Portable electrocardiograph with a neutral electrode

• US 8,095,199 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2007
• Issued: 01/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Choice Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Chase Sun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Choice Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Chase Sun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Weihu, Chen, Lei, Wu, Peng
• Primary Examiner(s): Cohen, Lee
• Assistant Examiner(s): CARDINAL, ERIN
• Application Number:
  US12/159,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20090137891A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,723 Days
• Field of Search: 600/372, 600/393, 600/509
• US Class Current: 600/393
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0462 Apparatus with built-in sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0468 Built-in electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/332 Portable devices specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6826 Finger
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6838 Clamps or clips

Abstract

A portable electrocardiograph, characterized in that a clamping cover which tends to close automatically is provided on one end of a housing; a finger hole is provided between the clamping cover and the housing; a lower half of the inner wall of the finger hole is defined on the housing; an upper half of the inner wall of the finger hole is provided on the clamping cover; the lower half of the inner wall is provided with a first electrode; the other end of the housing is provided with a second electrode; and the back face of the housing is provided with a third electrode, in which the first electrode or the third electrode is a neutral electrode. According to the present invention, at least one portion of at least one of the middle finger, the so-called ring finger, and the little finger of the user'"'"'s hand for grasping the electrocardiograph can contact the neutral electrode, such that the error of the measured result caused by electrical potential fluctuation on the measured person'"'"'s body can be eliminated.

Claims

1. A portable electrocardiograph, comprising:

a housing having a first end, a second end, and a back face;

a clamping cover configured to automatically close provided on the first end of the housing (1);

a finger hole provided between the clamping cover and the housing, the finger hole defined by an inner wall including a lower half defined on the housing and an upper half defined on the clamping cover;

a first electrode provided on the lower half of the inner wall;

a second electrode provided on the second end of the housing; and

a third electrode provided on the back face of the housing, in which the first electrode or the third electrode is a neutral electrode, and the third electrode is configured in a bending shape.

2. The portable electrocardiograph according to claim 1, wherein the third electrode is a one-quarter cirque shape, an oval shape, a circular shape, a triangle shape, an L-shape, or a reversed L-shape.

3. The portable electrocardiograph according to claim 1, further comprising a photoelectric receiving cell provided in the lower half of the inner wall;

and a light emitting diode provided at a corresponding position of the upper half of the inner wall.

4. The portable electrocardiograph according to claim 3, wherein a top face of the photoelectric receiving cell is provided to be at the same surface as a top face of the first electrode;

and a top face of the light emitting diode is slightly indented into a surface of a soft material layer.

5. The portable electrocardiograph according to claim 1, further comprising a shaft connected with the housing;

and a torsion spring configured to automatically close the clamping cover sleeved on the shaft.

6. The portable electrocardiograph according to claim 1, further comprising a U-shaped spring sheet configured to automatically close the clamping cover.

7. The portable electrocardiograph according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode of the lower half of the inner wall is of a semi-oval shape;

and a soft material layer of a semi-oval shape is covered on the upper half of the inner wall.

8. The portable electrocardiograph according to claim 1, further comprising a data transfer interface with an external storage device provided on the housing.

9. The portable electrocardiograph according to claim 1, wherein the second electrode is provided to protrude out of the second end of the housing.