Disposable ECG chest electrode template with built-in defibrillation electrodes

• US 6,560,473 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2001
• Issued: 05/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Steven Dominguez
• Original Assignee: Steven Dominguez
• Inventors: Dominguez, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Cohen, Lee
• Application Number:
  US09/798,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20020123679A1
• Time in Patent Office: 795 Days
• Field of Search: 600/382, 600/386, 600/388, 600/389, 600/390, 600/391, 600/392, 600/393, 607/142
• US Class Current: 600/382
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/17 Comprising radiolucent components
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6841 by using templates

Abstract

A disposal ECG Chest Electrode Template with built-in defibrillation electrodes has a location tab so that the template can be easily, quickly and correctly placed on the patient'"'"'s chest during emergency situations. The template and its electrodes is transparent to x-ray allowing it to remain on the patient'"'"'s chest throughout x-ray diagnosis and evaluation for so long as monitoring of the heart'"'"'s electrical activity is required. The template carries ten electrodes, the standard six precardial electrodes and four limb electrodes. A pair of defibrillation electrodes are incorporated into the template are also correctly located on the patient when the template is placed on the chest by its location tab.

Claims

1. A disposable electrocardiogram electrode template for simultaneously, quickly and correctly placing a plurality of sensors on a human chest, the template comprising:

a flexible sheet of predetermined size and shape having a tab extending from the top of the flexible sheet for a predefined length, the sheet being made of a pad of hypoallergenic hydrogel, an x-ray transparent PB foam, and a removable carrier sheet; and

a plurality of electrode sensors embedded in the pad at predetermined fixed locations on the pad, each electrode sensor being an x-ray transparent metal contact;

whereby the plurality of electrode sensors can be quickly and correctly located on the human chest by aligning the sheet on the chest with the tab aligned on a vertical line and the top of the tab located at the supra sternal notch.

2. The electrode template of claim 1 wherein the plurality of sensors comprises ten electrodes.

3. The electrode template of claim 1 further comprising:

conductive tabs on an edge of the pad for connecting to x-ray transparent wires that electrically connect each one of the metal contact sensors to the conductive tabs.

4. The electrode template of claim 3 further comprising first and second defibrillation electrodes located at predetermined fixed locations on the pad.

5. The electrode template of claim 1 further comprising first and second defibrillation electrodes located at predetermined fixed locations on the pad.

6. The template of claim 5 wherein the first defibrillation electrode is located above a precordial electrode sensor in the pad adapted to be close to the midaxillary line.

7. The template of claim 6 wherein the second defibrillation electrode is located between a right shoulder and right chest electrode sensors in the pad adapted to be in the right infra-scapular region of the chest.

8. A disposable electrocardiogram electrode template for simultaneously, quickly and correctly placing electrode sensors on a human chest, the template comprising:

a pad made of hypoallergenic hydrogel, an x-ray transparent PE foam, and a removable carrier sheet, the pad having a tab with a predefined length extending from a top side; and

ten x-ray transparent electrode sensors embedded in the pad so that on the left side of the pad, electrode sensors one, two and three lie on a line that is at an angle from a horizontal, with one of the three electrode sensors lying along a vertical midaxillary line when the template is placed on the chest, a fourth electrode sensor lies below the electrode sensors one, two and three on a line that is perpendicular to the line of the electrode sensors one, two and three, a fifth and sixth electrode sensor lie on a line at an angle to a vertical above electrode sensors one, two and three, a seventh electrode lies above electrode five and six on a line perpendicular to the line for electrode sensors five and six, on the right side of the pad, an eighth electrode sensor lies on a horizontal line, a ninth electrode sensor lies above the eighth electrode sensor on a line at an angle greater than ninety degrees to the line of the eighth electrode sensor, a tenth electrode sensor lies below the eighth electrode sensor on a line less than ninety degrees to the line of the ninth electrode sensor;

whereby the ten electrode sensors can be quickly and correctly located on the human chest by aligning the pad on the chest so that the tab on the top of the pad is aligned with a vertical mid-auxiliary line and the top of the tab is located at the supra sternal notch.

9. The template of claim 8 where a first defibrillation electrode is located above the first, second and third electrode sensors in the pad close to the midaxillary line.

10. The template of claim 9 where a second defibrillation electrode is located between the ninth and tenth electrode sensors in the pad.