Medical electrode method of manufacture
First Claim
1. A method of making an electrode, said method comprising the steps of:
- disposing a first layer of an electrically conductive first curable liquid onto a film, said first layer upon curing of the first liquid having a relatively low peel strength to enable removal of said film and removable contact with a patient'"'"'s skin;
partially curing the first liquid;
disposing a second layer of an electrically conductive second curable liquid onto said partially cured first liquid, said second layer upon curing of the second liquid having a relatively high peel strength to enable permanent contact with a conductive member;
curing the partially cured first liquid and second liquid to form a laminate;
disposing a conductive member on the cured second liquid.
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Abstract
An electrode provides electrical contact with a patient'"'"'s skin with the electrode including a conductive member for connection to an external electrical apparatus and multilayers of gel for providing electrical interface between the patient'"'"'s skin and the conductive member. A first layer is provided which includes an electrically conductive gel having a relatively low peel strength for removably contacting the patient'"'"'s skin and a second layer is provided which includes an electrically conductive gel having a relatively high peel strength for contacting the conductive member. The first and second layers are laminated in accordance with the method of the invention. Other layers may be utilized in combination with the first and second layers. Such layers include a scrim layer and a layer including physiologically active ions. Further, the electrode through the use of multilayer gels is suitable for use with garments for the selective positioning of electrodes to a patient'"'"'s skin.
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1. A method of making an electrode, said method comprising the steps of:
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disposing a first layer of an electrically conductive first curable liquid onto a film, said first layer upon curing of the first liquid having a relatively low peel strength to enable removal of said film and removable contact with a patient'"'"'s skin;
partially curing the first liquid;
disposing a second layer of an electrically conductive second curable liquid onto said partially cured first liquid, said second layer upon curing of the second liquid having a relatively high peel strength to enable permanent contact with a conductive member;
curing the partially cured first liquid and second liquid to form a laminate;
disposing a conductive member on the cured second liquid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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