NONINVASIVE DETECTION OF MECONIUM IN AMNIOTIC FLUID

• Main Author: MOR, GIDEON
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.01.2013
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

Meconium stained amniotic fluid can indicate intrauterine fetal distress. The invention provides a method and a kit for detecting meconium in released amniotic fluid in pregnant women, including a personal pad having distinct patches for collecting body fluids and for performing color reactions. This invention is designed to be employed mainly by a lay person at home, but it also may provide possible etiologies for fetal distress. Un liquide amniotique teinté de méconium peut indiquer un stress foetal intra-utérin. L'invention concerne un procédé et un kit de détection de méconium dans des pertes de liquide amniotique chez les femmes enceintes, comprenant une serviette hygiénique ayant différentes zones pour la collecte de liquides organiques et la réalisation de réactions chromatiques. L'invention est destinée à être utilisée principalement chez une personne allongée à domicile, mais elle peut également fournir des étiologies possibles pour le stress foetal.