ECG ELECTRODE SNAP CONNECTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
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1. A connector comprising:
- a housing;
a female snap connector member carried by the housing and configured to mechanically and electrically connect to a male snap connector member of an electrode;
a three-axis accelerometer carried by the housing and configured to sense proper acceleration of the connector; and
a microprocessor in electrical communication with the snap connector and with the accelerometer;
wherein the microprocessor is configured to receive cardiac activity data from the electrode, to receive proper acceleration data from the accelerometer, and to correlate the cardiac activity data to the proper acceleration data to define processed data.
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Abstract
A connector includes a housing, a female snap connector member carried by the housing and configured to mechanically and electrically connect to a male snap connector member of an electrode, a three-axis accelerometer carried by the housing and configured to sense proper acceleration of the connector, and a microprocessor in electrical communication with the snap connector and with the accelerometer. The microprocessor is configured to receive cardiac activity data from the electrode, to receive proper acceleration data from the accelerometer, and to correlate the cardiac activity data to the proper acceleration data to define processed data.
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24 Claims
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1. A connector comprising:
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a housing; a female snap connector member carried by the housing and configured to mechanically and electrically connect to a male snap connector member of an electrode; a three-axis accelerometer carried by the housing and configured to sense proper acceleration of the connector; and a microprocessor in electrical communication with the snap connector and with the accelerometer; wherein the microprocessor is configured to receive cardiac activity data from the electrode, to receive proper acceleration data from the accelerometer, and to correlate the cardiac activity data to the proper acceleration data to define processed data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A retrofit heart rate monitoring system comprising:
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a computing system; and at least one monitoring device in data communication with the computing system, and comprising; an electrode comprising an Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and/or an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard male snap connector member; a connector comprising; a housing; a female snap connector member carried by the housing and configured to mechanically and electrically connect to the male snap connector member of the electrode; a three-axis accelerometer carried by the housing and configured to sense proper acceleration of the connector; and a microprocessor in electrical communication with the snap connector and with the accelerometer, the microprocessor configured to receive cardiac activity data from the electrode, to receive proper acceleration data from the accelerometer, and to correlate the cardiac activity data to the proper acceleration data to define processed data; wherein the cardiac activity data, proper acceleration data, and/or the processed data are transmitted by the at least one monitoring device to the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of retrofitting an electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring system using a connector comprising a female snap connector member, a three-axis accelerometer, and a microprocessor in electrical communication with the snap connector and with the accelerometer, the method comprising the steps of:
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mechanically and electrically connecting the female snap connector member of the connector to a male snap connector member of an electrode; detecting cardiac activity of a patient using the electrode; detecting proper acceleration of the connector using the accelerometer; transmitting cardiac activity data to the microprocessor from the electrode; transmitting proper acceleration data to the microprocessor from the accelerometer; and correlating, using the microprocessor, the cardiac activity data and the proper acceleration data to define processed data. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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