Patent ID: 8694086
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A chamber device for non-invasively acquiring an electrocardiogram (ECG) of a conscious subject having a tail, the system comprising: a chamber; a floor of the chamber consisting of a first electrically conductive platform comprising a single conductive plate functioning as a single first electrode for establishing an electrical connection with the subject at a first location of the subject other than the tail, the first electrically conductive platform having a first polarity and being configured to be coupled to ECG recording equipment; and a second electrode in the form of an electrical conducting device independent from the first electrically conductive platform for establishing an electrical connection with the tail of the subject, the electrical conducting device having a second polarity opposite from the first polarity and being configured to be coupled to the ECG recording equipment; wherein the electrical conducting device is movable relative to the first electrically conductive platform, and further wherein the electrical conducting device is positioned to maintain contact with the tail of the subject in such a way that acquisition of the ECG occurs when the first electrode makes contact with the first location of the subject other than the tail, while the second electrode maintains contact with the tail of the subject.