Head sensor positioning pedestal

• US 5,348,006 A
• Filed: 08/26/1991
• Issued: 09/20/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electrical Geodesics, Inc. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Electrical Geodesics, Inc. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Tucker, Don M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cohen, Lee S.
• Application Number:
  US07/750,108
• Time in Patent Office: 1,121 Days
• Field of Search: 128/639, 128/644, 128/791, 128/802, 128/803, 607/139, 607/149, 607/153
• US Class Current: 600/383
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/291 for electroencephalography [EEG]

Abstract

A device for holding a measurement sensor perpendicular to the human head in which the sensor, such as a sponge EEG electrode, is incorporated within a pedestal tube (14) attached to a perpendicular pedestal collar (15) which is in turn attached to and positioned by a holding device, such as a the sensor positioning tension network (16) of my related invention, or an elastic cap. The distance of the pedestal collar, and thus the holding device, from the head can be adjusted, such as with a lock ring (17), such that only the foot of the sensor pedestal (18) enters the hair. The flared shape of the foot of the sensor pedestal acts to part and lift the hair during application, allowing the sensor pedestal tube, and in this embodiment the sponge of the EEG electrode (13), to rest directly on the scalp.

Claims

1. An apparatus for positioning a sensor against a human head comprising:

(a) an elongate tubular member with a flared end at a foot of said elongate member;

(b) an electrode within said tubular member and adapted at the foot of the tubular member for electrical connection to the scalp of the human head; and

(c) means for positioning said elongate member perpendicular to the surface of the scalp such that the flared end is adjacent to the surface of the scalp.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further including an absorbent material soaked in a saline electrolyte encasing said electrode within said elongate tubular member.