Patent ID: 8082025

Claim:
A method for generating an ECG recording of a patient comprising: selecting said ECG recording from a plurality of predetermined ECG recordings; providing a handheld device having first, second, third, and fourth electrodes on an outer surface of said handheld device; causing said patient to grip said handheld device such that said first and second electrodes contact a first hand of said patient such that said first and second electrodes contact different locations on said first hand, said third electrode being in contact with a predetermined location on said patient's other hand and said fourth electrode contacts a predetermined point on said patient's body chosen from the group consisting of said patient's lower abdomen, one of said patient's legs, and a precordial measurement point on said patient, said predetermined point depending on said selected ECG recording; measuring signals as a function of time between said first electrode and each of said second, third, and fourth electrodes while said patient simultaneously contacts said first, second, third, and fourth electrodes as described above; and converting said measured signals to said ECG recording.