Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Fetal Surveillance Company, PeriGen, Inc., to Collaborate with National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to Research Fetal Heart Rate Patterns During Labor


PRINCETON, N.J.,  -- PeriGen, Inc., and The George Washington University, the data coordinating center of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network, have entered into an agreement to utilize PeriGen's PeriCALM Patterns software in connection with a research project entitled: Computerized Interpretation of Intrapartum FHR and Prediction of Neonatal Outcomes. The primary investigators are George R. Saade, MD, University of TexasMedical Branch in Galveston, Texas and Sean Blackwell, MD, University of Texas at Houston-Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital.

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) started the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network in 1986 to focus on clinical questions in maternal-fetal medicine and obstetrics. The current Network is comprised of fourteen university-based clinical centers and a data coordinating center.