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Remote ECG monitoring system

US3986498A · kind A · utility

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27Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 8, 1975
Grant dateOct 19, 1976
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Expiry dateSep 8, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S128/904
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A remote ECG monitoring and telemetry system for use in a hospital equipped with a master antenna television cable system comprising a portable patient sensor/transmitter unit for deriving ECG information and for transmitting a first frequency signal modulated with the ECG information; a receiver/transmitter unit positioned in the patient's room for receiving the first modulated signal and for coupling directly to the master antenna television cable a second frequency signal modulated with the ECG information; a converter/amplifier unit coupled to the master antenna television cable adjacent the head end thereof for receiving the second modulated signal and for coupling back into the master antenna television cable a high power, third frequency signal modulated with the ECG information; and a receiver/demodulator unit coupled to the master antenna television cable at a central monitoring station for receiving and demodulating the third modulated signal to derive the ECG information.

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