Patent ID: 8005531

Claim:
A system for processing electrocardiographic signals from a patient, the system comprising: a first plurality of less than ten electrodes that each acquire an electrocardiographic signal from one of a plurality of standard ten-electrode positions; an interpretation algorithm database comprising a plurality of interpretation algorithms, each algorithm in the plurality being configured to produce a diagnosis of cardiac condition based upon a morphology from a specified combination of electrocardiographic signals from a plurality of less than ten standard electrode positions wherein each interpretation algorithm is identified by the specified combination; a signal processor connected to the plurality of electrodes and the interpretation algorithm database, the signal processor receives electrocardiographic signals from each of the plurality of electrodes and generates a twelve lead electrocardiogram from the electrocardiographic signals by deriving additional leads of the twelve lead electrocardiogram from the received electrocardiographic signals; and a user interface communicatively connected to the signal processor, the signal processor operates the user interface to present the twelve lead electrocardiogram delivered by the signal processor; wherein the signal processor further identifies a combination of the received electrocardiographic signals, selects an interpretation algorithm from the interpretation algorithm database in which the specified combination of the plurality of standard ten-electrode positions corresponds to the identified combination of the received electrocardiographic signals, applies the selected interpretation algorithm to the received electrocardiographic signals to produce an automated diagnosis of cardiac condition based upon a morphology of the received electrocardiographic signals, and the signal processor operates the user interface to present the automated diagnosis of cardiac condition.