Heart Monitoring System Usable With A Smartphone or Computer
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1. A personal monitoring device comprising:
- a sensor assembly configured to sense physiological signals upon contact with a user'"'"'s skin and to produce electrical signals representing the sensed physiological signals; and
a converter assembly integrated with, and electrically connected to the sensor assembly, the converter assembly configured to convert the electrical signals generated by the sensor assembly to a frequency modulated physiological audio signal having a carrier frequency in the range of from about 6 kHz to about 20 kHz.
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Abstract
A personal monitoring device has a sensor assembly configured to sense physiological signals upon contact with a user'"'"'s skin. The sensor assembly produces electrical signals representing the sensed physiological signals. A converter assembly, integrated with, and electrically connected to the sensor assembly, converts the electrical signals generated by the sensor assembly to a frequency modulated physiological audio signal having a carrier frequency in the range of from about 6 kHz to about 20 kHz.
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39 Claims
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1. A personal monitoring device comprising:
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a sensor assembly configured to sense physiological signals upon contact with a user'"'"'s skin and to produce electrical signals representing the sensed physiological signals; and a converter assembly integrated with, and electrically connected to the sensor assembly, the converter assembly configured to convert the electrical signals generated by the sensor assembly to a frequency modulated physiological audio signal having a carrier frequency in the range of from about 6 kHz to about 20 kHz. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A personal monitoring device comprising:
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a sensor assembly configured to sense physiological signals upon contact with a user'"'"'s skin, and to produce electrical signals representing the sensed physiological signals; a converter assembly integrated with, and electrically connected to the sensor assembly, the converter assembly configured to convert the electrical signals generated by the sensor assembly to a frequency modulated physiological audio signal; and a cable connected to the converter assembly for transmitting the frequency modulated physiological audio signal to a 3.5 mm headphone jack on a smartphone, wherein the converter assembly is electrically isolated from the smartphone by an audio isolation transformer. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A personal monitoring device comprising:
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a sensor assembly configured to sense physiological signals upon contact with a user'"'"'s skin, and to produce electrical signals representing the sensed physiological signals; a converter assembly integrated with, and electrically connected to the sensor assembly, the converter assembly configured to convert the electrical signals generated by the sensor assembly to a frequency modulated physiological audio signal, the converter assembly further comprising a wireless radio transmitter configured to utilize Bluetooth®
headset technology to transmit the frequency modulated physiological audio signal via a short distance wireless network to a Bluetooth®
enabled computing device. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. An ECG device comprising:
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an electrode assembly configured to sense heart-related signals upon contact with a user'"'"'s skin, and to convert the sensed heart-related signals to an ECG electric signal; and a converter assembly integrated with, and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, the converter assembly configured to convert the electric ECG signal generated by electrode assembly to a frequency modulated ECG audio signal having a carrier frequency in the range of from about 6 kHz to about 20 kHz. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A smartphone protective case, usable as an ECG device, comprising:
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an electrode assembly configured to sense heart-related signals upon contact with a user'"'"'s skin, and to convert the sensed heart-related signals to an ECG electric signal; and a converter assembly integrated with, and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, the converter assembly configured to convert the electric ECG signal generated by the electrode assembly to a frequency modulated ECG audio signal having a carrier frequency in the range of from about 6 kHz to about 20 kHz, and further configured to output the ECG audio signal through an audio transmitter at a signal strength capable of being received by a smartphone positioned within the smartphone protective case.
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20. An ECG device, contained at least partially within a housing, the ECG device comprising:
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an electrode assembly connected to the housing, the electrode assembly configured to sense heart-related signals upon contact with a user'"'"'s skin, and to convert the sensed heart-related signals to an ECG electric signal; and a converter assembly integrated with, and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, the converter assembly configured to convert the electric ECG signal generated by the electrode assembly to a frequency modulated ECG audio signal having a carrier frequency in the range of from about 6 kHz to about 20 kHz, and further configured to output the ECG audio signal through an audio transmitter.
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21. An ECG device comprising:
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an electrode assembly configured to sense heart-related signals upon contact with a user'"'"'s skin, and to convert the sensed heart-related signals to an ECG electric signal; a converter assembly integrated with, and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, the converter assembly configured to convert the electric ECG signal generated by electrode assembly to a frequency modulated ECG audio signal; and a cable for transmitting the frequency modulated ECG audio signal to a 3.5 mm headphone jack on a smartphone, wherein the converter assembly is electrically isolated from the smartphone by an audio isolation transformer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An ECG device comprising:
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an electrode assembly configured to sense heart-related signals upon contact with a user'"'"'s skin, and to convert the sensed heart-related signals to an ECG electric signal; a converter assembly integrated with, the electrode assembly, the converter assembly configured to convert the electric ECG signal generated by electrode assembly to a frequency modulated ECG audio signal; and a wireless radio transmitter configured to utilize Bluetooth headset technology to transmit the frequency modulated ECG audio signal to a computing device. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions capable of being executed by one or more computing devices, that when executed by the one or more computing devices causes the one or more computing devices to:
- digitize and demodulate a frequency modulated ECG audio signal having a carrier frequency in the range of from about 6 kHz to about 20 kHz to produce real time demodulated digital ECG data, and to display on a display screen of the computing device, the real-time ECG signal represented by the demodulated digital ECG data.
- View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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