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Esophageal electrocardiography electrode

  • US 4,817,611 A
  • Filed: 11/13/1986
  • Issued: 04/04/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electrode suitable for swallowing by a patient comprising:

  • an elongated, molded, non-conducting body member, said body member being generally cylindrically-shaped, with a centrally located radially extending shoulder, said shoulder having an essentially cylindrical, exterior, peripheral surface;

    first and second electrical conductors, each said conductor formed as a thin-walled, hollow cylinder said conductors carried by said body member spaced apart thereon so as to abut first and second ends of said shoulder;

    said body member having first and second conductor locking end regions with each said end region having a generally curved exterior shape and with said locking end regions formed joined together as a single unitary member;

    first and second elongated wire conducting members with each said wire conducting member electrically coupled to a respective conductor with a selected one of said wire conducting members extending, at least in part, substantially axially through said body member.

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