Medical electrode
First Claim
1. A medical monitoring electrode comprisingA. a flexible support layer having a first surface and a second surface,B. an adhesive applied to the first surface,C. a contact element supported by the support layer and exposed at the second surface, said contact element comprisinga conductive snap fastener stud, anda conductive snap fastener eyelet press-fit into the stud,D. a flexible conductive gel padsupported by the support layer at a location thereon spaced across the layer an appreciable distance from the contact element, so that said gel pad is not in physical contact with the contact element, andhaving respective end portions exposed at the first and second surfaces of the support layer,E. an electrical conductor
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Abstract
A disposable medical electrode has a compliant support layer with an adhesive undersurface. The layer supports a gel pad having a portion exposed at the undersurface and a contact element having a portion exposed at its upper surface. The contact element and gel pad are offset on the support layer with a conductive flexible foil strip extending between them so that movement of the contact element does not disturb the conductive path between that element and the skin area to which the electrode is adhered.
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1. A medical monitoring electrode comprising
A. a flexible support layer having a first surface and a second surface, B. an adhesive applied to the first surface, C. a contact element supported by the support layer and exposed at the second surface, said contact element comprisinga conductive snap fastener stud, and a conductive snap fastener eyelet press-fit into the stud,D. a flexible conductive gel padsupported by the support layer at a location thereon spaced across the layer an appreciable distance from the contact element, so that said gel pad is not in physical contact with the contact element, and having respective end portions exposed at the first and second surfaces of the support layer,E. an electrical conductor
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2. supported by the second surface of the support layer, andextending between the contact element and the gel pad forming a conductive path between the two, and
F. a thin flexible nonporous cover sheetadhered to the second surface of the support layer, covering the conductor and the end portion of the gel pad exposed at said second surface, andhaving an access opening through which said contact element protrudes so that electrical connection can be made thereto.
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