| 摘要 |
A bioelectric unit for use, for example, by a cardiac patient, comprises a housing (11) which is adapted receive a telephone handset (21) to form a bioelectric module (22). The unit has a pair of perforated pickup electrodes (14,15) the spacing of which is adapted to correspond, with that of the mouthpiece and the earpiece of the telephone handset. Via circuitry (12) the electrodes (13,14) are connected to sound transducers (13) for converting bioelectric signals into audio signals. The audio signals are transmitted from the sound transducers (13) to the telephone mouthpiece without the use of hard-wire interconnections. A switch (20) is provided which, when activated, permits the unit to operate to transmit audio converted bioelectric signals over a telephone network and, when deactivated, permits use of the telephone in the normal manner. A cardiac patient can use the unit to transmit cardiac signals to a receiver station for analysis and then to receive instructions and advice from the receiver station as to the action which he should take. In an alternative embodiment, the bioelectric unit may be permanently incorporated in a modified telephone handset. |
