Medical electrode
AssigneeAxelgaard Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorsJames J. Perrault, Solomon E. Shentuke, Steve Heard
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AssigneeAxelgaard Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorsJames J. Perrault, Solomon E. Shentuke, Steve Heard
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An electrode providing electrical contact with a patient's skin includes a conductive member adapted for connection to an external electrical apparatus and a non-liquid water containing film for electrically interfacing to said patient's skin, the non-liquid film being electrically and mechanically connected to said conductive member. The non-liquid water containing film includes an electrically conductive organic polymer plasticized with a polyhydric alcohol with said organic polymer being derived from a monomeric mixture comprising from about 2 to 30 pph acrylic acid, 2 to 30 pph of a glycolvinylether and 0.01 to 1.5 pph of a crosslinking agent. Preferably the polyhydric alcohol is glycerol.
An electrode providing electrical contact with a patient's skin comprising:
A method of making a conductive organic polymer plasticized with a polyhydric alcohol and suitable for electrically interfacing to the patient's skin in a medical electrode which comprises polymerizing a monomeric mixture comprising acrylic acid and a glycol vinylether in the presence of an ultraviolet sensitive curing agent, water and said polyhydric alcohol.
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