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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald J Zdrojkowski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Richard L Longini, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 41 ; 360 43 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for magnetically recording and reproducing physiological information such as in an electrocardiogram. The ECG signal is pulse width modulated (PWM), and the transition points, or zero crossings are stored on magnetic tape. The original PWM signal is then reproduced from the output of the playback head by reacting to the simultaneous occurrence of zero crossings and large magnitude derivative signals. Also disclosed is the concept of automatically reacting to recorded audible information during the reconstruction of the original PWM signal.