Patent ID: 6987965

Claim:
A base unit for a plurality of wireless, programmable transceivers each adapted to attach to a patch electrode for placement on the surface of a patient's body, comprising: a transceiver module including an antenna for wireless communication in transmit and receive directions between said base unit and said wireless, programmable transceivers, said wireless communication from said plurality of wireless, programmable transceivers to said base unit occurring in a plurality of discrete time slots in a single frequency channel; an encoder/decoder coupled to said antenna; a computing platform and a memory, said computing platform performing error correction, processing information in control messages and data in digitized signals from said encoder/decoder; a demultiplexer demultiplexing received data from said plurality of wireless, programmable transceivers assemblies in said plurality of discrete time slots; a digital to analog converter for converting received, demultiplexed digital signals from said plurality of wireless, programmable transceivers assemblies into analog signals; and an interface supplying said analog signals to a monitor for display.