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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:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1991
S J Begun, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Lambert Haner, Rocky River, OH (US);
Timothy Louis, Berea, OH (US);
John E Trybuski, Parma, OH (US);
The Scott Fetzer Company, Westlake, OH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for monitoring exercise activity and exercise responses of a user/patient. The monitoring apparatus and method forms the basis of a physical fitness system or a patient rehabilitation system for rehabilitating cardiac, orthopedic or other patients that require physiological monitoring during a therapy session. The system includes a patient station which in the case of cardiac rehabilitation includes an ECG monitor and a transmitting unit for transmitting ECG data and patient speech signals over a voice grade phone line. A base unit, located at a remote location, receives a composite analog signal containing the ECG data and voice signal and includes signal processing devices for separating the signal and for continuously storing the ECG data on a mass storage device for the entire therapy session. At the conclusion of the therapy session, selected portions of the stored ECG data can be transferred to a removable storage medium such as a floppy disk. The base station includes means for transmitting commands in the form of DTMF tones to the patient station to initiate the therapy session and/or to control the work load of an exercise device being used by the patient. Patients are connected to the patient transmitting unit by a fiber optic or RF link. The ECG data is transmitted in a 2170-2370 Hz. frequency band using frequency modulation on a carrier of substantially 2270 Hz. Notch and band pass filters remove the selected frequency band from the voice signal.