Ambulatory electrocardiogram monitor
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1. An electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor for measuring a patient'"'"'s ECG comprising:
- a plurality of sensors adapted to be placed on the patient'"'"'s skin to generate a plurality of sensor signals indicative of the patient'"'"'s heartbeat, said sensors including an amplifier connected to all of said sensors and configured to amplify said sensor signals, combine said sensor signals, and generate an amplified signal, said amplifier being located sufficiently close to at least one of said sensors to promote Faraday shielding;
a processor remote from said sensors and from said amplifier, said processor having a receiver connected to said amplifier to receive said amplified signal and to process said amplified signal to obtain the patient'"'"'s ECG.
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Abstract
An electrocardiogram monitor comprises a plurality of sensors placed on the patient'"'"'s skin to generate a sensor signal indicative of the patient'"'"'s heartbeat. An amplifier is connected to the plurality of sensors, in close proximity thereto, to amplify the sensor signal and generate an amplified signal. A processor remote from the sensors, having a receiver is connected to the amplifier to receive the amplified signal and to process the amplified signal to obtain the patient'"'"'s electrocardiogram.
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35 Claims
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1. An electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor for measuring a patient'"'"'s ECG comprising:
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a plurality of sensors adapted to be placed on the patient'"'"'s skin to generate a plurality of sensor signals indicative of the patient'"'"'s heartbeat, said sensors including an amplifier connected to all of said sensors and configured to amplify said sensor signals, combine said sensor signals, and generate an amplified signal, said amplifier being located sufficiently close to at least one of said sensors to promote Faraday shielding; a processor remote from said sensors and from said amplifier, said processor having a receiver connected to said amplifier to receive said amplified signal and to process said amplified signal to obtain the patient'"'"'s ECG. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor for measuring a patient'"'"'s ECG comprising:
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a plurality of sensors adapted to be placed on the patient'"'"'s skin to generate a sensor signal indicative of the patient'"'"'s heartbeat, said sensors including an amplifier that is connected to all of said sensors and located sufficiently close to at least one of said sensors to promote Faraday shielding, said amplifier configured to amplify said sensor signals, combine said sensor signals, and generate an amplified signal; a FM encoder connected to said amplifier to encode said amplified signal and generate an encoded signal; and a transmitter connected to said FM encoder to transmit said encoded signal to a base station to obtain the patient'"'"'s ECG. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. An electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor for connecting to a sensor system having a plurality of sensors adapted to be placed on a patient'"'"'s skin to generate sensor signals indicative of the patient'"'"'s heartbeat and an amplifier connected to all of the sensors and located sufficiently close to at least one of the sensors to promote Faraday shielding, the amplifier configured to combine and amplify said sensor signals and generate an amplified signal and transmit said amplified signal to an ECG monitor, said ECG monitor comprising:
a processor remote from said amplifier, said processor having a receiver to receive said amplified signal and to process said amplified signal to obtain the patient'"'"'s ECG. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A plurality of sensors for sensing a patient'"'"'s heartbeat, said sensors comprising:
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a reference sensor to generate a reference sensor signal indicative of the patient'"'"'s heartbeat signal; an active sensor to generate an active sensor signal indicative of the patient'"'"'s heartbeat signal; and an amplifier connected to said reference sensor and said active sensor, and in close proximity thereto, configured to combine said reference sensor signal and said active sensor signal to generate a combined signal and to amplify said combined signal to generate an amplified signal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of monitoring a patient'"'"'s heartbeat using a sensor assembly including a plurality of sensors and an amplifier connected to all the sensors, comprising the steps of:
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sensing the patient'"'"'s heartbeat with said sensors placed on the patient'"'"'s skin; generating, with said sensors, sensor signals indicative of the patient'"'"'s heartbeat; receiving, from said sensors, said sensor signals in the amplifier; combining said sensor signals in said amplifier; generating an amplified signal in said amplifier; transmitting said amplified signal to a processor having a receiver; receiving said amplified signal in said receiver; and processing said amplified signal to obtain the patient'"'"'s ECG. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of monitoring a patient'"'"'s heartbeat using a sensor assembly including a plurality of sensors and an amplifier, comprising the steps of:
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sensing the patient'"'"'s heartbeat with said sensors placed on the patient'"'"'s skin; generating, with said sensors, sensor signals indicative of the patient'"'"'s heartbeat; receiving, from said sensors, said sensor signals in said amplifier; combining said sensor signals in said amplifier; generating an amplified signal in said amplifier; FM encoding said amplified signal to generate an encoded signal; and
transmitting said encoded signal to a base station to obtain the patient'"'"'s ECG. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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