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Echocardiography is the most commonly used imaging technique in clinical cardiology. Due to the high demand for this type of examination and the small number of specialists, there is a need to support the examination process through telemedicine. Moreover, specialist training can be supported by appropriate simulation systems. For (i) creating tailor-made tele-echo robots, (ii) creating echo system simulators, and (iii) conducting echo examination with local or remote expert assistance, knowledge about echo probe kinesthetic parameters during echocardiography examination is advisable. The article describes the concept of a measuring system for obtaining such data., Comment: 7 pages, 9 figures