Device for measuring multiple channels of heartbeat activity and encoding into a form suitable for simultaneous transmission over
First Claim
1. A portable measuring device for acquiring, storing and transmitting electrical activity of a heart of a user comprising:
- connector means for receiving signals indicative of at least two leads of electrical activity of the heart of the user;
means for amplifying said signals to produce at least first and second electrical activity signals from said signals indicative of at least two leads of electrical activity;
memory means, coupled to said amplifying means to receive said first and second electrical activity signals at an input thereof, for storing information indicative of said first and second electrical activity signals;
audio information producing means for selectively producing audio signals of a form suitable for transmission over telephone lines in response to input signals to be transmitted; and
control means for controlling operation of said device, coupled to said memory means and said audio information producing means, comprising;
(a) first means for commanding said device to operate in a live mode by connecting said at least first and second electrical activity signals which are currently being produced by said amplifying means to said audio information producing means as said input signals thereto, so that said audio information producing means produces audio signals indicative of said at least first and second electrical activity signals simultaneously for transmission over said telephone lines;
(b) second means for commanding said memory means to record said first and second electrical activity signals; and
(c) playback command means operating at least in a simultaneous mode for commanding said memory means to play back the stored information thereof in the form of input signals to said audio information producing means such that said audio information producing means produces audio signals indicative of said at least first and second electrical activity signals simultaneously for transmission over said telephone lines.
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Abstract
A device for measuring electrical activity of the heart of a user. The portable device includes structure for receiving at least two leads of electrical activity of the heart of the user. This information is amplified, and coupled to a memory to produce audio signals of a form suitable for transmission over telephone lines in response to input signals. These input signals can be either from the memory or from the output of the amplifier, depending on the mode being commanded. A control structure commands the mode of operation. Live mode allows the acquired input to pass directly to the speaker, to be passed over the telephone lines. Recording mode records the input. Time interval mode records the entire capacity of the memory once. Rolling mode continually acquires and displaces other information that was previously in place. The device plays back a plurality of channels from the memory simultaneously over the telephone line so that these plurality of channels are received by the other end in a synchronized fashion. In addition, the device can operate in either a silent mode, in which information is recorded without any audio information being produced, or a sound mode in which audio information indicative of the information that is being stored is produced.
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29 Claims
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1. A portable measuring device for acquiring, storing and transmitting electrical activity of a heart of a user comprising:
- connector means for receiving signals indicative of at least two leads of electrical activity of the heart of the user;
means for amplifying said signals to produce at least first and second electrical activity signals from said signals indicative of at least two leads of electrical activity; memory means, coupled to said amplifying means to receive said first and second electrical activity signals at an input thereof, for storing information indicative of said first and second electrical activity signals; audio information producing means for selectively producing audio signals of a form suitable for transmission over telephone lines in response to input signals to be transmitted; and control means for controlling operation of said device, coupled to said memory means and said audio information producing means, comprising; (a) first means for commanding said device to operate in a live mode by connecting said at least first and second electrical activity signals which are currently being produced by said amplifying means to said audio information producing means as said input signals thereto, so that said audio information producing means produces audio signals indicative of said at least first and second electrical activity signals simultaneously for transmission over said telephone lines; (b) second means for commanding said memory means to record said first and second electrical activity signals; and (c) playback command means operating at least in a simultaneous mode for commanding said memory means to play back the stored information thereof in the form of input signals to said audio information producing means such that said audio information producing means produces audio signals indicative of said at least first and second electrical activity signals simultaneously for transmission over said telephone lines. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- connector means for receiving signals indicative of at least two leads of electrical activity of the heart of the user;
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24. A portable device for acquiring, storing and transmitting electrical activity of a heart of a user comprising:
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connector means for receiving signals indicative of at least two leads of electrical activity of the heart of the user; means for amplifying said signals to produce at least first and second electrical activity signals from said signals indicative of at least two leads of electrical activity; memory means, coupled to said amplifying means to receive said first and second electrical activity signals at an input thereof, for storing information indicative of said first and second electrical activity signals; audio information producing means for selectively producing audio signals of a form suitable for transmission over telephone lines in response to input signals to be transmitted; and control means for controlling operation of said device coupled to said memory means and said audio information producing means, comprising; (a) first means for commanding said device to operate in a live mode by connecting said at least first and second electrical activity signals which are currently being produced by said amplifying means to said audio information producing means as said input signals thereto so that said audio information producing means produces audio signals indicative of said at least first and second electrical activity signals simultaneously for transmission over said telephone lines; (b) second means for commanding said memory means to record information indicative of said at least first and second electrical activity signals; (c) play back command means for selectively commanding said memory means to play back to stored information thereof in the form of input signals to said audio information producing means, so that said audio information producing means produces audio signals indicative of said played back stored information; (d) timer means for initiating a timing sequence upon completion of said play back, and continuing said timing as long as another command from said play back command means is not initiated; and (e) erase-after-play means, coupled to said timer means, for producing a signal commanding erasure of said memory means after said timer reaches a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A portable measuring device for measuring electrical activity of a heart of a user comprising:
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connector means for receiving signals indicative of at least two leads of electrical activity of the heart of the user; means for amplifying said signals to produce at least first and second electrical activity signals from said signals indicative of at least two leads of electrical activity; memory means, coupled to said amplifying means to receive said at least first and second electrical activity signals at an input thereof, for storing information indicative of said at least first and second electrical activity signals; audio information producing means for selectively producing audio signals of a form suitable for transmission over telephone lines in response to input signals to be transmitted; and control means for controlling operation of said device, coupled to said memory means and said audio information producing means, comprising; (a) first means for commanding said device to operate in a live mode by connecting said at least first and second electrical activity signals which are currently being produced by said amplifying means to said audio information producing means as said input signals thereto, so that said audio information producing means produces audio signals indicative of said at least first and second electrical activity signals simultaneously for transmission over said telephone lines; (b) second means for commanding said memory means into a recording mode to record information indicative of said at least first and second electrical activity signals; (c) third means for commanding said audio information producing means to be on or off during said recording mode; and (d) playback command means operating at least in a simultaneous mode for commanding said memory means to play back the stored information thereof in the form of input signals to said audio information producing means such that said audio information producing means produces audio signals indicative of said at least first and second electrical activity signals simultaneously for transmission over said telephone lines.
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29. A device suitable for use under emergency conditions for acquiring the electrical activity of the heart of a user in a form suitable for transmission over a telephone line comprising
a portable housing, a pair of electrodes, configured to be placed within the armpits of a user and to be comfortably retained within the armpits by the user so as to acquire the electrical activity of the heart of the user, a third electrode configured to be placed on the user s skin in the waist area so as to acquire (1) in conjunction with one of said pair of electrodes a second lead of the electrical activity of the heart of the user and (2) in conjunction with the other of said pair of electrodes a third lead of the electrical activity of the heart of the user, three elongated electrical wires connected with said electrodes and with said portable housing for simultaneously transmitting the three leads of electrical activity of the heart of the user acquired by said electrodes to said portable housing, sonic speaker means carried by said housing for creating signals indicative of the simultaneous three leads of electrical activity acquired by the electrodes in a form suitable for transmission over a telephonic line, electric circuit means within said housing for transmitting the simultaneous three leads of electrical activity acquired by said electrodes and transmitted by said three electrical wires to said sonic speaker means so as to create therein signals indicative of the simultaneous three leads of electrical activity acquired by said electrodes for transmission over a telephonic line.
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