Probe for a biophysical skin measurement device

A probe for use with a biophysical skin measurement device with a cable, comprising:

• a disposable sensor device including a central conductor, an insulating medium coaxially disposed about said central conductor, and an outer conductor member coaxially disposed about said insulating medium;
• a handle for receiving the measurement device cable;
• a socket on said handle for removably receiving said sensor device, said socket including a conducting inner wall which is in electrical contact with the outer conductor of the sensor device and a central conductor contact within said socket in electrical contact with said central conductor of the sensor device, the conducting inner wall and the central conductor contact separated by an insulating medium, said conducting inner wall and said central conductor contact being electrically interconnected with the measurement device cable through said socket for providing measurement signals from the sensor to the measurement device.

A probe for use with a biophysical skin measurement device with a cable, comprising:

• a disposable sensor including a contact surface for contacting a patient's skin, the contact surface including a pair of first and second spaced apart conductors thereon, the sensor further including a single male member extending from said contact surface;
• a handle for receiving the measurement device cable;
• a socket in said handle including means for removably receiving the male member of the sensor to facilitate the disposability and interchangeability of sensors received therein.

A probe for use with a biophysical skin measurement device comprising:

• A) a handle having means for communicating with instrumentation and having at one end a socket having first and second spaced, coaxial electrical contacts formed therein,
• B) a disposable sensor device having at one end spaced electrodes for contacting the skin and at the other end spaced electrodes for engaging the first and second electrodes in said socket, and
• C) first and second complementary releasable engagement means attached in said socket at the other end of said sensor for having relative motion between locked and unlocked positions whereby said sensor electrodes contact said socket electrodes when said sensor is positioned in said socket and said releasable means is in the locked position and said sensor is removable from said socket when said releasable means is in the unlocked position.