Portable apparatus for monitoring heart activity
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1. A portable apparatus for monitoring heart activity comprising:
- a case, a first electrode mounted on said case and a second electrode separate from said case wherein said first and second electrodes are for making electrical contact with respective regions of the patient'"'"'s body to pick up electrical heart signals;
attachment means for attaching said apparatus to a patient'"'"'s body including flexible loop for passing round a part of the patient'"'"'s body;
wherein said case includes electronic processing means for registering said electrical heart signals;
electrical connection means connecting said first electrode to said electronic processing means;
said loop including electrical conductor means for connecting said second electrode electrically with said electronic processing means; and
at least one auxiliary electrode electrically connected to the electronic processing means, fixing means for fixing said auxiliary electrode to the patient'"'"'s skin, and connection means for connecting said auxiliary electrode with said case wherein said connection means for connecting said auxiliary electrode includes mechanical and electrical couplings for coupling said first electrode to said auxiliary electrode.
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A portable apparatus for monitoring heart activity, including two electrodes connected to a case which encloses an electronic signal processor. The electrodes are separate and applied to different parts of the cardiac region of the patient'"'"'s bust, one electrode being exposed on a face of the case to contact a first zone on the patient'"'"'s bust, the other electrode being independent of the case and contacting a second zone of the bust, the electrodes being connected electrically by a conductor which also serves as a strap to suspend the apparatus on the patient'"'"'s body.
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1. A portable apparatus for monitoring heart activity comprising:
- a case, a first electrode mounted on said case and a second electrode separate from said case wherein said first and second electrodes are for making electrical contact with respective regions of the patient'"'"'s body to pick up electrical heart signals;
attachment means for attaching said apparatus to a patient'"'"'s body including flexible loop for passing round a part of the patient'"'"'s body;
wherein said case includes electronic processing means for registering said electrical heart signals;
electrical connection means connecting said first electrode to said electronic processing means;
said loop including electrical conductor means for connecting said second electrode electrically with said electronic processing means; and
at least one auxiliary electrode electrically connected to the electronic processing means, fixing means for fixing said auxiliary electrode to the patient'"'"'s skin, and connection means for connecting said auxiliary electrode with said case wherein said connection means for connecting said auxiliary electrode includes mechanical and electrical couplings for coupling said first electrode to said auxiliary electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- a case, a first electrode mounted on said case and a second electrode separate from said case wherein said first and second electrodes are for making electrical contact with respective regions of the patient'"'"'s body to pick up electrical heart signals;
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