Electrocardiograph

• US 20050143666A1
• Filed: 03/26/2003
• Published: 06/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ALARIS Medical Systems, Inc. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: ALARIS Medical Systems, Inc. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Yanaga, Akihiko
• Application Number:
  US10/510,985
• Publication Number:
  US 20050143666A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/509
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0245 by using sensing means generating electric signals, i.e. ECG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/332 Portable devices specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6822 Neck

Abstract

The present invention is to provide an electrocardiograph which can measure an electrocardiographic complex easily at occurrence of events in a subject, display it and transmit it. This electrocardiograph is to be constituted of a body case which is held on a chest of a subject and in which an electric circuit is installed inside thereof, a common electrode provided on a back surface which is a chest side of the body case, at least one pair of arm portions extending from the body case, electrocardiographic complex detecting electrodes provided on end portions of the pair of the arm portions respectively, a means for detecting an electrocardiographic complex of the subject based on signals from the electrocardiographic complex detecting electrodes, a display means for displaying the electrocardiographic complex detected by the means for detecting the electrocardiographic complex, a transmission means for transmitting the electrocardiographic complex detected by the means for detecting the electrocardiographic complex, and a switch means for starting to detect, display and transmit the electrocardiographic complex by pressing the common electrode and the electrocardiographic complex detecting electrodes to a chest side so as to make them come in contact with the chest.

Claims

1. An electrocardiograph comprising:

a body case which is held on a chest portion of a subject and in which an electric circuit is provided;

a common electrode that is provided on a back surface which is a chest side of said body case;

a pair of arm portions which extend from said body case;

electrodes for detecting electrocardiographic complex which are provided in both ends portions of said pair of said arm portions respectively;

a detecting means for detecting electrocardiographic complex of said subject based on signals detected by said electrodes for detecting electrocardiographic complex;

a display means for displaying said electrocardiographic complex detected by said detecting means;

a transmitting means for transmitting said electrocardiographic complex detected by said detecting means; and

a switching means for starting detection, display and transmission of said electrocardiographic complex by pressing it to a chest side of said subject so as to make said common electrode and said electrodes for detecting come in contact with said chest of said subject.

2. An electrocardiograph according to claim 1, wherein

said switching means is constituted of a pair of push-down switches which are provided on a front surface of said body case, and makes detection, display and transmission of said electrocardiographic complex start when both of said push-down switches are pushed down at once for a specific period.

3. An electrocardiograph according to claim 1, wherein

said switching means is constituted of push-down switches which are provided in said electrodes respectively, and makes detection, display and transmission of said electrocardiographic complex start when all of said push-down switches are pushed down for a specific period by pressing said body case to a human body side.

4. An electrocardiograph according to claim 1, wherein

said electrodes are non-paste electrodes.

5. An electrocardiograph according to claim 2, wherein

said electrodes are non-paste electrodes.

6. An electrocardiograph according to claim 3, wherein

said electrodes are non-paste electrodes.

7. An electrocardiograph according to claim 1, wherein

said body case is suspended from a neck of said subject by a suspending means.

8. An electrocardiograph according to claim 2, wherein

said body case is suspended from a neck of said subject by a suspending means.

9. An electrocardiograph according to claim 3, wherein

said body case is suspended from a neck of said subject by a suspending means.

10. An electrocardiograph according to claim 4, wherein

said body case is suspended from a neck of said subject by a suspending means.

11. An electrocardiographic according to claim 5, wherein

said suspending means is detachable to said body case by a detachable means.