Bioelectric signal recording device

• US 5,483,967 A
• Filed: 12/02/1993
• Issued: 01/16/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tutomu Ohtake
• Original Assignee: Tutomu Ohtake
• Inventors: Ohtake, Tutomu
• Primary Examiner(s): Kamm, William E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Parker, Marianne
• Application Number:
  US08/160,722
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 128/640, 128/695, 128/696, 128/699, 128/700, 128/702, 128/703, 128/710, 128/903, 128/904, 128/639, 128/641, 128/644, 607/60, 607/148, 607/152, 607/153
• US Class Current: 600/508
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0412 Low-profile patch shaped housings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/182 Electrical shielding, e.g. using a Faraday cage
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/335 using integrated circuit memory devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/903 Radio telemetry

Abstract

A device capable of recording a bioelectrical signal under the normal living conditions of a living body is arranged so that an extremely real record can be obtained not only during a walk, a meal or a sleep of the living body but also even during bathing. A base member having flexibility which permits it to follow the motion of the living body is provided with electrodes for picking up electrical signals of the living body and a recording element for recording the picked-up electrical signals. If the base member is stuck on the living body, the electrodes pick up the electrical signals of the living body and the picked-up electrical signals are recorded in the recording element. When the base member is stuck on the living body, the base member watertightly covers the electrodes. Accordingly, even if the living body is surrounded by water, the electrodes can pick up the electrical signals of the living body without touching the water.

Claims

1. A bioelectrical signal recording device comprising:

(a) a flexible, waterproof, sheet-like base member adherable to a living body and capable of following the motion of said living body, said base member having an adhering face containing an electrically conductive adhesive thereon for adherence to said living body;

(b) a plurality of electrodes disposed on an interior surface of said base member for receiving electrical signals from said living body;

(c) a recording element disposed on an interior surface of said base member and having a plurality of connection lines disposed within said base member, each of said connection lines coupled to one of said plurality of electrodes for recording said electrical signals received by said electrodes; and

(d) a battery disposed within said base member and coupled to said recording element for powering said recording element;

(e) said base member being of sufficient dimensions to watertightly cover said at least one electrode, said recording element and said battery.

2. The bioelectrical device of claim 1 wherein said base member is an electrical shield for said electrodes for shielding out electrical noise emanating external to said living body and said bioelectrical device.

3. The bioelectrical device of claim 1 wherein said adhering face of said base member includes a removable member for protecting said adhering face.

4. The bioelectrical device of claim 3 further including a normally open switch coupled between said battery and said recording element for enabling and disabling connection between said battery and said recording element and means coupled to said removable member and responsive to removal of said removable member to close said switch and enable electrical connection between said battery and said recording element.

5. The bioelectrical device of claim 1 wherein said electrodes are arranged on said base member to correspond to the arrangement of a plurality of predetermined measuring point on said living body.

6. The bioelectrical device of claim 5 wherein said base member is an electrical shield for said electrodes for shielding out electrical noise emanating external to said living body and said bioelectrical device.