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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2007
Gordon Ian Rowlandson, Milwaukee, WI (US);
David Thomas Peterson, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Donald Eugene Brodnick, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Robert Edward Henderson, West Bend, WI (US);
Chepur Sudhakar Rao, Germantown, WI (US);
Gordon Ian Rowlandson, Milwaukee, WI (US);
David Thomas Peterson, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Donald Eugene Brodnick, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Robert Edward Henderson, West Bend, WI (US);
Chepur Sudhakar Rao, Germantown, WI (US);
The General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for the collection of physiological data from a patient is disclosed herein. An electrode assembly comprises an external label identifying an anatomical location and an electrode identifying circuitry that produces a signal indicative of the anatomical location to which the electrode assembly is to be attached. The electrode assembly transmits both the collected physiological signal and the identification signal to a data monitor for collection and processing physiological data.