摘要 |
A necklace device (10) has two skin electrodes (18, 20) mechanically attached to it at spaced apart positions on opposing body locations to detect the wearer's heart beat or another body signal. The electrodes (18, 20) are electrically connected, by the necklace (10) itself or by conductors (26, 48, 50, 67) incorporated therein, to circuitry in a pendant or module (16, 52) affixed to the necklace (10). The circuitry processes the body signal and may store it, display information obtained from it or transmit it to a separate receive and processing/display element. In one embodiment the necklace module (77) includes a microprocessor and RAM storage (83) and an output port (84). A receiving unit (93) connects to the output port (84) to download stored signals from the RAM (83) for processing in a microprocessor-controlled unit (94-98) outputting signals to display (99). Another embodiment includes an RF transmitter (76) with antenna (82), and a receiving unit (92) with antenna (91) removably replaceable on a wrist band (54). |