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GP
1.0
RhythmPad
User Guide
1.1
About
The RhythmPad
electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) data from a subject. The product was designed to allow
simple screening for cardiac rhythm and the identification of cardiac arrhythmias
through hand placement.
The system is designed to capture the ECG/EKG from the limb leads only.
In
normal
hand
GP
RhythmPad
collects a leadI ECG/EKG
from the patients hands. This is effective
for any subject that is not isoelectric when
measuring the ECG/EKG from the hands.
We estimate that 5% of all people using
the system will exhibit isolectric properties
and thus the system will not produce a
reading when working from the leadI
hands alone.
The RhythmPad
computer where the data can then be analysed and displayed on screen.
Using the RhythmPad
performance. It cannot and should not be used for ECG/EKG analysis where the
subjects' cardiac muscle performance required analysis. It is not a substitute for a
full 12 lead ECG system.
The system was not designed to acquire the V1-V6 chest leads, as such the
GP
RhythmPad
can only be used as a screening tool for cardiac rhythm establishment
and the identification of cardiac arrhythmias.
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GP
is a limb lead analysis tool for quickly and effectively capturing
placement
only,
For these 5% of subjects the system must be used in
6 lead mode. To operate in 6 lead mode, the system is
extended using the plug in third electrode. The third
electrode is plugged in via the PS2 socket on the rear
of the RhythmPad
subject's left leg.
The RhythmPad
6 lead modes which allows all subjects to be screened
for cardiac rhythm in thirty seconds.
GP
outputs the data via USB to any suitably equipped personal
GP
allows for simple limb lead analysis of a subject's cardiac
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Based
on
above,
the
designed to be extendable from
the
one
(leadI) system to a three lead
(leads
I-III)
attachment of a left leg electrode.
The system can then calculate
leads IV-VI (aVR, aVL, aVF).
the
GP
and Velcro attached to the
GP
can thus operate in either single or
GP
– User Guide- Page 5
Einthoven's
triangle
system
has
been
lead
hand
placement
through
the
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