles every day before the female rabbits deliver for 3 days, enabling the female rabbits to simultaneously take 10-15 grams of Muzaian, and injecting Dijunruike into the female rabbits one day before delivery. According to the method, maternal health can be enhanced, lactation yield is improved, and growth and development of fetuses and young rabbits are facilitated.

A system for monitoring a fetus in a pregnant woman, and / or the maternal health risk for pregnancies complicated by such as pre-eclampsia and hypertensive disorders is configured to be worn by the pregnant woman, preferably so as to allow monitoring during daily life, e.g. in the form of an adhesive patch. The unit has a sound sensor, e.g. a microphone or accelerometer, to be positioned on the skin of the abdominal area so as to detect a vascular sound from umbilical arteries of the fetus or from the uterine arteries of the pregnant woman. The sound sensor is functionally connected to a processing unit which executes a processing algorithm on the captured vascular sound and extracts a signal parameter accordingly. The processing unit then communicates the signal parameter, e.g. using an audio signal, a visual display or by means of a wired or a wireless data signal.

The invention relates to a non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram detection device and a method for processing electrocardiographic signal data, including a front-end device for collecting electrocardiogram and a software system for analyzing and processing electrocardiographic signals. It specifically includes ECG collecting electrodes, analog-to-digital conversion module, wireless communication module, and core processor module. The signal obtained by the front end of the ECG acquisition is transmitted to the core processing module through the wireless communication module, and the steps of ECG signal quality evaluation, preprocessing, maternal ECG signal analysis and fetal ECG signal analysis and processing are completed, and the maternal and fetal ECG signal is obtained. Heart rate information, combined with waveform morphology analysis, is used to assess the health status of the mother and the status of the fetus in utero. The device can realize long-term, dynamic and real-time analysis and processing of fetal signals of pregnant women, and is of great significance for monitoring the health status of pregnant women and fetuses during pregnancy and childbirth.

The invention discloses a puerpera health product which is characterized by including the following materials in parts by weight: 10-15 parts of peanut kernel, 15-23 parts of a crucian carp bone powder, 3-7 parts of anemarrhena, 6-10 parts of frankincense, 9-15 parts of herba eupatorii, 3-6 parts of radix aconiti agrestis, 4-10 parts of amomum tsao-ko, 2-9 parts of tribute rice, 11-14 parts of myotonin, 15-20 parts of honey, 15-20 parts of Chinese date, and 2-6 parts of curdlan. The puerpera health product has the beneficial effects that the puerpera health product has strong pertinence, simple and effective formula and good mouthfeel, can be immediately eaten by being put into hot water for dipping hot when being eaten, and is particularly suitable for the requirement that puerperae need to eat hot food.

The invention discloses a placenta thickness determination method. The method comprises the following steps: determining a key frame image in an ultrasonic video sequence containing a placenta regionof a target object; identifying a placenta region in the key frame image; determining the placenta thickness in the identified placenta region. By applying the technical scheme provided by the invention, the determination of the key frame image, the identification of the placenta region, the determination of the placenta thickness and the like can be automatically completed, the user operation canbe simplified, the placenta thickness measurement efficiency can be improved, excessive dependence on user experience and subjective judgment can be avoided, and the placenta thickness determinationaccuracy can be effectively ensured; and data support is provided for subsequent fetal growth and development and maternal health assessment. The invention further discloses a placenta thickness determination device and equipment and a storage medium, and the corresponding technical effects are achieved.

Certain embodiments of the invention provide a method for improving maternal and / or offspring health, comprising administering an effective amount of a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) precursor to a female mammal (e.g., pregnant or lactating female mammal).

The invention discloses a method and system for real-time tracking of the health status of parturient women, wherein the method includes: obtaining the first nursing level according to the first prenatal physical condition evaluation result of the first parturient, and then determining the need for the first parturient. The first nursing requirement of the first parturient; obtain the image information of the first parturient's waiting environment to obtain the activity trajectory of the first parturient and the nursing staff; input the activity trajectory of the parturient and the nursing staff and the first nursing requirement into the first evaluation model, and obtain the first parturient 1. Nursing eligibility; obtain the first vital sign data of the first parturient; respectively obtain the influence degree of the nursing eligibility and the emotional change value of the parturient on the first vital sign data; and adjust the first nursing level according to the above influence degree. It solves the technical problem in the prior art that various factors affecting the health status of elderly puerpera before delivery cannot be acquired in time and intelligently adjusted, resulting in unstable health status of puerpera.

The present disclosure relates generally to methods and nutritional compositions for promoting or maintaining postpartum maternal health. The nutritional composition can include sialyllactose, a source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (“LCPUFAs”), a probiotic, such as Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG), a nut extract, turmeric, fenugreek calcium and / or vitamin D. The nutritional composition is suitable for administration to postpartum mothers. Additionally, the disclosure provides methods for preventing or reducing the severity of postpartum depression and / or anxiety. The nutritional composition(s) provided herein can comprise various combinations of ingredients that provide additive and or / synergistic beneficial health effects to postpartum mothers.

The invention provides daily ration feed capable of being eaten by sows and piglets in a lactation period together, and belongs to the technical field of feed. The feed comprises the following components raw material: corn, 46 soybean meal, extruded soybean, fructose glucose, imported fish meal, wheat bran and the like, and the intake of nutrients of the sows is not influenced by the eating of thefeed; in comparison with the ordinary feed, after eating the feed, the milk of the sows is obviously increased, the milk quality is obviously improved, the sows can enter the estrus as early as possible after weaning, and the feed also has an obvious improvement effect on maternal health inflammation of the sows; for piglets, the feed can be eaten together with the sows to adapt to weaning as early as possible, and after eating the feed, before weaning of the piglets, creep feed is not needed to cultivate weaning adaptability of the piglets, the piglets cannot generate weaning stress, the vitality and uniformity of the piglets can be improved, and the piglets can have good weaning weight during weaning; and the feeding cost of the feed is further saved, and high practicability is achieved.

The invention discloses a puerpera health product, which comprises, by mass, 10-15 parts of peanut kernel, 15-23 parts of carassius auratus bone powder, 3-7 parts of cyrtomium rhizome, 6-10 parts of frankincense, 9-12 parts of eupatorium fortunei, 3-8 parts of semen persicae, 4-12 parts of amomum tsao-ko, 2-9 parts of tribute rice, 11-14 parts of coix seed, 15-20 parts of honey, 15-20 parts of red date, and 2-6 parts of flos magnoliae. According to the present invention, various components can be directly mixed, water is added and cooking is performed so as to be eaten, or a proper amount of fermented glutinous rice is added so as to be taken together, or the products having different dosage forms such as granules, capsules, tablets and the like can be prepared by using the medically approved preparation methods; the formula completely considers the postpartum physical characteristics and the dietary needs of the puerpera; and the puerpera health product is particularly suitable for continuous taking by the puerpera within three months after the postpartum, and can help the puerpera to rapidly recover the physical strength.

The invention provides a method for separating X sperms and Y sperms, belongs to the field of livestock breeding. The method comprises the following steps: diluting a latex stock solution, adding a buffer solution and a pancreatin solution, uniformly mixing, carrying out water bath overnight, centrifuging to remove supernatant, and adding the buffer solution to obtain a latex suspension; and diluting an NT-4 antibody, carrying out water bath, dropwise adding the NT-4 antibody into the latex suspension, carrying out water bath, and placing at room temperature to obtain an antibody latex solution, and taking semen of a male mammal, adding a semen diluent, uniformly mixing, adding the antibody latex solution, uniformly mixing, and carrying out water bath incubation, wherein the upper half-layer solution in the incubation product contains Y sperms, and the lower half-layer solution in the incubation product contains X sperms. According to the invention, the method does not generate side effect, does not affect maternal health, does not reduce semen quality, reduces the malformation rate, is stable in separation effect and suitable for wide popularization and application, is simple and convenient to operate, improves the sperm separation efficiency, and can greatly reduce the workload of operators, save manpower, and reduce the labor cost.

An aid and support device for accommodation and cradling, so that it upholds and supports the bulging belly of pregnant women or women undergoing pregnancy, whose object includes the maternal health during the last trimester of pregnancy. It specifically comprises a feminine support device or garment for the pregnant mothers' accommodation, that comprises an adjustment garment (1) corresponding to a one-piece body that includes a chest area (2), an abdomen area (3), and a hip area (4); a wide girdle (5) arranged toward the protruding belly's area in the abdomen zone (3), comprising a strap of elastic fabric that is part of the one-piece body (1) and surrounds the body from the waist, arranged toward the protruding belly's area from a reinforcement strap (6) that vertically extends following the end silhouette of the one-piece body from the chest area (2) below the armpit area in a vertical direction toward the hip area (4) of the one-piece body (1).

The invention relates to the field of pregnant woman health-care products, and provides a lying cushion which comprises a waist supporting part, a waist supporting part and a back supporting part. The two abdomen supporting parts are arranged on the two sides of the waist supporting part in a mirror symmetry mode respectively, the inner wall of each abdomen supporting part is a curve face, the curve generatrix of each curve face is in an arc shape, and each curve face and the corresponding supporting face are connected to form a concave slope used for being matched with the abdomen of the pregnant woman. The lying pad not only can relieve waist pressure when the pregnant woman lies on the side, but also can support the abdomen of the pregnant woman, relieves discomfort caused by the fact that the uterus pulls abdominal muscles, and guarantees sleeping quality of the pregnant woman.

The invention discloses a health-care pillow for pregnant women, which is characterized in that it consists of two pillow bags, a filling material (fiber cotton, cotton, silk, etc.), buckwheat and tea leaves, and uses the physical functions of buckwheat and tea leaves to protect people. It can reduce psychological irritability, stabilize emotions, relieve fatigue, relax the brain, improve sleep quality, and thus achieve the health care effect on pregnant women.

Certain embodiments of the invention provide a method for improving maternal and / or offspring health, the method comprising administering an effective amount of a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) precursor to a female mammal (e.g., pregnant or lactating female mammal).