Heart monitor electrode system
First Claim
1. A non-invasive method of obtaining local gradient values from a bio-potential source for the purpose of biophysiological signal monitoring by affixing a lead-free, autonomous single macro electrode, without regard to anatomical orientation, to a body surface of a subject to be monitored, the macro electrode comprising a group of N number of sub-electrodes, namely, two or more sub-electrodes arranged in a highly localized constellation capable of detecting highly localized, closely spaced biophysiological electrical potential gradients between two or more constituent sets of the sub-electrodes, each set of sub-electrodes comprising at least one distinct sub-electrode of the two or more sub-electrodes;
- acquiring the biophysiological signal from two or more of the sub-electrodes within the constellation;
parsing data obtained from all sub-electrodes disposed upon the single macro electrode with a microprocessor disposed in communication therewith; and
determining with said microprocessor a set of sub-electrodes that contributed to the maximum local gradient according to the anatomical orientation of the macro electrode on the body surface of the subject.
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Abstract
A bioelectric interface for monitoring, detection and transmission of detected ECG data is provided comprising a sensory system for detecting bio-physiological measurements utilizing spatially resolved potential profiles obtained from a localized cluster of sub-electrodes to form constituent sets of miniature sensor arrays. Using only a single macro-electrode, two or more sets of sub-electrode arrays are used to measure bipolar spatial gradients obtained from measured cardiac potentials. The sets of sub-electrodes containing the clusters are optimized to attain measurable gradients of diagnostic value. A minimax procedure allows bio-potential sensory acquisition through a bi-directional digital steering process, which essentially comprises monitoring, detection, selection, grouping, recording and transmission of ECG waveform characteristic data.
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1. A non-invasive method of obtaining local gradient values from a bio-potential source for the purpose of biophysiological signal monitoring by affixing a lead-free, autonomous single macro electrode, without regard to anatomical orientation, to a body surface of a subject to be monitored, the macro electrode comprising a group of N number of sub-electrodes, namely, two or more sub-electrodes arranged in a highly localized constellation capable of detecting highly localized, closely spaced biophysiological electrical potential gradients between two or more constituent sets of the sub-electrodes, each set of sub-electrodes comprising at least one distinct sub-electrode of the two or more sub-electrodes;
- acquiring the biophysiological signal from two or more of the sub-electrodes within the constellation;
parsing data obtained from all sub-electrodes disposed upon the single macro electrode with a microprocessor disposed in communication therewith; and
determining with said microprocessor a set of sub-electrodes that contributed to the maximum local gradient according to the anatomical orientation of the macro electrode on the body surface of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- acquiring the biophysiological signal from two or more of the sub-electrodes within the constellation;
- 12. A system for obtaining biophysiological sensory measurements from a subject, in which a lead-free, autonomous single macro electrode having a plurality of sub-electrodes arranged in a highly localized constellation capable of detecting highly localized, closely spaced biophysiological electrical potential gradients between two or more constituent sets of the sub-electrodes, each set of sub-electrodes comprising at least one distinct sub-electrode of the two or more sub-electrodes, is combined with leads combined with a plurality of additional macro electrodes, one or more of which also further comprise a plurality of sub-electrodes, the macro electrodes being affixed, without regard to anatomical orientation, to a body surface of the subject, the system further comprising a microprocessor disposed in communication therewith, the system capable of acquiring the biophysiological signal from two or more of the sub-electrodes within the constellation, parsing data obtained from all sub-electrodes disposed upon the single macro electrode with said microprocessor, and determining, with said microprocessor, a set of sub-electrodes that contributed to the maximum local gradient according to the anatomical orientation of the macro electrode on the body surface of the subject.
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