DEVICE FOR MEASURING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE

• US 20150025354A1
• Filed: 07/16/2014
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kenneth Alexander Johannes Salonius, Riku Oskari Lehtomaki
• Original Assignee: Riku Oskari Lehtomaki
• Inventors: Salonius, Kenneth Alexander Johannes, Lehtomki, Riku Oskari
• Application Number:
  US14/333,043
• Publication Number:
  US 20150025354A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/389
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/291 for electroencephalography [EEG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/296 for electromyography [EMG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6805 Vests
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49155 Manufacturing circuit on or in base

Abstract

A device (100) for measuring electrophysiological signals of a body comprising electrodes (101) and a multilayer supporting medium (102), such as garment, like a belt, for supporting said electrodes (101). The multilayer supporting medium (102) comprises at least one stretchable layer (103) and one non-stretchable (104) corrugated (104a) layer. The layers are coupled with each other in numerous portions (105) so that the corrugation portions (104a) of said non-stretchable corrugated layer (104) between the coupling portions (105) are free from said stretchable layer (103). The electrodes (101) are also arranged into the non-stretchable layers (104) at the coupling portions (105).

Claims

1. A device for measuring electrophysiological signals of a body, the device comprising:

electrodes for measuring the signals from the body, and

a multilayer supporting medium for supporting said electrodes, where said multilayer supporting medium comprises at least one stretchable layer and one non-stretchable corrugated layer, said layers being coupled with each other in numerous portions so that the corrugation portions of said non-stretchable corrugated layer between the coupling portions are free from said stretchable layer and wherein said electrodes are arranged into the non-stretchable layer at the coupling portions.

2. A device of claim 1, wherein the non-stretchable layer comprises conductive paths for transferring measured electric signal from the electrodes.

3. A device of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a controlling unit for controlling the measurement and a communication means for communicating at least portion of the measurements.

4. A device of claim 1, wherein the device comprises also injecting electrodes configured to inject electric current to the body, and where said measuring electrodes are configured to measure resulting voltage as a resulting signal on the surface of said body.

5. A device of claim 1, wherein said device or multilayer supporting medium comprises a garment, e.g. belt, harness, shirt, bra, strap, or vest.

6. A manufacturing method for manufacturing a device according to any of previous device claims, wherein the method comprises steps of:

providing a first stretchable layer,

providing a second non-stretchable layer,

coupling said stretchable and non-stretchable layers with each other at numerous portions so to provide corrugation portions of said non-stretchable corrugated layer between said coupling portions, where said corrugated portions of said non-stretchable layer between said coupling portions are free from said stretchable layer, and

providing electrodes at said coupling portions in connection with said non-stretchable layer and electrically connecting said electrodes with said conductive paths.

7. A manufacturing method of claim 6, wherein the method further comprises providing electrically conductive paths into said second non-stretchable layer,

8. A manufacturing method of claim 6, wherein said second non-stretchable layer is longer than said stretchable layer in rest.

9. A manufacturing method of claim 6, wherein said couplings of said stretchable and non-stretchable layers are implemented by laminating, gluing, sewing and/or riveting.

10. A manufacturing method of claim 6, wherein said electrodes and/or electrically conductive paths comprise electrically conductive fibres.