ECG CABLE STORAGE MEANS IN A PERSONAL HEALTH MONITOR

摘要

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREIn a personal health monitor that includesone or more cables for connection to a patient informa-tion about whose clinical condition the personal healthmonitor can monitor, an improvement for the storage ofone or more cables. The improvement includes a spoolwith a shank portion about which a cable can be woundand a head portion at the end of the shank portion andlarger in dimension than the shank portion so as toretain the cable on the shank portion whereby tanglingof the cable can be prevented. In an aspect of a fur-ther embodiment, a fastener on the head portion securesan end of the cable when not in use thereby preventingtangling. Additionally, in an aspect of a still fur-ther embodiment, the spool can be mounted on a bracketthat is removably secured to the inside of a compart-ment door which when open presents the spool with itscable for use by the patient.