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.

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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

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