Pregnancy state monitoring
Apparatus and methods are described including apparatus for monitoring a female subject that includes a sensor, configured to monitor the subject without requiring compliance of the subject, and to generate a sensor signal in response to the monitoring. A computer processor is configured to receive the sensor signal, analyze the sensor signal, in response to the analyzing, identify whether the subject is in a pregnant state or a non-pregnant state, and generate an output in response thereto. Other applications are also described.
1. Apparatus for monitoring a female subject, the apparatus comprising:
a sensor, configured:
to be disposed at a location selected from the group consisting of: upon the subject's bed, and within the subject's bed,
to monitor the subject, while the subject is in her bed, without requiring compliance of the subject, and
to generate a sensor signal in response to the monitoring, the sensor signal being indicative of the subject's own heartbeat; and
a computer processor, configured to:
receive the sensor signal,
analyze the sensor signal, by comparing the subject's own heartbeat to a heartbeat previously exhibited by the subject,
based upon comparing the subject's own heartbeat to the heartbeat previously exhibited by the subject, identify whether the subject is in a pregnant state or a non-pregnant state, and
generate an output in response thereto.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the computer processor is configured to identify whether the subject is in the pregnant state or the non-pregnant state without determining a temperature of the subject.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the computer processor is configured to identify whether the subject is in the pregnant state or the non-pregnant state, using a machine-learning algorithm.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the subject's bed includes a mattress, and wherein the sensor is configured to be disposed within the subject's bed, underneath the mattress of the subject's bed.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the computer processor is configured to analyze the sensor signal, by comparing the subject's own heartbeat to a heartbeat that was previously exhibited by the subject during a pre-ovulation phase of a menstrual cycle of the subject.
6. Apparatus for monitoring a female subject, the apparatus comprising:
a sensor, configured:
to be disposed at a location selected from the group consisting of: upon the subject's bed, and within the subject's bed,
to monitor the subject, while the subject is in her bed, without requiring compliance of the subject, and
to generate a sensor signal in response to the monitoring, the sensor signal being indicative of the subject's respiratory rate; and
a computer processor, configured to:
receive the sensor signal,
analyze the sensor signal, by comparing the subject's respiratory rate to a respiratory rate previously exhibited by the subject,
based upon comparing the subject's respiratory rate to the respiratory rate previously exhibited by the subject, identify whether the subject is in a pregnant state or a non-pregnant state, and
generate an output in response thereto.
7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the computer processor is configured to identify whether the subject is in the pregnant state or the non-pregnant state without determining a temperature of the subject.
8. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the computer processor is configured to identify whether the subject is in the pregnant state or the non-pregnant state, using a machine-learning algorithm.
9. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the subject's bed includes a mattress, and wherein the sensor is configured to be disposed within the subject's bed, underneath the mattress of the subject's bed.
10. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the computer processor is configured to analyze the sensor signal, by comparing the subject's respiratory rate to a respiratory rate that was previously exhibited by the subject during a pre-ovulation phase of a menstrual cycle of the subject.