Patent ID: 6088609
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
A fetal monitoring assembly comprising:an electrode housing having a top and bottom end with an electrode at the top end and a flat plate extending from the bottom end;a plurality of wires electrically connected to said electrode and protruding from the bottom end of the electrode housing, each of said wires having a terminal end;an electrical receptacle secured to each terminal end of said wire, said receptacle configured to receive a male electrical prong on a fetal video monitor cord to quickly and securely establish communication between the electrode and a video monitor;an elongated tube surrounding said wires, said tube having first and second ends with a pair of opposing notches at a first end for receiving the flat plate on the bottom end of said electrode housing to facilitate the maneuvering of said electrode into the womb of a mother; said tube further including two separable sections for separating said tube from said wires once said electrode is properly secured to a fetus, said tube sections including a pair of terminal edges, a first one of said sections having an inwardly depending flange at each terminal edge thereof, the other section having a substantially V-shaped portion at each edge thereof for slidably receiving the flange on said first section allowing each of said sections to be separated to release the electrode wires therefrom.