Worldwide, there are over 3 million stillbirths and approximately 3 million newborn deaths each year, most in low-resource countries. About 2 million of these deaths are due to intrapartum hypoxia.

Last week the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance for UK-based Monica Healthcare's AN24 wireless fetal monitor for use during labor and delivery. The clearance allows AN24 ...

Aurora, Colo. (Oct. 25, 2017) - As reported in the Journal of Perinatology, researchers from Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) recently confirmed that it is feasible for at-risk ...

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Henry Schein Medical, the U.S. Medical business of Henry Schein, Inc., and MindChild Medical, Inc. today announced the signing of an exclusive distribution and supply ...

The device, which measures 4 centimeters in diameter, is as thin as an iPhone 5S and weighs a little more than an Apple earphone cord. The small and compact device provides strong and considerate ...

Sonotrax Lite is for simple auscultation (intermittent listening). Sonotrax Basic is a high performance model with FHR digital LCD display. Sonotrax Pro has backlight and audio playback. All these ...

A prototype of a wearable five-channel electrocardiogram chip that can continuously monitor fetal heart rate and mobility was presented by Belgian nanotech company imec at the FutureSummits tech expo ...

Physicians will be able to prescribe a wearable sensor band to help women monitor a fetus’ health in the third trimester of a pregnancy. Nuvo Group, a Tel Aviv-based medical device company, received ...

In 1976, a young, first-time mother entered the hospital in spontaneous labor. She had not missed any prenatal visits, those visits had revealed no abnormalities, her pregnancy was full-term, and she ...

Conditional approval of the device was based primarily on the results of a trial 6 in which 1010 women with labors complicated by nonreassuring fetal heart-rate patterns were randomly assigned to ...

A healthy fetal heart rate ranges between 110 and 160 beats per minute. A heart rate that is faster or slower than this may indicate that there is an issue that needs further attention. An arrhythmia, ...