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., Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas and Sean Blackwell, MD, University of Texas at Houston-Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110512/PH01144LOGO )

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.

The primary investigators listed above have no financial interests with PeriGen.

PeriGen is a medical software company headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, with offices in Canada and Israel. For more information, please visit us at www.PeriGen.com.

Sandra Taylor, Ph.D.
Chief Marketing Officer, PeriGen
(609) 228-8346
Sandra.Taylor@PeriGen.com

SOURCE PeriGen, Inc.

MORE ON THIS TOPIC