Heart beat rate monitor
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring heart beats of a subject, comprising:
- a heart beat monitor including heart beat sensing means for sensing the subject heart beat and for providing pulses corresponding thereto, first means including receiver means for receiving signals transmitted to said monitor from a source external thereto, said signals including signals defining at least a selected upper limit of heart beat rate, and memory means for storing said upper rate limit defining signals, received by said received means, circuit means responsive to said pulses for comparing their rate with said rate upper limit, stored in said memory means, and for providing an indication to said subject when the rate of said pulses exceeds the rate upper limit, and a power source means for powering at least said circuit means; and
means external to said monitor for transmitting signals to said receiver means in said monitor, said signals including signals defining at least said selected rate upper limit, said external means including controllable variable means for controlling the rate upper limit defined by said signals.
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Abstract
A heart beat rate monitor is provided with memory means for storing upper and lower limits of a range of heart beat rates. The limits are transmitted to and stored in the memory from an external source. The monitor wearer'"'"'s heart beat is sensed and whenever the sensed beat rate is outside the range defined by the limits an out-of-range indication is provided to the wearer. The memory means are powered so as not to be affected by the depletion of the main battery which is the primary source of power for the monitor circuitry. In some embodiments, the limits received from the external unit are transmitted thereto for verification purposes. In some embodiments the actual sensed heart beat rate and/or the stored limits are displayable to the wearer upon request.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring heart beats of a subject, comprising:
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a heart beat monitor including heart beat sensing means for sensing the subject heart beat and for providing pulses corresponding thereto, first means including receiver means for receiving signals transmitted to said monitor from a source external thereto, said signals including signals defining at least a selected upper limit of heart beat rate, and memory means for storing said upper rate limit defining signals, received by said received means, circuit means responsive to said pulses for comparing their rate with said rate upper limit, stored in said memory means, and for providing an indication to said subject when the rate of said pulses exceeds the rate upper limit, and a power source means for powering at least said circuit means; and means external to said monitor for transmitting signals to said receiver means in said monitor, said signals including signals defining at least said selected rate upper limit, said external means including controllable variable means for controlling the rate upper limit defined by said signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for monitoring heart beats of a subject comprising:
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a heart beat monitor including, heart beat sensing means for sensing the subject heart beats and for producing a pulse corresponding to each sensed heart beat, receiver means adapted to receive signals transmitted thereto from external means and for identifying in said received signals a first set of signals defining a rate high limit and a second set of signals defining a rate low limit, memory means coupled to said receiver means for separately storing therein the high and low limits, said limits defining a heart beat rate range, and circuit means responsive to the pulses corresponding to the sensed heart beats and including indication means for providing an indication when the rate of the sensed heart beats is outside the rate range defined by said stored limits, and power means for powering at least said circuit means; and external means for transmitting to said receiver means signals including said first and second sets of signals defining said limits, said external means including means for separately selectively varying the signals in each set to vary the rate limit defined thereby. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for monitoring heart beats of a subject comprising:
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heart beat sensing means for sensing the subject'"'"'s heart beats and for producing a pulse corresponding to each sensed heart beat, memory means for storing variably selected high and low limits which define a rate range; circuit means coupled to said memory means and to said sensing means for providing first and second signals when the sensed heart beats are at rates outside and within said range, respectively; power means for powering at least said circuit means; output means coupled to said circuit means for providing an out-of range indication when said circuit means provides said first signal; and display means for controllably displaying an indication representing any of the rate of the sensed heart beats or one of said stored limits, said system further including external means for transmitting signals representing said high and low limits, and further including receiver means, coupled to said memory means, for receiving said transmitted signals and for storing the high and low limits, represented by the received signals, in said memory means. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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