UNIVERSAL ECG SENSOR

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary goal of long term monitoring is the Improvement of diagnostic yield. Despite the clear utility of Holter monitoring in clinical cardiology, issues of relatively low diagnostic yield, cost and inconvenience have motivated the development of ultra-portable devices referred to as ECG patch monitors. Although the gold standard for assessing cardiac rhythm abnormalities remains a 12-lead Holter, there is an increasing need to develop miniaturized portable monitoring devices for long term evaluation of cardiac rhythm in real-world environments such as the workplace or home. We have designed a novel ECG patch monitor called a Universal ECG Sensor (UES) for very long term monitoring of cardiac arrhythmic events. UESfeatures 12-lead recording capability and real-time telemetry. To facilitate patient acceptance, UES underwent a radical miniaturization and redesign to include wireless communication, water proofing and a patch carrier for attaching devices directly