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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2006
Mark Robert Kohls, New Berlin, WI (US);
Sarah Beth Alme, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Richard Andrew Valiga, Waukesha, WI (US);
John Edward Lorbiecki, Hubertus, WI (US);
Joel Qiuzhen Xue, Germantown, WI (US);
Brian Joseph Young, Germantown, WI (US);
James Russel Peterson, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Lawrence Elwood Murphy, Shorewood, WI (US);
Mark Robert Kohls, New Berlin, WI (US);
Sarah Beth Alme, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Richard Andrew Valiga, Waukesha, WI (US);
John Edward Lorbiecki, Hubertus, WI (US);
Joel Qiuzhen Xue, Germantown, WI (US);
Brian Joseph Young, Germantown, WI (US);
James Russel Peterson, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Lawrence Elwood Murphy, Shorewood, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods comprise or provide an ECG recording device containing a mailable base and electrode assembly and/or other means engageable with the base to receive ECG signals from a subject during a self-administered ECG examination. The devices and methods may also include a single-use or limited-use ECG recording device, in which the base is disposable or reusable or recyclable. In addition, the device may be self-contained, battery-operated, portable, disposable, mailable to a location remote from an ECG examination, provide feedback, indicate its method of use, including graphically depicting same, contain a finger cuff and/or sensor pad for receiving ECG signals, and/or contain a memory. Preferably, the base conforms to various body shapes and/or sizes, is made of flexible and/or semi-flexible material, and/or contains a receptor, such as sealable blood well. The device can also communicate the ECG signals to an ECG processing system, which can be remote from the ECG examinations and comprise wireless communications.