Chair and ancillary apparatus with medical diagnostic features in a remote health monitoring system
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1. A medical examination diagnostic device comprising:
- a generally horizontal seat;
at least four support members for the seat, said seat having a front edge and a back edge, two of said support members generally aligned with the back edge and two of said support members generally aligned with the front edge;
an independent load sensor device located under each of said support members, each of said load sensors comprising an element for detecting the load independently on each of the load sensors to provide a set of four independent data signals for medical diagnosis;
means for collecting and comparing the four signals thereby providing at least one of the following;
a diagnostic ecg;
a diagnostic respiration rate;
neurological disorders;
neuromuscular pathology;
stroke;
balance.
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Abstract
A medical examination chair includes a group of sensors including electrodes in finger-tip sensors, various other types of sensors incorporated in straps for the patient in the chair and load cells supporting the chair, all of which provide data which is partially processed in the electronics mounted in the chair and then transmitted to a central station for patient diagnosis.
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13 Claims
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1. A medical examination diagnostic device comprising:
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a generally horizontal seat;
at least four support members for the seat, said seat having a front edge and a back edge, two of said support members generally aligned with the back edge and two of said support members generally aligned with the front edge;
an independent load sensor device located under each of said support members, each of said load sensors comprising an element for detecting the load independently on each of the load sensors to provide a set of four independent data signals for medical diagnosis;
means for collecting and comparing the four signals thereby providing at least one of the following;
a diagnostic ecg;
a diagnostic respiration rate;
neurological disorders;
neuromuscular pathology;
stroke;
balance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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