Biopotential electrode sensory component

A biopotential electrode sensory component for sensing a biopotential of a patient comprising:

• a first layer of electrically conductive material coupled to a dielectric layer and voltage protection circuitry and adapted to engage the skin of the patient;
• a second layer of electrically conductive material coupled to the dielectric layer;
• and
• at least one biopotential electrode circuit and at least one charge balancing circuit coupled to the second layer of electrically conductive material.

A method for collecting biopotential signals from a patient, comprising:

• coupling a sensory component to a skin surface of the patient;
• converting ionic potentials and electric fields received by the sensory component to electrical potentials;
• minimizing effects of changing skin impedance on the electrical potentials using a sensor impedance in series with a skin impedance, wherein a magnitude of the sensor impedance is greater than a magnitude of the skin impedance;
• minimizing direct current offset and motion artifacts of the electrical potentials using charge balancing;
• and
• providing the electrical potentials to external instrumentation.

A computer readable medium containing executable instructions which, when executed in a processing system, causes the system to collect biopotential signals from a patient, the collection comprising:

• coupling a sensory component to a skin surface of the patient;
• converting ionic potentials and electric fields received by the sensory component to electrical potentials;
• minimizing effects of changing skin impedance on the electrical potentials using a sensor impedance in series with a skin impedance, wherein a magnitude of sensor impedance is greater than a magnitude of the skin impedance;
• minimizing direct current offset and motion artifacts of the electrical potentials using charge balancing;
• and
• providing the electrical potentials to external instrumentation.

An electromagnetic medium containing executable instructions which, when executed in a processing system, causes the system to collect biopotential signals from a patient, the collection comprising:

• coupling a sensory component to a skin surface of the patient;
• converting ionic potentials and electric fields received by the sensory component to electrical potentials;
• minimizing effects of changing skin impedance on the electrical potentials using a sensor impedance in series with a skin impedance, wherein a magnitude of the sensor impedance is greater than a magnitude of the skin impedance;
• minimizing direct current offset and motion artifacts of the electrical potentials using charge balancing;
• and
• providing the electrical potentials to external instrumentation.

A biopotential electrode sensory component for use on a patient, comprising:

• means for coupling a sensor to a skin surface of the patient;
• means for converting ionic potentials and electric fields received by the sensor to electrical potentials;
• means for minimizing effects of changing skin impedance on the electrical potentials using an impedance in series with a skin impedance, wherein a magnitude of the impedance is greater than a magnitude of the skin impedance;
• means for minimizing direct current offset and motion artifacts of the electrical potentials using charge balancing means;
• and
• means for providing the electrical potentials to external instrumentation.