Devices for rapid placement and recording of ECG precordial leads in patients
US4121575A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 1976 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/303
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Method and apparatus for accurately and rapidly securing electrodes for electrocardiographic monitoring at correct anatomic precordial portions on patients having chests of significantly differing sizes and configurations. A piece of stretchable non-conductive material having apertures for the usual V.sub.1 - V.sub.6 positions is provided with removable electrodes and a device for retaining the material in a stretched position across the chest of a patient, the electrodes also being apertured to permit the introduction of an electrolyte.
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