Patent ID: 6978169

Claim:
A portable electrocardiograph monitor system comprising: a display providing for display of both textual and graphical information; a screen hierarchy for presenting information upon said display; a probe interface for receiving 3 leads of electrocardiograph data from a plurality of probes; a processor operable to accept data received via said probe interface and present at least a portion thereof upon said display, wherein a first screen of said screen hierarchy provides said at least a portion of said data presented upon said display; and an alarm for providing audible instructions to a patient relating to interpreted electrocardiograph data; and wherein said first screen further provides alarm information associated with said at least a portion of said electrocardiograph data displayed upon said display, wherein a second screen of said screen hierarchy provides alarm specific details associated with said alarm information, and wherein said second screen is accessible from said first screen by operation of an alarm button by a user.