Fetal and Maternal Monitoring

Philips Avalon beltless fetal monitoring solution

Celebrating a Unique Birthing Journey:
Embrace Mobility and Quality Maternal Care with Confidence

Experience the future of fetal monitoring with our Avalon Beltless Solution. Designed for comfort and freedom, it's a cableless, belt-free system that empowers women of all sizes to move, shower, or walk during labor while maintaining critical data accuracy and continuity.

By eliminating the need for constant repositioning and complicated setups with transducers and belts, we employ adhesive electrodes in a single-use patch, gently attached to the mother's belly, to capture vital data during single pregnancies. This allows clinicians to focus on what truly matters: exceptional maternal care.

The Maternité Olympe de Gouges at CHRU de Tours has taken a step forward in fetal and maternal care by using the Philips Avalon beltless fetal monitoring solution. Hear why Dr. Franck Perrotin and his team of midwives prefer our cableless and beltless monitoring solution and how it supports patients who want to move freely during labor.

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High BMI mom on yoga ball with beltless pod and patch, ISP on ipad

Embrace mobility during early stages of labor

Research studies show that ambulation may significantly shorten labor,^2,3 reduce the need for pain relief and labor induction drugs³, and decrease the number of episiotomies². Research also reveals less frequent abnormal heart rate patterns for women in the upright position, as well as less pain and backache⁴.

With the Philips Avalon beltless solution, a single beltless patch is placed on the woman’s belly and uses electrodes to measure fetal and maternal heartrate and uterine activity. This enables freedom of movement*, with no need of re-positioning.

*The Avalon beltless signal reaches 5m and enables movement within the delivery room. For movement beyond the delivery room, we offer the Avalon CL Wide Range Pod to extend the range via the hospital’s WLAN infrastructure.

Mom on yoga ball with beltless pod and patch

Variety of positions offer choice and comfort

Electronic fetal monitoring technology, or cardiotocography, measures infant heartbeat and uterine contractions and delivers monitoring quality comparable to cabled technology. It allows mothers to choose from a variety of positions that take advantage of gravity, widen the pelvis diameter, alleviate back pressure, or simply provide a higher level of comfort.

Avalon CL, AA mom in bed, monitor focus with doctor

Confidently monitor both mom and baby

The Avalon beltless fetal monitoring solution is an essential component of the Avalon CL fetal monitoring system, filled with advanced technology for monitoring, measurements, and transducers.

Helping reduce the confusion between fetal and maternal heartbeats is critical to making informed clinical decisions during labor and delivery. Philips Smart Pulse technology allows you to do just that by automatically comparing the maternal pulse and fetal heart rates without the need for additional sensors like SpO2 and ECG. This means a more gentle, caring experience for both mother and baby.

Dad and mom with beltless pod and patch outside the hospital

Empower your care, elevate the experience

The Avalon beltless fetal monitoring solution lets you prioritize the mother's care. No more transducer adjustments or cable hassles. Keep your hands free for crucial support.

Streamlined patient records with clear labels make documentation effortless. Elevate the birthing experience with Avalon, where your empathy and expertise shine.

Frequently asked questions

What’s the difference between the Avalon beltless fetal monitoring solution and the conventional transducers?: Instead of conventional ultrasound technology, the Avalon beltless fetal monitoring solution uses ECG and EMG signals to extract fetal and maternal heart rates and uterine activity from the mother’s abdomen.
How can the Avalon beltless fetal monitoring solution support the prevention of hospital-acquired infections?: It eliminates the need for additional cables and interfaces and the design of the reusable pod of the Avalon CL Fetal & Maternal Patch solution has smooth surfaces for ease of cleaning and disinfection.
How is the Avalon beltless fetal monitoring solution beneficial to expectant moms?: It creates peace of mind for expectant moms. Its innovative features help reduce exposure to viruses while adding comfort and mobility.
What’s needed to get the Avalon beltless fetal monitoring solution and how does it fit into the wider Avalon family of products?: The Avalon beltless fetal monitoring solution is an extension of the Avalon CL cableless maternal and fetal monitoring system. It consists of the reusable CL Fetal & Maternal Pod and the single-use CL Fetal & Maternal Patch.
What are the benefits of integrating the Avalon beltless fetal monitoring solution into Avalon fetal monitoring?: You get the same support from your Avalon fetal monitor without the cable clutter, while using the familiar user interface. And you get the ease of patient assignment by associating the CL Fetal & Maternal Pod and a software upgrade with the CL base station. You also enhance your investment in the Avalon CL cableless maternal and fetal monitoring system by accessing additional technology with just the addition of the CL Fetal & Maternal Pod and a software upgrade.

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Documentation

Resources: Comfortable care in demanding situations (1.97MB)

Delivering the Next Generation (1.32MB)

A Moving Birth Experience

Avalon Beltless Quick Guid (590.0KB)
Articles: White paper: Freedom to move, freedom to focus on quality birthing care (5.27MB)

Harnessing technology to enable all women mobility in labour and birth: feasibility of implementing beltless non-invasive fetal ECG applying the NASSS framework | Pilot and Feasibility Studies | Full Text (biomedcentral.com)

Freedom of movement during labor: 5 need-to-know insights (366.0KB)
Videos: Getting Started: Avalon Beltless Maternal Fetal Monitoring Solution

Philips Obstetrical Care Solution animation

Customer Story: Delivering options for women in labor

Customer story: CHU de Tours

Mom in shower with beltless pod and patch

Cableless monitoring for women of all sizes

Clinical staff can concentrate on caring for the mother and rely on the technology to provide continuous monitoring even under challenging conditions. Our Avalon beltless solution, when paired with the Philips CL base station, uses electrodes instead of ultrasound to measure fetal and maternal heart rates as well as uterine contractions. This allows women to be monitored while having the freedom to move around during labor – even women with a high BMI¹ or those having epidural procedures.

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