GE Healthcare Patches In Wireless Fetal Monitoring Device

GE Healthcare has snapped up Novii, a wireless fetal monitoring device, as part of its acquisition of UK-based company Monica Healthcare. GE Healthcare aims to expand distribution of the wireless device, which is currently only available in the US.

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The Monica Novii monitors fetal heart rate, maternal heart rate and uterine activity all with a single patch • Source: GE Healthcare

GE Healthcare will be rolling out worldwide Novii, a wireless maternal and fetal monitoring device it has gained through its acquisition of Monica Healthcare, a company spun out from the University of Nottingham in the UK.

Novii is a single-use stick-on patch that picks up the maternal and fetal heart rates, as well as uterine activity simultaneously, then communicates this information wirelessly through Bluetooth to the...

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