Patent ID: 8452386
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An event-driven ambulatory electrocardiograph adapted to capture a twelve-lead electrocardiogram from analog electrical signals representative of the cardiac activity of a patient and acquired by means of at least nine electrodes, said electrocardiograph comprising a frontal face forming a body of said electrocardiograph provided with two precordial electrodes and two arms on either side of said body, each arm being provided with two precordial electrodes, each arm forming an angle relative to the frontal face such that the frontal face and the two arms define a surface that is substantially concave, wherein: said arm being adapted to form a variable dihedral angle (φ, Ψ) relative to said front face such that said substantially concave surface can adapt to the patient's morphology in order to enable said precordial electrodes to be properly positioned on the chest of said patient; and in that said electrocardiograph includes means enabling said proper positioning of said precordial electrodes on the chest of said patient to be maintained, said means comprising a spring associated with each arm of said electrocardiograph, each spring being fastened via one end to the body of the electrocardiograph and via an opposite end to the arm with which the spring is associated.