Patent ID: 6535758
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
Method for recording and transmitting a multi-channel ECG as part of a telemedical system (recorderâ€”transmission elementâ€”evaluation center) in which the patient's medical data is permanently recorded, digitalized, stored and transmitted by radio signal to an evaluation center by means of a mobile arrangement worn on the body of the patient (recorder) for approximately simultaneous evaluation or monitoring;characterized in that following the recording of the ECG the signals are prepared by means of a multi-channel amplifier and a connected A/D converter, that these signals are prepared accordingly and fed from the multi-channel amplifier to a microcontroller for processing, which queries the A/D converter, that the data processed by the microcontroller is stored in a memory combination and time-related on a flash card, whereby here a flow-back of data from the memory elements and to the microcontroller is also allowed for, that the microcontroller controls the serial interface for the recorder configuration and the reading out of the processed ECG by means of a special software in such a manner that, firstly, data can be transmitted to a mobile telephone (Mobile Telephone mode) and, secondly, data can be read out directly to the computer (PC Communication mode), that one of the ECG signals emitted from the multi-channel amplifier is fed to a pacemaker controller, which during ECG signal detects the pacemaker impulse, marks the ECG at the detected time and feeds it to the microcontroller.