Electrode for electrosurgical apparatus
AssigneeConmed Corporation
InventorsWilliam W. Abraham, John S. Gentelia
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Abstract
An electrode for use with electrosurgical apparatus is provided which establishes capacitive coupling with the skin of a patient. The electrode includes a conductive plate connected to the electrosurgical apparatus with an insulating layer disposed in contact with the conductive plate and on the opposite face of the insulator there is provided conductive material in the form of a plurality of discreet islands of conductive adhesive material. The islands of conductive adhesive material are in contact with the skin of the patient and provide a plurality of independent current paths providing substantially uniform current flow from each element of the skin in contact with the islands of conductive material.
Claims8
A skin current conducting electrode comprising a conductive element adapted to be connected to a current generating unit, an insulator having one surface thereof in contact with one entire surface of said conductive element, a plurality of discrete conductive elements disposed on the opposite surface of said insulator whereby when said discrete conductive elements are disposed in contact with the skin of a patient each area of the skin of a patient contacted by the individual conductive element forms a largely independent current path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.