Methods for stabilizing physical dimensions and positioning of knitted electrodes of a knitted garment

A method for knitting a garment having a tubular form being knitted with a base-yarn, including knitting at least one conductive textile electrode, using a knitting machine having N participating feeders and M needles, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) continuously knitting said tubular form with one or more flexible non-conductive base-yarns and with a preconfigured knitting density;
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• b) knitting said at least one textile electrode integrally within said tubular form, using a conductive yarn, in addition to said non-conductive yarns, wherein said conductive yarn is knitted in a float-loop form by knitting a stitch and skipping over y needles, as follows:
• i) continue knitting with at least one base-yarn, when start knitting a current line segment of a conductive textile electrode;
• ii) knitting a line segment Lk, using feeder Fi and start stitching with needle Dj;
• iii) knitting line the next segment Lk+1, using the next feeder Fi+1 and start stitching the first float-loop with needle Dj+s, where 0<s<y;
• iv) repeat steps (i) and (ii) for N feeders and for a preconfigured number of line segments, wherein each line segment has a preconfigured length;
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• v) resume knitting with the base-yarns, when completed knitting said current line segment,
• wherein said float-loops are knitted in a shifted needle knitting scheme, together with unique digital knitting density control, to thereby improve the pressure and the tightness of said at least one conductive textile electrode to the skin of the user;
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• wherein a preconfigured region, proximal to said at least one conductive textile electrode, is knitted with a lower knitting density than said preconfigured density of said tubular form, to thereby form a loosened region in said proximity to said at least one conductive textile electrode.

A garment having a tubular form, being knitted by a seamless knitting machine with base-yarns, the garment comprising at least one conductive textile electrode, said at least one conductive textile electrode comprising a multiplicity of knitted line segments, each knitted with a conductive yarn and a spandex yarn,

• wherein said spandex yarn is knitted continuously;
• wherein at least one of said base-yarns continues knitting when start knitting a current line segment of a conductive textile electrode, in a knit-and-miss knitting scheme;
• wherein said conductive yarn has a float-loop form, forming a multiplicity of said float-loops;
• wherein each of said float-loops is knitted by skipping over y needles between consecutive stitches;
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• wherein a given of said line segments starts stitching by needle Dj, and the next of said line segments starts stitching by needle Dj+s, where 0<s<y,
• wherein said tubular form is knitted with a preconfigured knitting density;
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• wherein a preconfigured region, proximal to said at least one conductive textile electrode, is knitted with a lower knitting density than said preconfigured density of said tubular form, to thereby form a loosened region in said proximity to said at least one conductive textile electrode.