Natavue: Non-invasive cervical monitoring
This device will be able to monitor cervical dilation during labor, while reducing the risk of infection and increasing the comfort of birthing mothers.
At a glance
- Problem: Manual cervical exams are uncomfortable, invasive, and have high risk of infection
- Solution: A device to non-invasively monitor the cervix during labor
- Users: Labor & delivery team
- Status: Prototype
Problem
Manual cervical exams are performed several times while women are in labor. This introduces a high risk of infection, alongside discomfort and pain for the examinee.
Approach
Because most laboring mothers request epidurals, a urinary catheter is also required in most situations. Our solution involves adding an ultrasound device to the catheter to monitor the cervix from within the bladder. Through machine learning, we can calculate the dilation of the cervix without discomfort or a high risk of infection.
Impact
Our solution leads to more comfortable, higher accuracy, easier, and faster cervical measurements. Our device gives anyone on the labor & delivery team the ability to measure cervical dilation easily without disrupting the current devices and methods used in the labor & delivery process.
What we’re building
- Feature 1 (high-level)
- Feature 2
- Feature 3
Project constraints
- Privacy / compliance considerations
- Real-time constraints (latency, updates)
- Hardware limitations