Disposable electrode
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson
InventorJeffrey Berg
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Abstract
An improved combination electrode for use in medical applications requiring monitoring and stimulation is provided preferably having an electrical current conductor including a connector in addition to a skin-interfacing film wherein this film may have adhesive, plastic and hydrophilic properties such as may reside in an electrically conductive, polymeric composition.
Claims15
An electrode providing electrical contact with a patient's skin comprising:
- a conductive member including means for connection to an external electrical apparatus;
- and
- means for electrically interfacing to said patient's skin being electrically and mechanically connected to said conductive member, said interfacing means being a non-liquid film which is easily separable from the skin upon removal without any noticeable residue and which consists essentially of an electrically conductive organic polymer plasticized with a polyhydric alcohol with said organic polymer being derived from an ester of an .alpha.,.beta.-olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid and a monohydric or polyhydric alcohol having a terminal quaternary ammonium group.
An electrode providing electrical contact with a patient's skin comprising:
- a conductive member including means for connection to an external electrical apparatus;
- and
- means for electrically interfacing to said patient's skin being electrically and mechanically connected to said conductive member, said interfacing means being a non liquid film which is easily separable from the skin upon removal without any noticeable residue and which consists essentially of an electrically conductive organic polymer plasticized with a polyhydric alcohol, said plasticized organic polymer comprising a sulfated cellulose ester.
An electrode providing electrical contact with a patient's skin comprising:
- a conductive member including means for connection to an external electrical apparatus;
- and means for electrically interfacing to said patient's skin being electrically and mechanically connected to said conductive member, said interfacing means consisting essentially of an electrically conductive organic polymer plasticized with a polyhydric alcohol with said organic polymer including quaternary ammonium groups.
An electrode providing electrical contact with a patient's skin comprising:
- a conductive member including means for connection to an external electrical apparatus;
- and means for electrically interfacing to said patient's skin being electrically and mechanically connected to said conductive member, said interfacing means consisting essentially of an electrically conductive organic polymer plasticized with a polyhydric alcohol with said organic polymer including sulfate groups.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.