Patent ID: 6748260
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A hand device devoid of adhesive material and electrically conductive gel material to establish reliable skin-electrode contact for physiological signal acquisition of surface electrocardiogram (ECG), myocardial electrogram (EGM) and pacemaker stimulation signals from a patient, comprising:a first bulbous structure including at least one surface electrode, said first bulbous structure configured to be easily manually grasped to thereby establish electrical communication between said at least one surface electrode and one hand of a patient; a second bulbous structure including at least one surface electrode, said second bulbous structure configured to be easily manually grasped to thereby establish electrical communication between said at least one surface electrode and contact in another hand of the patient; and a telemetry unit having operable data communications link with said first bulbous structure and said second bulbous structure, said first bulbous structure operatively electrically connected to said second bulbous structure wherein a temporal physiological surface EGG signals generated between said first and said second bulbous structures is automatically transmitted to said telemetry unit via said data communication link when electrical communication is established for both the first and second bulbous structures. wherein the telemetry unit includes means for establishing wireless communication with a pacemaker disposed within the patient so that temporal EGM signals from the pacemaker are automatically communicated via the data communications rink when electrical communication is established for both the first and second bulbous structures.