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US 12,594,016 B2Granted
Conductive electrode
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsYu-Te Wang, Ivan Jelev Tashev
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Abstract
The description relates to self-dispensing electrodes. One example can include a curved hollow tube configured to hold a flowable conductive material and a selective retention mechanism positioned on the curved hollow tube and configured to retain the flowable conductive material in the hollow tube unless a force is imparted on the curved hollow tube.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a wearable component configured to be positioned relative to a body part of a user;
- and,
- an electrode associated with the wearable component and configured to engage the user's body part, the electrode comprising a curved hollow tube configured to retain a flowable conductive material unless a compressive force is exerted on the electrode by the body part of the user that both compresses a length of the electrode and releases the flowable conductive material until the compressive force is removed.
An electrode, comprising:
- a curved hollow tube configured to hold a flowable conductive material;
- and,
- a selective retention mechanism positioned on the curved hollow tube and configured to retain the flowable conductive material in the curved hollow tube unless a compressive force is imparted on the curved hollow tube that temporarily decreases a length of the curved hollow tube.
A device, comprising:
- a wearable component configured to be positioned relative to a body part of a user;
- and,
- multiple deformable electrodes associated with the wearable component and individual deformable electrodes are configured to have a resting length and a shorter compressed length when exposed to a compressive force and to release a flowable conductive material when subjected to the compressive force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.