4-CHANNEL FETAL ECG DATA-COLLECTION SYSTEM

Recently there has been an increased interest in the development of im proved techniques for the diagnosis of foetal distress during labour. Many of the techniques have been bused on extracting extra information from the foetal ECG obtained from a scalp electrode. To fully develop and test the prototypes of these systems requires recorded data from patients. However due to the poor level of prediction of these cases a t present, it is very difficult to collect the data using simple singl e channel data collection systems. The system described here will auto matically collect and document data from up to four deliveries at the same time and does not add to the work load of the clinical staff.