EKG monitor and cable management system
View Patent ↗An EKG monitor and cable management system, including a housing, a plurality of retraction reels operably mounted in said housing; and a plurality of EKG leads, each including wires having electrodes disposed at a terminal end, each spooled on one of said reels. The leads deploy and retract in pairs, with the frontal leads retracting as a group of three pairs onto three separate retraction reels.
1. An EKG monitor and cable management system, comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of retraction reels operably mounted in said housing; and
a plurality of EKG leads, each including wires having electrodes disposed at a terminal end, each spooled on one of said reels;
wherein said leads deploy independently in pairs.
2. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 1 , wherein each of said leads is independently deployable and retractable in pairs.
3. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 2 , including upper extremity limb leads paired on a first retraction reel according to the side of the body to which they will connect, three pairs of frontal leads, V1/V2, V3/V4, and V5/V6, spooled in pairs onto second through fourth retraction reels, respectively, and lower extremity limb leads paired on a fifth retraction reel.
4. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 3 , further including a first release button operatively connected to said first retraction reel, a second release button operatively connected to said second through fourth retraction reels, and a third release button operatively connected to said fifth retraction reel.
5. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 4 , wherein said reels are spring-actuated pawl-and-ratchet reels.
6. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 1 , wherein said reels are spring-actuated pawl-and-ratchet reels.
7. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 6 , wherein each of said reels includes a conductive slip ring electrically connected to a PCB in said housing.
8. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 7 , wherein said PCB includes a CPU coupled to a wireless transmitter for transmitting EKG data to a mobile device.
9. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 8 , wherein said housing includes a base and a top which snap together to define a housing interior.
10. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 9 , wherein said housing includes a tablet mount for supporting a wireless LAN-enabled mobile device.
11. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 9 , wherein said CPU can be programmed for individualized patient data to be marked on the EKG for tracking.
12. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 11 , wherein said housing includes a tablet mount for supporting a wireless LAN-enabled mobile device.
13. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 12 , wherein said CPU can be programmed for individualized patient data to be marked on the EKG for tracking.
14. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 8 , wherein said CPU can be programmed for individualized patient data to be marked on the EKG for tracking.
15. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of retraction reels includes:
a first reel onto which right and left arm lead wires are wound;
a second reel onto which V1 and V2 lead wires are wound;
a third reel onto which V3 and V4 lead wires are wound;
a fourth reel on which V5 and V6 lead wires are wound; and
a fifth, reel onto which right and left leg lead wires are wound.
16. The EKG monitor and cable management system of claim 14 , wherein said housing includes a tablet mount for supporting a wireless LAN-enabled mobile device.