**ninvasix Transvaginal Fetal Cerebral Ve**us Oxygenation Monitor
 

**ninvasix Transvaginal Fetal Cerebral Ve**us Oxygenation Monitor
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Blood oxygenation monitoring is easy in typical patients, but a cerebral oxygenation in a fetus in the womb is much harder to assess.***ninvasix, a company based in Galveston, Texas, has developed a new device that, though **t yet cleared, may turn out to offer an easy way to accurately measure cerebral ve**us oxygenation.

Currently, the variability in the basal fetal heart rate is used as the standard, but this is an indirect measurement. For a fetus in vertex presentation, the new probe would be inserted*transvaginally, the physician holding it between two fingers and placing it against the baby’s head. Using*optoacoustic tech**logy, the device is able to*measure*cerebral ve**us oxygenation in the superior sagittal sinus, an area of the brain right below the scalp through which a lot of blood passes. Laser light is directed into the brain through the still translucent scalp of the fetus, triggering ultrasonic waves to be produced within that can be*detected and measured. The nature of the resulting sound waves will hopefully be indicative of fetal blood oxygenation and we’ll see this tech**logy help prevent a variety of terrible life long conditions.

More details about the tech**logy we received from **ninvasix:

Because the generated ultrasound signal returns in a straight line from the superior sagittal sinus, the actual saturation of hemoglobin in the superior sagittal sinus can be accurately determined.

This patented optoacoustic tech**logy provides accurate measurement of oxygenation due to high (optical) contrast and high (ultrasound) resolution that permits direct probing of blood vessels.

Moreover, because cerebral ve**us desaturation provides direct evidence that cerebral oxygen availability is insufficient to satisfy cerebral oxygen requirements, studies suggest that decreasing levels of SSS(SO2) can provide an early warning of neonatal cerebral hypoxia.

Here’s a quick company pitch from **ninvasix:





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