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Sealing element for a biomedical electrode

  • US 5,722,404 A
  • Filed: 08/09/1996
  • Issued: 03/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sealing element for a vacuum electrode device, the sealing element comprising:

  • a vacuum cup defining a vacuum chamber adapted to accommodate a skin-engaging portion of an electrode element therein and communicating with a vacuum passageway through which a vacuum can be applied to the vacuum chamber, the vacuum cup having a skin-engageable outer sealing edge disposed around an opening to said vacuum chamber; and

    a narrow annular gap between the vacuum chamber and the outer sealing edge for conducting fluid away from the vacuum chamber towards the vacuum passageway, said gap being delimited outwardly by the outer sealing edge.

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