Electrocardiograph system

• US 5,284,151 A
• Filed: 11/29/1991
• Issued: 02/08/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Onoda, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Kamm, William E.
• Application Number:
  US07/800,139
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• Field of Search: 128/696, 128/210, 128/711, 128/901, 128/902, 128/908, 364/413.06, 346/33 ME, 346/33 B, 346/870.31
• US Class Current: 600/523
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0456 Apparatus provided with a docking unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/332 Portable devices specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/335 using integrated circuit memory devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/908 Patient protection from electric shock

Abstract

An electrocardiograph system which enables safe data transfer with high reliability between a portable electrocardiograph and a recorder, such as a printer, and in which an effect of leakage magnetism is taken into consideration. In the electrocardiograph system, electrical signals and/or electric power are transferred between the electrocardiograph and the recorder by electro-magnetic coupling therebetween using independent coils. The electrocardiograph system is further provided with a device for rejecting noise of an electric power signal from the electrical signals or noise of an electrical power signal and a clock signal from a data signal.

Claims

1. An electrocadiograph system comprising:

a portable electrocardiograph for measuring and storing an electrocardiograph waveform;

`a recorder having electric power and positioning means for reading said electrocardiograph waveform stored in said portable electrocardiograph;

signal transfer means for transferring electrical signals between said portable electrocardiograph and said recorder, said signal transfer means including a first electro-magnetic coupling having first coils for said portable electrocardiograph and said recorder; and

power transfer means including a second electro-magnetic coupling having second coils for said portable electrocardiograph and said recorder, said power transfer means transferring electric power from said recorder to said portable electrocadiograph, said power and positioning means positioning first and second coils of said portable electrocardiograph so that each coil of said portable electrocardiograph faces a corresponding coil of said recorder.

2. An electrocardiograph system according to claim 1, wherein said electrical signals include clock and data signals, said first electro-magnetic coupling of said electrocardiograph system further including an electro-magnetic coupling having independent coils to separately transfer said clock and data signals, wherein said data signal is transmitted and received by a single coil.

3. An electrocardiograph system comprising:

an electrocardiograph for measuring and storing an electrocardiograph waveform of a subject;

a recorder for reading and outputting said electrocadiographic waveform stored in said electrocardiograph;

transfer means for separately transferring electric power and electrical signals between said electrocardiograph and said recorder, said transfer means including first and second independent electro-magnetic couplings; and

noise removing means for removing at least electric power noise from said electrical signals, said noise removing means further comprising means for detecting a noise and means for adding the detected noise to the electrical signals with opposite phase so that the detected noise offsets the noise in the electric signals.

4. An electrocardiograph system according to claim 3, wherein said electrical signals include clock and data signals, said first electro-magnetic coupling of said electrocardiograph system further including independent electro-magnetic couplings to separately transfer said clock and data signals, said noise removing means removing noise of an electric power signal and clock signal from said data signal.

5. An electrocardiograph system comprising:

an electrocardiograph for measuring and storing an electrocardiograph waveform of a subject;

a recorder for reading and outputting said electrocardiograph waveform stored in said electrocardiograph;

transfer means having independent electro-magnetic couplings for separately transferring electric power and electrical signals between said electrocardiograph and said recorder; and

noise removing means for removing at least electric power noise from said electrical signals, said noise removing means including metal which is arranged to surround at least a portion of said transfer means to reduce a mixture of leakage magnetism into the electric signals transferred by said transfer means.

6. An electrocardiograph system according to claim 5, wherein said electrical signals include clock and data signals, said electro-magnetic coupling for transferring electrical signals of said electrocardiograph system further including independent electro-magnetic couplings to separately transfer said clock and data signals, the metal of said noise removing means surrounding at least a portion of the transfer means for transferring the data signals and removing noise due to electric power and a clock signal from the data signals.

7. An electrocardiograph system comprising:

an electrocardiograph for measuring an electrocardiograph waveform;

a recorder having positioning means for reading and outputting said electrocardiograph waveform stored in said electrocardiograph;

clock transfer means for transferring a clock signal in one direction between said electrocardiograph and said recorder, said clock transfer means including a first electro-magnetic coupling having a first independent coil; and

data transfer means for transferring data signals bidirectionally between said electrocardiograph and said record, said data transfer means including a second electro-magnetic coupling having another independent coil; and

positioning means for positioning coils of said portable electrocardiograph so that each coil of said portable electrocardiograph faces a corresponding coil of said recorder.