Patent ID: 9579055
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for non-invasively acquiring the electrocardiogram of a fetus comprising: a wearable worn completely about a torso of a pregnant subject, the torso having a front, a back, and two sides, a plurality of dry ECG electrodes affixed or embedded in the wearable, such that the wearable when properly worn positions at least eight dry ECG electrodes about the torso of the pregnant subject, at least two dry ECG electrodes on each of the sides, the back, and the front of the torso of the subject, and at least one of the dry electrodes is secured to the wearable by a snap connector, and a plurality of connectors providing an electrical pathway from each of the plurality of dry ECG electrodes wherein the dry ECG electrodes are capable of being connected to an electronic device which is capable of modifying and/or re-transmitting electrical signals or modified electrical signals received from the plurality of dry ECG electrodes.