Patent ID: 7403808
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An assembly for detecting electrical signals from a patient's heart and conducting those signals to a body electronics unit, comprising: an electrode retaining section having a plurality of electrode connectors for releasably connecting to conventional metallic or non-metallic electrodes; an assembly connector attached to the electrode retaining section wherein the electrode retaining section is connected to the assembly connector by a linear section; a plurality of electrically conductive elements or traces extending between each of said plurality of electrode connectors and said assembly connector; at least one extension segment selectively contained fully within the electrode retaining section and having an electrode connector that is releasably connected to a conventional metallic or non-metallic electrode; a plurality of integrated arcuate sections and plurality of transition segments each connected to an electrode connector that is releasably connected to a conventional metallic or non-metallic electrode and contained fully within the electrode retaining section; a single sensor pin on the assembly connector for completing a circuit within the body electronics unit, wherein the sensor pin has a tongue that corresponds and fits into a groove located in the body electronics unit; and wherein power of the body electronics unit is activated when the sensor pin completes the circuit.