Heart rate monitoring system for plural persons using radio telemetry
First Claim
1. An apparatus for simultaneously monitoring the heart rate of each of a plurality of subjects, comprising:
- a main circuit having;
means for transmitting a predetermined signal of predetermined frequency and duration and at predetermined time intervals to cause each of a plurality of remote subcircuits to transmit subcircuit identity data and heart rate data in predetermined timed sequence;
means for receiving remote subcircuit transmissions and producing an output representative of the heart rate of a subject;
a plurality of remote subcircuits, each said remotesubcircuit having;
pulse monitoring means adapted to be secured to a subject for detecting and producing an output in response to a heart beat;
means for detecting said pulse monitoring means output and determining the number of said outputs which occur within a predetermined time interval;
means responsive to said main circuit predetermined signal for transmitting to said main circuit a signal representative of subcircuit identity data and said number of said detected heart beats.
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Abstract
An apparatus for simultaneously monitoring the heart rate of each of a plurality of subjects comprises a main circuit for transmitting a predetermined signal of predetermined frequency and duration and at predetermined time intervals to cause each of a plurality of remote subcircuits to transmit subcircuit identity data and heart rate data in predetermined timed sequence, a receiver for receiving remote subcircuit transmissions and producing an output representative of the heart rate of a subject and a plurality of remote subcircuits, each remote subciruit having a pulse monitoring device adapted to be secured to a subject for detecting and producing an output in response to a heart beat, and a detector for detecting the pulse monitoring device output and determining the number of the outputs which occur within a predetermined time interval, and being responsive to the main circuit predetermined signal for transmitting to the main circuit a signal representative of subcircuit identity data and the number of the detected heart beats.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus for simultaneously monitoring the heart rate of each of a plurality of subjects, comprising:
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a main circuit having; means for transmitting a predetermined signal of predetermined frequency and duration and at predetermined time intervals to cause each of a plurality of remote subcircuits to transmit subcircuit identity data and heart rate data in predetermined timed sequence; means for receiving remote subcircuit transmissions and producing an output representative of the heart rate of a subject; a plurality of remote subcircuits, each said remote subcircuit having; pulse monitoring means adapted to be secured to a subject for detecting and producing an output in response to a heart beat; means for detecting said pulse monitoring means output and determining the number of said outputs which occur within a predetermined time interval; means responsive to said main circuit predetermined signal for transmitting to said main circuit a signal representative of subcircuit identity data and said number of said detected heart beats. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A heart rate monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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a main circuit having; a main circuit TRANSCEIVER including a FM RECEIVER having a receiver input and a receiver output and an FM TRANSMITTER having a transmitter input and a transmitter output; means for generating and applying to said TRANSMITTER input a predetermined signal of predetermined frequency and duration and at predetermined time intervals, said signal being operative to cause a plurality of remote subcircuits to transmit in predetermined timed sequence identity and heart rate data; means for activating said TRANSMITTER at predetermined time intervals including a timer means for producing a sync pulse of predetermined duration and a transistor responsive to said sync pulse for enabling said TRANSMITTER; means for decoding the signal received from each said remote subcircuits and producing a decoded signal; and computing means adapted to receive said decoded signal from said shift register and provide at least the heart rate count of the person connected to said pulse monitoring means; a plurality of remote subcircuits, each said remote subcircuit having; a subcircuit FM TRANSCEIVER including a RECEIVER having a receiver input and a receiver output and a TRANSMITTER having a transmitter input and a transmitter output; pulse monitoring means adapted to be secured to a subject for detecting the peak in said subject'"'"'s EKG waveform and, in response to each detected peak, produce a tone burst signal at a predetermined frequency and duration; means for storing the number of said tone burst signals detected during a predetermined time interval; and means responsive to receipt of said predetermined signal at said receiver input for applying to said transmitter input and transmitting from said transmitter output to said main circuit means a signal representative of the identity of said remote subcircuit and said number of said tone burst signals. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A kit for use in simultaneously monitoring the heart rate of each of a plurality of subjects, said kit comprising:
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a carrying case; a microcomputer, including a video display screen and keyboard, mounted in said case; a printer mounted in said case and adapted to be connected to said microcomputer; a tape cassette player mounted in said case and adapted to be connected to and controlled by said microcomputer; audio speaker means removably mounted in said case and adapted to be connected to said tape player; a primary circuit means mounted within said case and electrically connected to said microcomputer and including transmitter and receiver means for receiving and transmitting radio signals, encoding circuitry for generating and transmitting a single predetermined radio signal at predetermined intervals and digital decoding circuitry for decoding received digital signals and imputing said signals into said microcomputer; and a plurality of participant units adapted to be stored in said case and being removable therefrom for attachment to a test participant, each said participant unit being adapted to be electrically connected to a participant pulse monitoring device and including; secondary circuit means including circuit means adapted to receive the output of said pulse monitoring device for detecting and storing the number of participant heart beats occurring within a predetermined time interval and for encoding data for transmission to said primary circuit means; and transmitter and receiver means for receiving said predetermined radio signal transmitted by said primary circuit means and transmitting encoded participant data thereto in a predetermined timed sequence in response to receiving said predetermined radio signal. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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