Telemeter apparatus for counting a heart rate

• US 5,375,607 A
• Filed: 12/03/1992
• Issued: 12/27/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Inventors: Sasagawa, Hirokazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Kamm, William E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Getzow, Scott M.
• Application Number:
  US07/985,158
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 128/706, 128/707, 128/696, 128/903
• US Class Current: 600/520
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/222 combined with detection or measurement of physiological parameters, e.g. heart rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6887 mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/903 Radio telemetry

Abstract

A telemeter apparatus for counting a heart rate is provided which can accurately measure a heart beat signal without being affected by a radio interference between adjacent exercise test systems. A telemeter apparatus for counting a heart rate has: a transmitter unit to be attached to a subject using an exercise test system and for transmitting from a transmitting coil a heart beat signal detected from the subject, in the form of a magnetic signal; receiving coils respectively disposed at the both sides of a body of the exercise test system, and for receiving the magnetic signal transmitted from the transmitting coil; comparators for accepting the received signal from the corresponding receiving coil which has been amplified and rectified, and for comparing the accepted signal with a predetermined threshold level; an AND circuit to which output signals from the comparators are input; and a heart rate display unit for displaying a heart rate on the basis of an output signal from the AND circuit. The comparators, AND circuit, and heart rate display unit are disposed in the body of the exercise test system.

Claims

1. A telemeter apparatus comprising:

a transmitter device including means for transmitting a heart beat signal detected from a subject;

at least two receiving coils each of which includes means for receiving said heart beat signal from said transmitter device;

at least two comparators, each of said comparators including means for accepting a signal corresponding to said heart beat signal received by one of said receiving coils, means for comparing said signal with a predetermined threshold level, and means for outputting a resultant signal;

an AND circuit including means for receiving said resultant signals and means for outputting an ANDed signal only when at least two of said resultant signals coincide in time; and

a heart rate display unit including means for displaying a heart rate derived from said ANDed signal.

2. A telemeter apparatus as claimed in claim 1, said telemeter apparatus further comprising an exercise test system including means for allowing said subject to exercise while said heart rate is being displayed.

3. A telemeter apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said heart beat signal is in the form of a magnetic signal with a predetermined frequency.

4. A telemeter apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said receiving coils are disposed at a plurality of locations on said exercise test system.

5. A telemeter apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said comparators, AND circuit, and heart rate display unit are comprised by said exercise test system.