Remotaid’s Wireless Fetal Heart-Rate Monitor Could Help Prevent Stillbirth

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It’s pretty shocking how prevalent late-term stillbirth still is – about 1 out of 160 fetuses die after 20 weeks or more of gestation. This translates to more than 25,000 losses out of about 4 million pregnancies each year.

Remotaid is developing a non-ultrasound fetal heart-rate monitor that can remotely alert the doctor if there’s any cause for worry. “The doctor is only a text message away,” the startup’s tag line reads.

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