Patent ID: 6383137
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A labor alerting device comprising:a housing, said housing comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a central cavity, a central hole disposed within said top surface and a plurality of pores radially distributed through said bottom surface; a spindle member, said spindle member being positioned within said central hole such that it penetrates said top surface and extends to said cavity; a tension knob affixed to said spindle at said top surface of said housing; a plurality of suture guides within said cavity; a plurality of sutures, each of said sutures having a first end which is affixed to said spindle member, a second end terminating into a suture anchor and a suture length, each of said suture lengths being guided by a respective one of said plurality suture guides and being threaded through a respective one of said plurality of pores; an electric power source: an electronic tension sensor, said tension sensor being in electrical communication with said electric power source and being functionally related to said spindle member in such a manner that said tension sensor is responsive to tension exerted by said plurality of sutures on said spindle member, and a transmitter, said transmitter being in electrical communication with said electric power source and being in electronic communication with said electronic tension sensor.