Orvan Hess, inventor of fetal heart monitor, dies at age 96
Dr. Orvan W. Hess, a fellow at the Yale School of Medicine who developed the fetal heart monitor, died on Sept. 6 at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was 96.
Hess, an obstetrician and gynecologist, was also a pioneer in the clinical use of penicillin to treat bacterial infections.
The fetal heart monitor, which is used to detect early signs of fetal distress during labor, has been credited with reducing the number of stillbirths.
"It was a huge change because it allowed us to get an initial understanding of what was going on for the fetus during labor," said Dr. Joshua...
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