Arrhythmia recording and control system and method of operation

Claim 1

A system for providing for physiological analysis a waveform display representative of a biomedical phenomenon, comprising; means for generating an electron beam; means operatively coupled to the electron beam generating means for providing an electron sensitive medium of a predetermined width in position capable of receiving impingement of said generated electron beam for providing a waveform display in response to said impingement; means for providing a periodic signal; means connected to the periodic signal providing means and operatively coupled to the electron beam generating means for periodically horizontally scanning said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium in response to said periodic signal; means for providing an electrical signal having a voltage amplitude representative of said biomedical phenomenon; means connected to the electrical signal providing means for amplifying the voltage of said provided electrical signal; means for providing a direct current reference signal, the voltage level of which periodically varies in a decreasing stepped sequence, which means for providing said direct current reference signal comprise means for synchronizing said direct current reference signal in accordance with said periodic signal to provide a consecutive scan of said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium once during the duration of each said reference signal voltage level; means operatively coupled to the amplifying means and connected to the direct current reference signal providing means for summing said voltages of said amplified electrical signal with said direct current reference signal to provide a summed signal representative thereof; and means connected to the summing means and operatively coupled to the electron beam generating means for vertically deflecting said electron beam in response to said summed signal for providing a sequential plurality of consecutive electron beam scans upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said amplified electrical signal to consecutively provide a waveform display representative of said biomedical phenomenon during each period stepped sequence of reference signal voltage levels.

Claim 2

A system for providing for physiological analysis a waveform display representative of a biomedical phenomenon, comprising; means for generating an electron beam; means operatively coupled to the electron beam generating means for providing an electron sensitive medium of a predetermined width in position capable of receiving impingement of said generated electron beam for providing a waveform display in response to said impingement; means for providing a periodic signal; means connected to the periodic signal providing means and operatively coupled to the electron beam generating means for periodically horizontally scanning said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium in response to said periodic signal; means for providing an electrical signal having a voltage amplitude representative of said biomedical phenomenon; means connected to the electrical signal providing means for amplifying the voltage of said provided electrical signal; means for providing a direct current reference signal, the voltage level of which periodically varies in a decreasing stepped sequence, which means for providing said direct current reference signal comprise means for synchronizing said direct current reference signal in accordance with said periodic signal to provide a consecutive scan of said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium once during the duration of each said reference signal voltage level; means operatively coupled to the amplifying means and connected to the direct current reference signal providing means for summing said voltages of said amplified electrical signal with said direct current reference signal to provide a summed signal representative thereof; and means connected to the summing means and operatively coupled to the electron beam generating means for vertically deflecting said electron beam in response to said summed signal for providing a sequential plurality of consecutive electron beam scans upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said amplified electrical signal to consecutively provide a waveform display representative of said biomedical phenomenon during each period stepped sequence of reference signal voltage levels.

Claim 8

A system for providing for physiological analysis a waveform display representative of biomedical phenomena, comprising means for generating an electron beam; means operatively coupled to the electron beam generating means for providing an electron sensitive medium of a predetermined width in position capable of receiving impingement of said generated electron beam for providing a waveform display in response to said impingement; means for providing a periodic signal; means connected to the periodic signal providing means and operatively coupled to the electron beam generating means for periodically horizontally scanning said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium in response to said periodic signal; means for providing a plurality of electrical signals having voltage amplitudes representative of a plurality of biomedical phenomena; means connected to the electrical signal providing means for amplifying the voltages of said provided electrical signals; means for providing a plurality of bias signal having different discrete direct current voltage levels; means connected to the amplifying means for multiplexing said plurality of amplified electrical signals in a predetermined periodic sequence to provide a first multiplexed signal representative thereof; means connected to the bias signal providing means for multiplexing said plurality of bias signals in said predetermined periodic sequence to provide a second multiplexed signal representative thereof; means operatively coupled to both multiplexing means for summing said voltages of said first and second multiplexed signals to provide a summed signal representative thereof; means connected to the summing means and operatively coupled to the electron beam generating means for vertically deflecting said electron beam in response to said summed signal for providing a multiplexed electron beam scan upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said plurality of amplified electrical signals to simultaneously provide a plurality of waveform displays representative of said biomedical phenomena; and means operatively coupled to the summing means, to the bias signal providing means and to the amplifying means for selectively providing to the summing means a single said bias signal and one of said plurality of said amplified provided electrical signals corresponding to a single said biomedical phenomenon for enabling the summing means to provide a summed signal representative of the voltages thereof to the means for vertically deflecting said electron beam to provide as a rhythm waveform a consecutive electron beam scan upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said selectively provided amplified electrical signal to provide a waveform representative of said corresponding biomedical phenomenon, which system is characterized by the improvement further comprising means for providing a direct current reference signal, the voltage level of which periodically varies in a decreasing stepped sequence, which means for providing said direct current reference signal comprises means for synchronizing said direct current reference signal in accordance with said periodic signal to provide a consecutive scan of said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium once during the duration of each said reference signal voltage level; and means operatively coupled to the summing means, to the amplifying means and to the direct current reference signal providing means for enabling the summing means to sum the voltage of said selectively provided amplified electrical signal with the voltage of said direct current reference signal to provide a summed signal representative thereof to the means for vertically deflecting said electron beam to provide a sequential plurality of consecutive electron beam scans upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said selectively provided amplified signal to consecutively provide a waveform display representative of said corresponding biomedical phenomenon during each periodic stepped sequence of reference signal voltage levels.

Claim 9

A system for providing for physiological analysis a waveform display representative of biomedical phenomena, comprising means for generating an electron beam; means operatively coupled to the electron beam generating means for providing an electron sensitive medium of a predetermined width in position capable of receiving impingement of said generated electron beam for providing a waveform display in response to said impingement; means for providing a periodic signal; means connected to the periodic signal providing means and operatively coupled to the electron beam generating means for periodically horizontally scanning said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium in response to said periodic signal; means for providing a plurality of electrical signals having voltage amplitudes representative of a plurality of biomedical phenomena; means connected to the electrical signal providing means for amplifying the voltages of said provided electrical signals; means for providing a plurality of bias signal having different discrete direct current voltage levels; means connected to the amplifying means for multiplexing said plurality of amplified electrical signals in a predetermined periodic sequence to provide a first multiplexed signal representative thereof; means connected to the bias signal providing means for multiplexing said plurality of bias signals in said predetermined periodic sequence to provide a second multiplexed signal representative thereof; means operatively coupled to both multiplexing means for summing said voltages of said first and second multiplexed signals to provide a summed signal representative thereof; means connected to the summing means and operatively coupled to the electron beam generating means for vertically deflecting said electron beam in response to said summed signal for providing a multiplexed electron beam scan upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said plurality of amplified electrical signals to simultaneously provide a plurality of waveform displays representative of said biomedical phenomena; and means operatively coupled to the summing means, to the bias signal providing means and to the amplifying means for selectively providing to the summing means a single said bias signal and one of said plurality of said amplified provided electrical signals corresponding to a single said biomedical phenomenon for enabling the summing means to provide a summed signal representative of the voltages thereof to the means for vertically deflecting said electron beam to provide as a rhythm waveform a consecutive electron beam scan upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said selectively provided amplified electrical signal to provide a waveform representative of said corresponding biomedical phenomenon, which system is characterized by the improvement further comprising means for providing a direct current reference signal, the voltage level of which periodically varies in a decreasing stepped sequence, which means for providing said direct current reference signal comprises means for synchronizing said direct current reference signal in accordance with said periodic signal to provide a consecutive scan of said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium once during the duration of each said reference signal voltage level; and means operatively coupled to the summing means, to the amplifying means and to the direct current reference signal providing means for enabling the summing means to sum the voltage of said selectively provided amplified electrical signal with the voltage of said direct current reference signal to provide a summed signal representative thereof to the means for vertically deflecting said electron beam to provide a sequential plurality of consecutive electron beam scans upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said selectively provided amplified signal to consecutively provide a waveform display representative of said corresponding biomedical phenomenon during each periodic stepped sequence of reference signal voltage levels.

Claim 10

A method for providing for physiological analysis a waveform display representative of a biomedical phenomenon, comprising the steps of generating an electron beam; providing an electron sensitive medium of a predetermined width in position capable of receiving impingement of said generated electron beam for providing a waveform display in response to said impingement; providing a periodic signal; periodically horizontally scanning said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium in response to said periodic signal; providing an electrical signal having a voltage amplifier representative of said biomedical phenomenon; amplifying the voltages of said provided electrical signals; providing a direct current reference signal, the voltage level of which periodically varies in a decreasing stepped sequence, synchronizing said direct current reference signal in accordance with said periodic signal to provide a consecutive scan of said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium once during the duration of each said reference signal voltage level; summing said voltages of said amplified electrical signal and said direct current reference signal to provide a summed signal representative thereof; and vertically deflecting said electron beam in response to the summed signal to provide a sequential plurality of consecutive electron beam scans upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said amplified electrical signal to consecutively provide a waveform display representative of said biomedical phenomenon during each periodic stepped sequence of reference signal voltage levels.

Claim 11

A method for providing for physiological analysis a waveform display representative of a biomedical phenomenon, comprising the steps of generating an electron beam; providing an electron sensitive medium of a predetermined width in position capable of receiving impingement of said generated electron beam for providing a waveform display in response to said impingement; providing a periodic signal; periodically horizontally scanning said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium in response to said periodic signal; providing an electrical signal having a voltage amplifier representative of said biomedical phenomenon; amplifying the voltages of said provided electrical signals; providing a direct current reference signal, the voltage level of which periodically varies in a decreasing stepped sequence, synchronizing said direct current reference signal in accordance with said periodic signal to provide a consecutive scan of said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium once during the duration of each said reference signal voltage level; summing said voltages of said amplified electrical signal and said direct current reference signal to provide a summed signal representative thereof; and vertically deflecting said electron beam in response to the summed signal to provide a sequential plurality of consecutive electron beam scans upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said amplified electrical signal to consecutively provide a waveform display representative of said biomedical phenomenon during each periodic stepped sequence of reference signal voltage levels.

Claim 17

A method for providing for physiological analysis a waveform display representative of biomedical phenomena, comprising generating an electron beam; providing an electron sensitive medium of a predetermined width in position capable of receiving impingement of said generated electron beam for providing a waveform display in response to said impingement; providing a periodic signal; periodically horizontally scanning said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium in response to said periodic signal; providing a plurality of electrical signals having voltage amplitudes representative of a plurality of biomedical phenomena; amplifying the voltages of said provided electrical signals; providing a plurality of bias signals having different discrete direct current voltage levels; multiplexing said plurality of amplified electrical signals in a predetermined periodic sequence to provide a first multiplexed signal representative thereof; multiplexing said plurality of bias signals in said predetermined periodic sequence to provide a second multiplexed signal representative thereof; summing said voltages of said first and second multiplexed signals to provide a summed signal representative thereof; vertically deflecting said electron beam in response to said summed signal to provide a multiplexed electron beam scan upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said plurality of amplified electrical signals to simultaneously provide a plurality of waveform displays representative of said biomedical phenomena; and selectively providing to the summing means a single said bias signal and one of said plurality of said amplified provided electrical signals corresponding to a single said biomedical phenomenon to provide a summed signal representative of the voltages thereof for vertically deflecting said electron beam to provide as a rhythm waveform a consecutive electron beam scan upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said selectively provided amplified electrical signal to provide a waveform representative of said corresponding biomedical phenomenon, which method is characterized by the improvement further comprising providing a direct current reference signal, the voltage level of which periodically varies in a decreasing stepped sequence; synchronizing said direct current reference signal in accordance with said periodic signal to provide a consecutive scan of said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium once during the duration of each said reference signal voltage level; and summing the voltage of said selectively provided amplified electrical signal with the voltage of said direct current reference signal to provide a summed signal representative thereof for vertically deflecting said electron beam to provide a sequential plurality of consecutive electron beam scans upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said selectively provided amplified signal to consecutively provide a waveform display representative of said corresponding biomedical phenomenon during each periodic stepped sequence of reference signal voltage levels.

Claim 18

A method for providing for physiological analysis a waveform display representative of biomedical phenomena, comprising generating an electron beam; providing an electron sensitive medium of a predetermined width in position capable of receiving impingement of said generated electron beam for providing a waveform display in response to said impingement; providing a periodic signal; periodically horizontally scanning said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium in response to said periodic signal; providing a plurality of electrical signals having voltage amplitudes representative of a plurality of biomedical phenomena; amplifying the voltages of said provided electrical signals; providing a plurality of bias signals having different discrete direct current voltage levels; multiplexing said plurality of amplified electrical signals in a predetermined periodic sequence to provide a first multiplexed signal representative thereof; multiplexing said plurality of bias signals in said predetermined periodic sequence to provide a second multiplexed signal representative thereof; summing said voltages of said first and second multiplexed signals to provide a summed signal representative thereof; vertically deflecting said electron beam in response to said summed signal to provide a multiplexed electron beam scan upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said plurality of amplified electrical signals to simultaneously provide a plurality of waveform displays representative of said biomedical phenomena; and selectively providing to the summing means a single said bias signal and one of said plurality of said amplified provided electrical signals corresponding to a single said biomedical phenomenon to provide a summed signal representative of the voltages thereof for vertically deflecting said electron beam to provide as a rhythm waveform a consecutive electron beam scan upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said selectively provided amplified electrical signal to provide a waveform representative of said corresponding biomedical phenomenon, which method is characterized by the improvement further comprising providing a direct current reference signal, the voltage level of which periodically varies in a decreasing stepped sequence; synchronizing said direct current reference signal in accordance with said periodic signal to provide a consecutive scan of said electron beam across said width of said electron sensitive medium once during the duration of each said reference signal voltage level; and summing the voltage of said selectively provided amplified electrical signal with the voltage of said direct current reference signal to provide a summed signal representative thereof for vertically deflecting said electron beam to provide a sequential plurality of consecutive electron beam scans upon said provided electron sensitive medium representative of said selectively provided amplified signal to consecutively provide a waveform display representative of said corresponding biomedical phenomenon during each periodic stepped sequence of reference signal voltage levels.