Appeal 2007-2649
Application 10/235,998
sensor in the ear of the patient and [another sensor on] the case of a data
acquisition unit which is used to transmit the data in a wireless mode over
the Internet” (Specification 1). Thus, “the ear sensor . . . sends data to a
waist-mounted Patient data monitor that includes a second electrode on a
side adjacent the patient” (id. at 2). The system “facilitate[s] the wireless
transmission of the electrocardiogram from [an] ambulatory subject” and is
“non-obtrusive, since it appears to be a[n] earpiece and cell phone when in
use” (id. at 3).
DISCUSSION
1. CLAIMS
Claims 1-5, 7-11, and 13-26 are on appeal. Claims 1 and 13 are
representative, and read as follows:
1. A method for acquiring an electrocardiogram with
a portable patient data monitor, comprising:
providing a first electrode patch on a surface of
said patient data monitor;
providing a second electrode patch on a surface of
an ear-emplaceable sensor, wherein said ear-emplaceable
sensor includes other sensors and said second electrode
patch provides shielding;
positioning the first electrode patch adjacent a
patient's waist;
positioning the second electrode patch adjacent a
patient's ear; and
connecting said first and second electrode patches
to an electrocardiogram amplifier to obtain an ECG
signal for transmission by said patient data monitor.
13. A method for acquiring and transmitting an
electrocardiogram with a portable patient data monitor,
comprising:
2
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