Patent ID: 9345415
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a housing; an electrocardiogram (ECG) measuring circuit contained in the housing; three electrodes embedded in the housing, electrically connected to the ECG measuring circuit, and in spaced apart configuration from each other, wherein two of the three electrodes are arranged on a single surface of the housing and the third electrode is on another surface of the housing; and an ECG amplifier comprising a first input and a second input wherein a first of the three electrodes and a second of the three electrodes are connected to the first input and a third of the three electrodes is connected to the second input, wherein the third of the three electrodes is connected to a negative input of the ECG amplifier and the first and second electrodes of the three electrodes are electrically shorted and connected to a positive input of the ECG amplifier.