US 2007/0127187 A1 · TEXTILE-BASED ELECTRODE

Abstract

Two garments with textile based electrodes are disclosed. First, a wrist band for use with a cardiac patient remote monitoring system includes two fabric layers with integral textile-based electrodes. The textile based electrodes include a fabric portion having stretch-recovery non-conductive yarns and an electrically conductive region having stretch-recovery electrically conductive yarn filaments. The skin contacting surface of the band includes a conductive region formed as a continuous ring or stripe. A connector links the conductive region to a lead to a device. Second, an infant garment includes textile based electrodes at the torso region and optionally at other regions in order to monitor the infant's biophysical characteristics as the garment is worn.

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Dependent claims

A wrist band for a cardiac monitoring system, comprising:

a first fabric portion comprising a skin contacting surface and an inner surface and that includes stretch-recovery non-conductive yarns and at least one electrically conductive region comprising stretch-recovery electrically conductive yarn filaments;
a second fabric portion comprising an outer surface forming the wrist band outer surface and an inner surface, and that includes stretch-recovery non-conductive yarns;
and
a connector for connecting the at least one electrically conductive region of the first fabric portion to the cardiac monitoring system or to a lead for such system for transmitting signals representing biophysical data.

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An infant garment for monitoring biophysical characteristics of an infant wearing such garment, comprising:

a fabric garment with a torso portion;
a first fabric portion at the torso portion comprising a skin contacting surface and an inner surface and that includes stretch-recovery non-conductive yarns and at least one electrically conductive region comprising stretch-recovery electrically conductive yarn filaments;
a second fabric portion comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, and that includes stretch-recovery non-conductive yarns and at least one electrically conductive region comprising stretch-recovery electrically conductive yarn filaments, wherein the second fabric portion overlays at least a portion of the first fabric portion and the at least one electrically conductive region of the second fabric portion contacts the at least one electrically conductive region of the first fabric portion;
and
a connector for connecting the at least one electrically conductive region of the second fabric portion to a device or a lead to a device for receiving signals transmitted which represent biophysical data for the infant.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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