APPARATUS FOR SENSING AND PROCESSING ELECTRICAL CARDIAC SIGNALS AND METHOD OF REMOTE SENSING AND PROCESSING OF ELECTRICAL CARDIAC SIGNALS

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus (10) for sensing and processing electrical cardiac signals, said apparatus (10) comprising a plurality of electrical signal sensing electrodes (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e) associated with an electronic processing circuit (30) , said electrical signal sensing electrodes (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e) being consecutively arranged on a main body (11) and according to a determined sequence for sensing electrical signals; the main body (11) being associable with body surfaces of frontal portions of users' anterior limbs and wherein at least one electrode for sensing electrical signals (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e) is digitally contactable; said electrical signals sensed from the heart being transmitted and processed by the electronic processing circuit (30) arranged on the main body (11 ) so that the electrical signals are selectively transformed into ECG bipolar, unipolar and unipolar precordial leads. Also disclosed is a method of remote sensing and processing of electrical cardiac signals by means of an apparatus (10) for sensing and processing electrical cardiac signals, said apparatus (10) comprising a plurality of electrical signal sensing electrodes (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e) associated with an electronic processing circuit (30) , said method comprising the step of : A) Positioning the apparatus (10) associated with a body surface of a frontal portion of a user' s anterior limb so that a first electrical signal sensing electrode (20a) , arranged on the main body (11 ) of the apparatus (10) is directed to a user's left leg and positioning a first finger of the user over a third electrode for sensing electrical signals (20c) and a second finger of the user over a forth electrode for sensing electrical signals (20d) , said first and second fingers originating from different hands.