Electrode for detecting bioelectrical signals
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1. An electric assembly for skin-contacting bioelectrical purposes, comprising:
- a support;
a pair of electrodes mounted on and insulated from one another by said support, said electrodes having side-by-side contact surfaces adapted to rest directly against the skin, terminals enabling electrical connection to the respective electrodes and means forming a respective p-n junction poled in the same direction as the p-n junction of the other electrode with respect to the skin between each contact surface and the respective terminal, each such means including a plate of p-conductive semiconductive material lying against a plate of n-conductive semiconductive material, said plates being parallel to the respective contact surface; and
means for connecting said terminals of said electrodes to a device for monitoring bioelectric signals traversing said p-n junctions from the skin.
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Abstract
An electrode arrangement for bioelectric signals, especially for EKG measurements comprises at least one electrode element in which the material in contact with the skin includes a p-n semi-conductor. Preferably the test electrode and a reference or neutral electrode are joined in a single unit in relatively close proximity.
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6 Claims
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1. An electric assembly for skin-contacting bioelectrical purposes, comprising:
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a support; a pair of electrodes mounted on and insulated from one another by said support, said electrodes having side-by-side contact surfaces adapted to rest directly against the skin, terminals enabling electrical connection to the respective electrodes and means forming a respective p-n junction poled in the same direction as the p-n junction of the other electrode with respect to the skin between each contact surface and the respective terminal, each such means including a plate of p-conductive semiconductive material lying against a plate of n-conductive semiconductive material, said plates being parallel to the respective contact surface; and means for connecting said terminals of said electrodes to a device for monitoring bioelectric signals traversing said p-n junctions from the skin. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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