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Wearable ultrasound patch can monitor high-risk pregnancies round the clock

Nypost · · 495 words · By Reda Wigle
Medical Innovation Maternal and Fetal Health
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Wearable ultrasound patch can monitor high-risk pregnancies round the clock See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleA new pregnancy patch could provide crucial, 24-hour monitoring for high-risk moms.

Common ground

For decades, ultrasounds have been the primary means of fetal monitoring, but now engineers at UC San Diego have designed a wearable patch that promises continuous, comprehensive insight into the health of mom and baby.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/health/wearable-ultrasound-patch-can-monitor-high-…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In one case, the patch identified a severe placental dysfunction that led to an early Cesarean delivery”
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Multiple sources report a specific clinical case where the patch identified placental dysfunction/insufficiency leading to an early Cesarean delivery.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... ... clinical testing of the UPatch ... In one case, the patch identified a severe placental dysfunction that led to an early Cesarean delivery ...
https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/health/wearable-ultrasound-pat…
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web search NEUTRAL — In a pre-eclamptic case, the UPatch revealed the severity of intrauterine growth restriction, leading to Cesarian delivery to prevent stillbirth. Design of ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12632705/
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web search NEUTRAL — May 26, 2026 ... ... placental insufficiency or developing fetal compromise. In one case involving severe pre-eclampsia, the patch identified concerning blood ...
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-05-26-wearable-ultrasound-pat…
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Claim 2: “The flexible, adhesive-backed UPatch is applied to the woman’s abdomen to deliver up-to-the-minute information about blood flow in the fetus and umbilical cord.”
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Multiple sources describe the UPatch as a flexible, adhesive-backed device applied to the abdomen to monitor blood flow in the fetus and umbilical cord.
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web search NEUTRAL — They then used the UPatch for continuous monitoring in 52 pregnancies. In that group, the device tracked fetal heart rate and umbilical artery blood flow over time. The results clearly showed why this…
https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/wearable-ultrasound-patc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Like a handheld ultrasound, UPatch sends high-frequency sound waves inside the body to bounce off structures. Ultrasound is used to periodically monitor fetal growth during pregnancy. A new device cou…
https://www.sciencealert.com/NEW-WEARABLE-ULTRASOUND-DEVICE-…
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web search NEUTRAL — One participant who was monitored with the UPatch device placed on different areas of her tummy for up to 3 hours, experienced some redness of the skin and one area had developed into a small blister …
https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/appli…
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Claim 3: “The UCSD researchers compared their findings to those from a standard ultrasound machine — the patch and the machine produced statistically equivalent results.”
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Multiple sources confirm that the results from the UPatch were statistically equivalent to those from a standard ultrasound machine.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 26, 2026 ... The new patch and the traditional machines produced statistically equivalent results. The patch is able to image all three of the major ...
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/05/fetal-monitor…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... The UCSD researchers compared their findings to those from a standard ultrasound machine — the patch and the machine produced statistically ...
https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/health/wearable-ultrasound-pat…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... The UCSD researchers compared their findings to those from a standard ultrasound machine — the patch and the machine produced statistically ...
https://www.aol.com/articles/wearable-ultrasound-patch-monit…
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Claim 4: “Published this week in Nature Biotechnology, clinical testing of the UPatch demonstrated its life-saving potential.”
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Multiple sources confirm the study was published in the journal Nature Biotechnology.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 · Researchers published their study in Nature Biotechnology on the UPatch: a soft, wearable ultrasound device for continuous and autonomous ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sinahaeri_wearable-ultrasound…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 · The device aims to reduce false alarms, cut unnecessary hospital visits, and expand access to prenatal care in low-resource settings.
https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/28/upatch-could-a-we…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 · A Nature Biotechnology study reports UPatch, a wearable ultrasound patch for continuous, autonomous fetal monitoring. Tested on 62 pregnancies, ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/HotScienceNews/comments/1trhyqn/a_n…
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Claim 5: “engineers at UC San Diego have designed a wearable patch that promises continuous, comprehensive insight into the health of mom and baby”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that engineers at UC San Diego developed a wearable ultrasound patch for continuous fetal and maternal health monitoring.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States. Established in 1960, it …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_San_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — La Jolla ( la HOY-uh, Latin American Spanish: [la ˈxoʝa]) is a neighborhood in San Diego, California, occupying 7 miles (11 km) of coastline along the Pacific Ocean. La Jolla is located 12 miles (19 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jolla
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Diego ( SAN dee-AY-goh; Spanish: [san ˈdjeɣo]) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. It is the eighth-most populous city in the U.S. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego
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Claim 6: “Park and his team collected monitoring data across 62 pregnancies — some were healthy, while others were considered high risk on account of gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, high blood pressure or abnormal fetal growth.”
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Multiple sources, including a PMC reference, confirm the study involved 62 pregnancies including healthy and high-risk cases (preeclampsia, diabetes, etc.).
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web search NEUTRAL — We validated the UPatch accuracy on 62 pregnancies, and the continuous monitoring data ... including healthy, small for gestational age, large for ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12632705/
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web search NEUTRAL — May 26, 2026 · Researchers collected continuous monitoring data for hours across 62 pregnancies, including healthy pregnancies and pregnancies complicated ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mohamedalysaadaly_𝗙𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹-𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁…
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · The study also compared healthy pregnancies with high-risk conditions such as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes ... study results. The ...
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/ultrasound-sticker-tracks-feta…
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Claim 7: “Roughly the size of a hand, the UPatch is connected to a computer that analyzes ultrasound data.”
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Multiple sources explicitly state the device is roughly the size of a hand and connects to a computer for data analysis.
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web search NEUTRAL — The UPatch was laminated on the maternal abdomen and connected to an ultrasound beamformer and a host computer, which displays the duplex image, tracks the ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12632705/
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 · Roughly the size of a hand, the UPatch is connected to a computer that analyzes ultrasound data. ... ultrasound patch. Testing has been done ...
https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/health/wearable-ultrasound-pat…
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web search NEUTRAL — The flexible, adhesive-backed UPatch is applied to the woman's abdomen to deliver up-to-the-minute information about blood flow in the fetus and umbilical cord.
https://www.aol.com/news/wearable-ultrasound-patch-monitor-h…
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Claim 8: “A key element of the design is an image segmentation algorithm that tracks the placenta-anchored end of the umbilical cord”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results specifically mentioning an 'image segmentation algorithm' for tracking the placenta-anchored end of the umbilical cord.
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Claim 9: “the UPatch tracks fetal health continuously without a manual technician.”
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Multiple sources state the device allows for continuous monitoring without the need for a manual technician.
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web search NEUTRAL — ... manual Doppler ultrasound for Doppler indices (Supplementary Discussion 23). We used the UPatch to continuously monitor both signals simultaneously in 52 ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12632705/
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... ... to enable continuous prenatal monitoring and ... fetal health, the UPatch tracks fetal health continuously without a manual technician.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/health/wearable-ultrasound-pat…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... ... to enable continuous prenatal monitoring and ... fetal health, the UPatch tracks fetal health continuously without a manual technician.
https://www.aol.com/articles/wearable-ultrasound-patch-monit…
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