Patent ID: 6205355
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An electrode cardiograph leadwire assembly structured to electrically communicate information between a monitor and a plurality of electrodes securable to a patient's skin, said electrode cardiograph leadwire assembly comprising:a plurality of leadwires each interconnected in electrical communication between a different one of the electrodes and the monitoring unit and structured to provide transmission of cardiac electrical signals received by the plurality of electrodes,a main housing structured and disposed to contain at least one of said leadwires in individual isolated, retracted relation therein; andretraction means for selectively retracting said at least one leadwire into said main housing such that a portion of said at least one leadwire that is exposed from said housing can be individually controlled, and such that said at least one leadwire is maintained substantially untangled and prepared for extension from said main housing.