LEADLESS WIRELESS ECG MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING OF BIO-POTENTIAL ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE HEART
First Claim
1. A leadless ECG measurement system for measuring of bio-potential electrical activity of the heart in a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:
- at least one multi-contact bio-potential electrode assembly adapted for attachment to the patient'"'"'s body, said electrode assembly being formed of an electronic patch layer and a disposable electrode layer;
said disposable electrode layer having a plurality of contact points for engagement with the surface of the patient'"'"'s body and configured to measure short-lead ECG signals in response to electrical activity in the heart; and
a processing unit being provided and configured to produce a transfer function which computes estimated long-lead ECG signals based on the measured short-lead ECG signals from said plurality of contact points.
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Abstract
A leadless wireless ECG measurement system for measuring of bio-potential electrical activity of the heart in a patient'"'"'s body includes at least one multi-contact bio-potential electrode assembly adapted for attachment to the patient'"'"'s body. The electrode assembly is formed of an electronic patch layer and a disposable electrode layer. The disposable electrode layer has a plurality of contact points for engagement with the surface of the patient'"'"'s body and is configured to measure short-lead ECG signals in response to electrical activity in the heart. A processing unit is provided and is configured to produce a transfer function which computes estimated long-lead ECG signals based on the measured short-lead ECG signals from the plurality of contact points.
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87 Claims
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1. A leadless ECG measurement system for measuring of bio-potential electrical activity of the heart in a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:
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at least one multi-contact bio-potential electrode assembly adapted for attachment to the patient'"'"'s body, said electrode assembly being formed of an electronic patch layer and a disposable electrode layer; said disposable electrode layer having a plurality of contact points for engagement with the surface of the patient'"'"'s body and configured to measure short-lead ECG signals in response to electrical activity in the heart; and a processing unit being provided and configured to produce a transfer function which computes estimated long-lead ECG signals based on the measured short-lead ECG signals from said plurality of contact points. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. In a leadless ECG measurement system for measuring of bio-potential electrical activity of the heart in a patient'"'"'s body, the improvement comprising:
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providing at least one multi-contact bio-potential electrode assembly for attachment to the patient'"'"'s body, said electrode assembly being formed of an electronic patch layer and a disposable electrode layer; providing a plurality of contact points in said disposable electrode layer for engagement with the surface of the patient'"'"'s body and configuring the plurality of contact points to measure short-lead ECG signals in response to electrical activity in the heart; and providing a processing unit and configuring the processing unit to produce a transfer function which computes estimated long-lead ECG signals based on the measured short-lead ECG signals from said plurality of contact points. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. In a leadless measurement system for measuring of bio-potential electrical activity in a patient'"'"'s body, the improvement comprising:
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providing at least one multi-contact bio-potential electrode assembly for attachment to the patient'"'"'s body, said electrode assembly being formed of an electronic patch layer and a disposable electrode layer; providing a plurality of contact points in said disposable electrode layer for engagement with the surface of the patient'"'"'s body and configuring the plurality of contact points to measure short-lead signals in response to electrical activity in the patient'"'"'s body; and providing a processing unit and configuring the processing unit to produce a transfer function which computes estimated long-lead signals based on the measured short-lead signals from said plurality of contact points. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A leadless measurement system for measuring of bio-potential electrical activity in a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:
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at least one multi-contact bio-potential electrode assembly for attachment to the patient'"'"'s body, said electrode assembly being formed of an electronic patch layer and a disposable electrode layer; said disposable electrode layer having a plurality of contact points for engagement with the surface of the patient'"'"'s body and configuring the plurality of contact points to measure short-lead signals in response to electrical activity in the patient'"'"'s body; and a processing unit being provided and configured to produce a transfer function which computes estimated long-lead signals based on the measured short-lead signals from said plurality of contact points. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. In a measurement system for measuring of bio-potential electrical activity in a patient'"'"'s body, the improvement comprising:
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attaching at least one multi-contact bio-potential electrode assembly to the patient'"'"'s body at a desired monitoring location; acquiring of input measured short-lead signals from said at least one multi-contact bio-potential electrode assembly; acquiring of output measured long-lead signals from said at least one multi-contact bio-potential electrode assembly; performing a system identification for modeling system transfer function between the input measured short-lead signals and the long-lead signals in a processor; transmitting one of the input measured short-lead signals, the transfer function, and the estimated long-lead signals to one of a second electrode assembly and a base station; and continuously measuring of input short-lead signals and utilizing the identified system transfer function to continuously estimate long-lead signals as outputs. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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