Body-Worn Electrode Apparatus

• US 20070299471A1
• Filed: 11/02/2004
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Suzuken Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Suzuken Company Limited
• Inventors: Funakoshi, Yoshio, Takahashi, Hisanori, Sato, Hideo, Konno, Masayuki, Okada, Hideki, Nakagawa, Tomoo
• Application Number:
  US10/577,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20070299471A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287

Abstract

A body-worn electrode apparatus 10 includes electrodes 1, 2 and 3 to be worn on the surface of a body, and a wiring 5 connected to the electrodes. At least a part of the wiring 5 includes a base material film 11 having a split induction part 13 capable of being split by hand, and a circuit 14 formed on a surface of the base material film into a shape so as to detour around the split induction part 13. The wiring 5 and the circuit 14 can be extended by spliting the split induction part 13.

Claims

1. A body-worn electrode apparatus comprising:

an electrode to be worn on a surface of a body; and

a wiring connected to the electrode,

at least a part of the wiring including;

a base material film having a split induction part; and

a circuit formed on a surface of the base material film into a shape detouring around the split induction part.

2. The body-worn electrode apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the circuit is printed on the base material film.

3. The body-worn electrode apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein at least a part of the wiring further includes a first soft member,

the base material film is disposed on the first soft member, and the first soft member includes a split induction part along the split induction part of the base material film.

4. The body-worn electrode apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein a second soft member is further laminated on the circuit, and the first soft member and the second soft member are disposed on outermost surfaces of the wiring.

5. The body-worn electrode apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the circuit includes at least two segments disposed substantially in parallel to each other at opposite positions across the split induction part.

6. The body-worn electrode apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the circuit detouring around the split induction part is formed within a range of a horizontal to vertical ratio of 2 or less.

7. The body-worn electrode apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein an electrode base material film is provided on a surface of the electrode, and a whole width of the base material film constituting a part of the wiring is set within a range of from 0.8 to 1.5 with respect to a whole width of the electrode base material film.

8. The body-worn electrode apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the split induction part includes a perforated break line.

9. The body-worn electrode apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein breaking strength of the perforated break line is from 0.2 to 5.0 N per perforation.

10. The body-worn electrode apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the soft member includes at least one selected from a nonwoven fabric, a foamed material, an olefin film, a vinyl chloride film, and a polyurethane film.