Device for transmitting electrical energy
First Claim
1. In a device for transmitting electrical energy, support means having an outer face adapted to be placed in engagement with a surface such as a human skin surface, said support means having an outer peripheral edge surrounding said outer face thereof and being formed inwardly of said outer peripheral edge with an opening extending at least partly into said support means from said outer face thereof, an electrically-conductive gel situated in said opening of said support means and being at least partly exposed at said outer face of said support means for engaging and making electrical contact with the surface engaged by said outer face of said support means, at least one carbon yarn having an unattached, non-insulated, exposed portion situated at said opening in said gel and engaged thereby for making electrical contact therewith, electrical insulation means covering said carbon yarn at the region of the non-insulated portion thereof situated in said gel, said insulation means being fixed to and carried by said support means for supporting said carbon yarn through said insulation means while protecting said carbon yarn from mechanical stresses, said yarn together with said insulation means having a length sufficiently great to extend through a substantial distance beyond said support means, and said carbon yarn carrying at an end portion distant from said portion in said gel a contact means for making electrical contact with an electrical instrument or the like, said contact means being situated next to an end of said insulation means which is distant from said non-insulated portion of said carbon yarn.
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Abstract
A device which is adapted to transmit electrical energy between an electrical instrument and a living body such as a human body. The device includes a support which has an outer face adapted to be placed in engagement with a surface such as a human skin surface, while the support has an outer periheral edge surrounding the latter outer face thereof and the support being formed inwardly of its outer peripheral edge with an opening extending at least partly into the support from its outer face. An electrically-conductive gel is situated in the latter opening and is at least partly exposed at the outer face of the support so as to be capable of engaging and making electrical contact with the surface which is engaged by the outer face of the support. At least one carbon yarn has a portion situated in this gel for making electrical contact therewith, and an insulation covers the yarn at the region of its portion which is situated in the gel. This insulation is carried by the support so as to support the carbon yarn through the insulation. The yarn together with the insulation have a length sufficiently great to extend through a substantial distance beyond the support, and the yarn carries at an end distant from the portion which is in the gel a contact for connection to an electrical instrument or the like.
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- 1. In a device for transmitting electrical energy, support means having an outer face adapted to be placed in engagement with a surface such as a human skin surface, said support means having an outer peripheral edge surrounding said outer face thereof and being formed inwardly of said outer peripheral edge with an opening extending at least partly into said support means from said outer face thereof, an electrically-conductive gel situated in said opening of said support means and being at least partly exposed at said outer face of said support means for engaging and making electrical contact with the surface engaged by said outer face of said support means, at least one carbon yarn having an unattached, non-insulated, exposed portion situated at said opening in said gel and engaged thereby for making electrical contact therewith, electrical insulation means covering said carbon yarn at the region of the non-insulated portion thereof situated in said gel, said insulation means being fixed to and carried by said support means for supporting said carbon yarn through said insulation means while protecting said carbon yarn from mechanical stresses, said yarn together with said insulation means having a length sufficiently great to extend through a substantial distance beyond said support means, and said carbon yarn carrying at an end portion distant from said portion in said gel a contact means for making electrical contact with an electrical instrument or the like, said contact means being situated next to an end of said insulation means which is distant from said non-insulated portion of said carbon yarn.
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