DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG TRANSFORMATIONS AND RECONSTRUCTIONS OF MULTI-CHANNEL ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS

摘要

The present invention includes a method and apparatus for digital to analog conversion and reconstruction of multichannel electrocardiograms. The method may include receiving digital information representative of a plurality of independent signals, producing a plurality of analog outputs from said digital information wherein a first analog output is designated as a common reference, and imposing a predetermined voltage on a second analog output with respect to said common reference, which provides for a substantial recreation of the original independent signals. The apparatus may comprise a processor operable for receiving digital information representative of independent lead signals from a first ECG machine and digital to analog circuitry for substantially reproducing the original lead signals for analysis on a second ECG machine for convenient and efficient second opinions of cardiac data.

主权项

1. A method for digital to analog conversion, comprising the steps of:
receiving digital information representative of a plurality of independent signals, wherein each independent signal represents at least one of a plurality of electrical potentials (i) between at least one pair of a plurality of electrodes placed on a living creature or (ii) between at least one individual electrode from said plurality of electrodes placed on said living creature and a predetermined reference comprising an electrical resultant or potential difference between two or more predetermined electrodes from said plurality of electrodes placed on said living creature; producing a plurality of analog outputs from said digital information wherein a first analog output is designated as a common reference; and imposing a predetermined voltage on a second analog output with respect to said common reference.