Device for mobile electrocardiogram recording

摘要

A device, system and method for obtaining a 12 lead electrocardiogram (ECG) from measurements obtained with 3 electrodes in some embodiments (it should be noted that some separate embodiments of the present invention relate to such measurements with 4 electrodes). Optionally and preferably, the device, system and method of the present invention may be easily and accurately operated by a layperson.

主权项

1. A personal ECG device for home use for deriving results of 12 lead ECG measurements by placing three electrodes on a body of a subject, comprising:
a housing having at least two faces; one electrode connected to a first face of said housing adapted to record sequential measurements at 7 different locations on the body of the subject including measurements at the lower limb or lower torso of the body and at v1-v6 locations; two electrodes connected to at least one other face of said housing adapted to record measurements of two hands of the subject; a processor located within said housing configured for receiving and processing signals from the three electrodes; and a memory located within said housing for storing data indicative of signals measured by said three electrodes, wherein the sequential recordings at the different locations from the beginning to the end of a recording are stored in said memory, wherein said device is configured to allow the subject to hold said device in a manner that allows him/her to move said device over his/her body for sequentially measuring electrode signals at the 7 different locations by the first electrode connected to the first face of the housing while simultaneously allowing each hand thereof to contact a different electrode of said two electrodes that is connected to at least one other face of the housing, and wherein the signals sequentially recorded by the three electrodes allow said processor to derive 12 lead ECG from signal data obtained by the three electrodes during the respective recording relating to the 7 different locations and the two hands of the subject, by combining the stored recording of the measurements at the lower limb or lower torso with the measurements at the v1-v6 locations and recorded measurements of two hands of the subject acquired by the three electrodes.