Patent Document ID: 20090054797
Application ID: 12139201
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. An electronic fetal monitoring assessment tool for use with an Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) system including: at least one sensor positionable on or about a patient to measure maternal uterine contraction information and fetal heart rate information; a data processor in combination with the at least one sensor to receive and process the maternal contraction information and the fetal heart rate information from the at least one sensor; a display in combination with the data processor, wherein the display visually communicates to a user the fetal heart rate information as a fetal heart rate tracing within a first coordinate structure and the maternal contraction information as a contraction line within a second coordinate structure, wherein the first coordinate structure comprises a plurality of vertical coordinates expressed as beats per minute and a plurality of horizontal coordinates expressed as seconds; the electronic fetal monitoring assessment tool comprising: at least one electronic measurement tool manually controlled by a user interface in combination with the EFM to place an electronically generated graphic indicator over the first coordinate structure or second coordinate structure on the display, wherein the electronically generated graphic indicator is visible on the display when positioned over the first coordinate structure or second coordinate structure.