Portable electrocardiogram measurement device

Abstract

An ECG measurement device including: an ECG patch including a main body including a first side and a second side, the first side attached to the body of the subject; an electrode unit including at least three electrodes departed from each other at predetermined intervals and installed to the first side of the main body and conductive gel being applied to the periphery of each of the electrodes and receiving a pseudo ECG signal of the subject via the electrodes; and a first connector installed to the second side of the main body, corresponding to an installation position of each of the electrodes, electrically connected to the electrodes, physically attached and electrically connected to a predetermined controller to transmit the pseudo ECG signal to the controller; and an ECG measurement controller including a second connector physically attached and electrically connected to a first connector of the ECG measurement patch and receiving a pseudo ECG signal from the ECG measurement patch; an A/D converter converting the pseudo ECG signal into a digital signal; and a data transmission unit transmitting the pseudo ECG signal converted into the digital signal to a predetermined memory or a pseudo ECG signal analysis apparatus connected via wired/wireless network.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and/or other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a connection structure of an ECG measurement patch and ECG measurement controller according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a structure of an ECG measurement patch according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a graph illustrating characteristics of a waveform of a standard ECG signal;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a result of an experiment of measuring a value of a peak of an R wave of pseudo ECG signals respectively received, from a subject, by varying an interval between electrodes, according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a result of an experiment of measuring a value of a peak of an R wave of the pseudo ECG signals respectively received, from the subject, by varying a diameter of the electrodes, according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an ECG measurement controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

1. An electrocardiogram measurement patch attached to a body of a subject in an electrocardiogram measurement device, comprising: a main body including a first side and a second side, the first side attached to the body of the subject;an electrode unit including at least three electrodes separated from each other at predetermined intervals and installed to the first side of the main body and conductive gel being applied to the periphery of each of the electrodes and receiving a pseudo electrocardiogram signal of the subject via the electrodes; anda first connector installed to the second side of the main body, corresponding to an installation position of each of the electrodes, electrically connected to the electrodes, physically attached and electrically connected to a predetermined controller to transmit the pseudo electrocardiogram signal to the controller,wherein the controller includes a second connector physically attached and electrically connected to the first connector of the electrocardiogram patch and receiving the pseudo electrocardiogram signal, an A/D converter converting the pseudo electrocardiogram signal into a digital signal, and a data transmission unit transmitting the converted digital pseudo electrocardiogram signal to a predetermined memory or to a pseudo electrocardiogram signal analysis apparatus connected via a wired/wireless network.

2. The patch of claim 1, wherein: the electrode unit includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a ground electrode;a separation distance between the positive electrode and the negative electrode is at least 20 mm; andeach of the electrodes has at least an 8 mm diameter.

3. An electrocardiogram measurement controller attached to an electrocardiogram measurement patch in an electrocardiogram measurement device, comprising: a second connector physically attached and electrically connected to a first connector of the electrocardiogram measurement patch and receiving a pseudo electrocardiogram signal from the electrocardiogram measurement patch;an A/D converter converting the pseudo electrocardiogram signal into a digital signal; anda data transmission unit transmitting the pseudo electrocardiogram signal converted into the digital signal to a predetermined memory or a pseudo electrocardiogram signal analysis apparatus connected via a wired/wireless network,wherein the electrocardiogram measurement patch includes a main body including a first side and a second side, the first side attached to the body of the subject;an electrode unit including at least three electrodes separated from each other at predetermined intervals and installed to the first side of the main body and conductive gel being applied to the periphery-of each of the electrodes and receiving a pseudo electrocardiogram signal of the subject via the electrodes; anda first connector installed to the second side of the main body, corresponding to an installation position of each of the electrodes, the first connector electrically connected to the electrodes, physically attached and electrically connected to a predetermined controller to transmit the pseudo electrocardiogram signal to the controller.

4. The controller of claim 3, wherein the memory maintains a predetermined electrocardiogram signal algorithm, further comprising an electrocardiogram signal read unit diagnosing whether a heart disease of the subject occurs from the pseudo electrocardiogram signal via the electrocardiogram signal algorithm, wherein the electrocardiogram measurement controller includes the memory and the pseudo electrocardiogram signal converted into the digital signal is recorded in the memory.

5. The controller of claim 4, further comprising a display for displaying the pseudo electrocardiogram signal to the subject, wherein when it is determined that the heart disease of the subject occurs, the electrocardiogram signal read unit generates a predetermined alarm signal and replays or displays the alarm signal to the subject via the display.

6. The controller of claim 4, wherein the electrocardiogram signal read unit detects an R-peak of the pseudo electrocardiogram signal, computes the R-peak intervals, and determines the heart disease to be an arrhythmia in the case the computed intervals of the R-peak is not identical with predetermined intervals.

7. An electrocardiogram measurement device, comprising: an electrocardiogram measurement patch including a main body including a first side and a second side, the first side attached to the body of a subject;an electrode unit including at least three electrodes separated from each other at predetermined intervals and installed to the first side of the main body and conductive gel being applied to the periphery of each of the electrodes and receiving a pseudo electrocardiogram signal of the subject via the electrodes;a first connector installed to the second side of the main body, corresponding to an installation position of each of the electrodes, the first connector electrically connected to the electrodes, physically attached and electrically connected to a predetermined controller to transmit the pseudo electrocardiogram signal to the controller;an electrocardiogram measurement controller including a second connector physically attached and electrically connected to the first connector of the electrocardiogram measurement patch and receiving the pseudo electrocardiogram signal from the electrocardiogram measurement patch;an A/D converter converting the pseudo electrocardiogram signal into a digital signal; anda data transmission unit transmitting the converted digital pseudo electrocardiogram signal to a predetermined memory or a pseudo electrocardiogram signal analysis apparatus connected via wired/wireless network.

8. A main body attached to a body of a subject, comprising: an electrode unit including a plurality of electrodes separated from each other at predetermined intervals and installed to the main body and conductive gel; anda connector installed to the main body, the connector electrically connected to the electrodes, and connected to a predetermined controller to transmit a pseudo electrocardiogram signal to the controller,wherein the controller includes an A/D converter converting the pseudo electrocardiogram signal into a digital signal, and a data transmission unit transmitting the converted digital pseudo electrocardiogram signal to at least one external device.

9. An electrocardiogram measurement apparatus, comprising: a controller unit comprising a second connector, the second connector configured to be connected to a first connector of a electrocardiogram patch in order to receive a pseudo electrocardiogram signal;an A/D converter unit to convert the received pseudo electrocardiogram signal into a digital signal; anda transmission unit to transmit the converted digital pseudo electrocardiogram signal to a predetermined memory and/or to a pseudo electrocardiogram signal analysis apparatus connected via a wired/wireless network.

10. An electrocardiogram (ECG) measurement apparatus, comprising: an ECG measurement patch comprising a plurality of at least three electrodes;a body of a subject attached to the ECG measurement patch to receive pseudo ECG signals of the subject via the plurality of electrodes;an A/D converter to convert the received pseudo ECG signal into a digital signal;a transmitter to transmit the converted digital signal to a predetermined memory and/or a pseudo ECG signal analysis apparatus connected via a wired/wireless network.