Patent ID: 7844316

Claim:
An EKG cable for connection to an EKG machine so that the machine can take the EKG of a patient, the EKG cable comprising: a root cable with distal and proximal ends, the proximal end of the root cable being joined to a cable connector, the distal end of the root cable being joined to a connector for connection to an EKG machine, two branch cables being connected to said cable connector, wherein a first of said branch cables has two nodes disposed thereon, a proximal node which is disposed on said first cable proximal the cable connector and a distal node which is disposed on said first cable on or adjacent a distal end, wherein a second of said branch cables has three nodes disposed thereon, wherein each of said nodes has an upper surface and a lower surface disposed opposite the upper surface, wherein each of the surfaces of all of the nodes has a connection for receiving an electrode disc, wherein the upper surface of a first of one of said nodes has indicia for indicating connection to an electrode disc selected from the group consisting of RA, RL, LA, and LL; and said lower surface of the first one of said nodes has indicia which indicates connection to an electrode disc which is different from the indicia on the upper surface of the first one of said nodes.