Patent ID: 11918364
Assignee: BARDY DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 9:
10. An extended wear electrocardiography and physiological sensor monitor, comprising:
an electrocardiography monitor, comprising:
a sealed housing; and
electronic circuitry comprised within the sealed housing, comprising:
an externally-powered micro-controller; and
an electrocardiographic front end circuit electrically interfaced to the micro-controller and operable to sense electrocardiographic signals; and

an electrocardiography patch, comprising:
a flexible backing formed of an elongated strip of stretchable material comprising two ends, one end on each side of a midsection that is narrower than the ends;
an electrocardiographic electrode affixed to and conductively exposed on a contact surface of each end of the elongated strip and configured to facilitate monitoring of the electrocardiographic signals;
a flexible circuit affixed on each end to the elongated strip and comprising a pair of circuit traces each originating within one of the ends of the elongated strip and electrically coupled to one of the electrocardiographic electrodes;
a non-conductive receptacle formed to removably receive the electrocardiography monitor and adhered between the electrocardiography monitor and the flexible backing on one end of the elongated strip that is larger than the other end, the non-conductive receptacle comprising electrode terminals aligned to electrically interface the pair of circuit traces to the electrocardiography monitor;
at least one physiological sensor provided on the flexible backing and configured to collect physiological data that is embedded into the electrocardiographic signals;
an adhesive provided only on the contact surface of each of the ends of the elongated strip, wherein the adhesive covers each of the ends of the elongated strip, leaving the narrow midsection of the elongated strip between the ends free of the adhesive;
patch memory on the flexible backing programmed with one or more sampling rates to each instruct one of the physiological sensors to obtain readings of the physiological data separate from the monitoring of the electrocardiographic signals by the electrocardiographic electrodes and programmed with a duration of the sample, wherein the readings of the physiological data based on the sampling rates and further readings of additional physiological data based on a sensed event occurring outside the sampling rates are stored in storage on the electrocardiography monitor; and
a battery to provide power to at least one physiological sensor to obtain readings of physiological data, wherein the physiological sensor is electrically interfaced with the micro-controller over an expansion bus and the battery is positioned on one end of the flexible backing on a surface opposite the contact surface and positioned under a bottom surface of the electrocardiography monitor.