ECG hand-held device

US8831715B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Capical Gmbh · DE

Inventors

• Henning Boege · Braunschweig, DE
• Meinhard Schilling · Wolfenbüttel, DE
• Martin Oehler · Leingarten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 9, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2562/046
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An ECG device designed as a portable handheld device, with a housing which has a grip area and/or grip elements, wherein the grip area and/or the grip elements are designed to allow the ECG device to be held by an operator, and the ECG device has a sensor area, which is arranged outside the grip area and the grip elements and in which a plurality of ECG sensors in the form of capacitive electrodes is provided. Here, the ECG sensors are at least partially embedded in a foam block secured on the housing, and the ECG sensors are held by the foam block and supported elastically therein.