Miniature Wireless Cardiac Monitor

描述(由申请人提供)：5880万美国人患有一种或多种心血管疾病(CVD)。需要患者能够长期记录患者的心电，而不会给患者带来大型寻呼机大小的设备的负担，也不需要患者采取积极的行动。该项目将开发一种微型、多通道无线生理监测发射器，该发射器将在患者不采取任何行动的情况下监测并即时传输心电。它将在患者的心脏和医生的计算机之间提供连接。医生将能够在任何时间通过使用医院内的本地以太网或医院外的电话网络来查看患者的心电，无论患者是在医院、在扩展护理设施中、还是在家中或在工作中。它还将在个人数字助理(PDA)上监控心电，然后根据需要将数据同步到个人计算机数月或数年。这对于晕厥监测尤其重要。患者不需要按下按钮或给任何人打电话；一切都是自动完成的。当软件检测到医生编程的情况时，它将呼叫911或其他紧急号码，而不需要患者采取任何行动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):58,800,000 Americans have one or more types of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A need exists for patients to be able to have long term recordings of patient's ECG without burdening the patient with a large, pager-size device or to require the patient to take positive actions. This program will develop a miniature, multi-channel wireless physiological monitor transmitter that will monitor and instantaneously transmit ECG without any action by the patient. It will provide a link between the patient's heart and the physician's computer. The physician will be able to see the ECG of the patient at any time, whether the patient is in the hospital, at an extended care facility, or at home or work by using the local Ethernet within le hospital or telephone network when outside the hospital. It will also monitor the ECG on a personal digital assistant (PDA) and then synchronize the data to a personal computer for months or years if desired. This is particularly important for syncope monitoring. The patient need not push a button or telephone anyone; everything is done automatically. It will call 911 or other emergency numbers when physician programmed conditions are detected by the software, without any action by the patient.