Disposable, pre-gelled, self-prepping electrode
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1. An electrode for monitoring electrical signals of a body comprising:
- an electrical pad;
means for parting and keeping parted outer layers of skin on the body without removing any skin, said means for parting being non-conductive and being arranged in close proximity to said electrical pad.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a disposable self-prepping electrode which utilizes an array or mat of flexile tines which serve to part the high impedance outer layers of skin to expose the low impedance, blood enriched layers without scratching or abrading. The tines are preferably imbedded in a conductive gel layer. In an alternate embodiment, a self prepping layer of flexile tines embedded in gel may be a single disposable self-prepping layer that is mounted over a permanent electrode.
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19 Claims
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1. An electrode for monitoring electrical signals of a body comprising:
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an electrical pad; means for parting and keeping parted outer layers of skin on the body without removing any skin, said means for parting being non-conductive and being arranged in close proximity to said electrical pad. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A removable self-prepping layer for use with a monitoring electrode comprising:
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a layer of conductive gel; an array of flexible tines arranged in said layer of gel so that said tines extend beyond a surface of said gel. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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