# US 2025/0366752 A1 · Electrode for attachment to the human skin > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0366752 A1 - Document ID: US20250366752A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/301,542 - Filed: 2025-08-15 - Published: 2025-12-04 - Earliest claimed: 2023-02-17 - Assignees: Leonhard Lang KG - Applicants: Leonhard Lang GmbH - Inventors: Burrhus LANG; Daniel Fischer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250366752A1 ## CPC - A61B 5/257: using adhesive means, e.g. adhesive pads or tapes - A61B 5/259: using conductive adhesive means, e.g. gels - A61B 5/268: containing conductive polymers, e.g. PEDOT:PSS polymers - A61B 5/273: Connection of cords, cables or leads to electrodes - A61N 1/048: {Electrodes characterised by a specific connection between lead and electrode} - A61N 1/0492: {Patch electrodes (A61N1/0412, A61N1/0428 take precedence)} - A61B 5/265: containing silver or silver chloride - A61B 2562/0215: Silver or silver chloride containing - A61B 2562/125: characterised by the manufacture of electrodes - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) ## Abstract An electrode for attachment to the human skin includes an electrically nonconductive carrier and an electrically conductive connection element for connecting a signal conductor. A conductor is at least partially arranged on the lower side of the carrier intended to be skin side, and is electrically connected to the connection element and to a contact medium intended to be skin side. The connection element is joined to the signal conductor and/or the conductor by heat staking. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrode for attachment to the human skin, comprising: an electrically nonconductive carrier, an electrically conductive connection element for connecting a signal conductor, and a conductor arranged at least partially on the lower side of the carrier intended to be facing the skin and electrically connected to the connection element and to a contact medium intended to be facing the skin, wherein the connection element is heat staked to the signal conductor and/or the conductor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the electrode is at least partially X-ray transparent. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the connection element is made of a conductive plastic and/or carbon fiber. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the conductor is made of a conductive plastic and/or carbon fiber. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the signal conductor is at least partially made of a conductive plastic and/or carbon fiber. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the conductor is coated on its side facing the contact medium with a pair of silver/silver chloride, tin/tin chloride or another redox pair suitable, for example, for depolarizing the electrode. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the signal conductor has at least one wire and an insulation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electrode according to claim 7, wherein the at least one wire and/or the insulation is heat staked to the connection element. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The electrode according to claim 7, wherein the at least one wire and the insulation are heat staked separately from one another to the connection element. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the connection element is comprised of a single part. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the connection element has at least one flange-like holding region for contact with the lower side of the conductor intended to be facing the skin and/or the upper side of the carrier facing away from the skin. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the connection element has at least one receiving region for at least partially receiving the signal line. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the connection element has a connection region for connecting the connection element to the conductor and/or carrier. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the carrier and/or the conductor has an opening for introducing the connection element. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the connection element is connected to the carrier on the lower side and the upper side of the carrier, the conductor being interposed between the connection element and the lower side of the carrier. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the carrier is coated with adhesive on the lower side to be facing the skin, preferably a skin adhesive, which is preferably self-adhesive or thermoactivatable, or has a plaster layer provided with an adhesive, preferably a skin adhesive. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The electrode according to claim 16, wherein the adhesive is electrically conductive and the contact medium is formed by the adhesive. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A method for producing an electrode for attachment to the human skin, in particular according to claim 1, comprising: arranging, preferably by gluing or printing, a conductor on the lower side of an electrically nonconductive carrier intended to be facing the skin, inserting a connection element into the carrier, wherein the connection element—preferably with a flange-like holding region—rests against the lower side of the conductor to be facing the skin and/or the upper side of the carrier facing away from the skin, and inserting a signal line into a receiving region of the connection element, and heat staking the receiving region. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein before the insertion of a connection element a through opening is produced through the carrier and the conductor, preferably by punching. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein a connection region—and thus the connection element with the carrier—is heat staked. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, further comprising, before the insertion of the signal line: coating the lower side of the carrier to be facing the skin with adhesive, or applying a plaster layer provided with an adhesive, preferably a skin adhesive, and introducing a contact medium—preferably a gel—into a recess in the plaster layer so that the underlying conductor is contacted.