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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:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Nelson Au, Foster City, CA (US);
Mark Brecht, Imperial Beach, CA (US);
Marion Buchenau, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Crowley, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
David Karshmer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Chester G. Nelson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Nick Oakley, Portland, OR (US);
Edwin M. Pearce, Jr., San Francisco, CA (US);
Nancy Perry Pool, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Richard M. Powell, Southport, NC (US);
Elisha Tal, Maccabim, IL;
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A hand-holdable structure implementing electrodes to enable good skin-electrode contact to acquire ECG readings is disclosed. Specifically, the structure is shaped to enable patients to apply a simple gentle grip to have a reliable skin-electrode contact and to automatically commence ECG tracing transmission to a patient monitoring station. In one embodiment the structure incorporates an RF telemetry head to simultaneously transfer IMD stored data in conjunction with the ECG tracings. The structure independently or in combination with the RF telemetry head is adaptable to a system of data communications with a programmer or equivalent instrument to transfer ECG and IMD data to a remotely located physician station or patient data storage server. The system is also adaptable for use with a web-enabled network such as, without limitation, the Internet, intranet, World Wide Web, extranet or equivalent.