Personal heart rhythm recording device
First Claim
1. A heart rhythm monitor comprising an electronic device and computer program.
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Abstract
An electrocardiographic device for recording the rhythm of the human heart using a home personal computer and printer. This device consists of three silver-plated leads, a 1000× amplifier, an analog to digital computer, an oscillating timing clock, a microcontroller unit, a USB input bus, a data output bus, and computer software for displaying the rhythm graphically. The advantages of this device include convenience, low cost, and repeatability. A patient can record their cardiac rhythm themselves at any time whenever a sudden cardiac arrhythmia occurs without traveling to the doctor'"'"'s office or emergency room. Based on the low cost of this inexpensive device a patient can own his own rhythm recording device instead of paying for expensive Holter monitors or event recorders from a doctor'"'"'s office. Lastly, this device can be used repeatedly without the expense of disposable electrodes or limitations of monitoring device memory restricting the number of electrocardiographic recordings.
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10 Claims
- 1. A heart rhythm monitor comprising an electronic device and computer program.
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10. A method of monitoring heart rhythms using a personal computer and printer, comprising:
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(a) providing a device of the type comprising of electrical circuit components, (b) providing said personal computer, (c) providing said printer, (d) connecting a USB cable between said device and said personal computer, (e) opening a computer program to view said heart rhythms, (f) holding said device to the patient'"'"'s chest, (g) viewing and analyzing said heart rhythm inside said computer program, (h) printing said heart rhythm on said printer, whereby said device is simple to use for said patients and built with inexpensive, widely available, said circuit components.
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