Patent ID: 8075500

Claim:
A fetal wellbeing monitoring apparatus for providing fetal wellbeing information, the apparatus comprising: (a) a generally flattened hemispherical housing having an annular peripheral portion with an upright sloping topside and an annular flat underside defining a central sensor aperture for respectively facing away from and towards an expectant mother's abdomen, said housing including a fetal motor activity sensor with a rigidly mounted downward depending rounded contact protruding through said sensor aperture for indenting an expectant mother's abdomen on intimately juxtaposing said housing's underside thereagainst for sensing fetal motor activity; and (b) a turret-like user interface having a user operable control panel raised with respect to said housing's topside for controlling operation of the fetal wellbeing monitoring apparatus and providing fetal wellbeing information to the expectant mother.