Patent ID: 6694636
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: A61B,G01B

Abstract:
A compass for obtaining measurements from an electrocardiogram tracing, comprising:a display screen; pivotally movable compass legs; means for translating relative movement of said compass legs into electronic signal information corresponding to the distance between said compass legs; a computer operatively coupled to said display screen, said computer adapted to receive said signal information, said computer being operative to convert said electronic signal information into one or more numerical values corresponding to physiological information to be displayed on said display screen, wherein said physiological information comprises at least one unknown value in one or more programmed formulas, said computer being operative to convert said electronic signal information into one or more numerical values corresponding to the variables in one or more programmed formulas and to calculate the at least one unknown value therefrom, and to display said calculated unknown value on said display screen, and wherein further said computer comprises a memory for storing said one or more numerical values corresponding to said one or more variables in said one or more programmed formulas; and a power source.