Body surface bio-potential sensor having multiple electrodes and apparatus including the same

• US 7,359,744 B2
• Filed: 01/10/2005
• Issued: 04/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Whang, Jin-sang, Shin, Kun-soo, Yeo, Hyung-sok, Kim, Kyung-ho, Lee, Jeong-hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Cohen; Lee S.
• Application Number:
  US11/030,973
• Publication Number:
  US 20050154273A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,191 Days
• Field of Search: 600/393
• US Class Current: 600/392
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/028 Microscale sensors, e.g. electromechanical sensors [MEMS]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/274 using snap or button fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/291 for electroencephalography [EEG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/685 Microneedles

Abstract

In a body surface bio-potential sensor, and an apparatus for detecting biomedical signals having the same, the body surface bio-potential sensor includes a flexible membrane having a wire layer, a plurality of electrodes attached on a first surface of the membrane at predetermined intervals, each of the plurality of electrodes having a plurality of needles on a surface thereof, each of the plurality of needles having a predetermined height, and a cohesive layer covering the first surface of the membrane, the cohesive layer exposing regions of the flexible membrane corresponding to positions of the plurality of electrodes.

Claims

1. A body surface bio-potential sensor, comprising:

a flexible membrane including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the flexible membrane includes a wire layer;

a plurality of electrodes attached on the first surface of the membrane at predetermined intervals, each of the plurality of electrodes having a plurality of needles on a surface thereof, each of the plurality of needles having a predetermined height;

a cohesive layer covering the first surface of the membrane, the cohesive layer exposing regions of the flexible membrane corresponding to positions of the plurality of electrodes; and

a plurality of magnets attached on the second surface of the membrane.

2. The sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined height of each of the plurality of needles is about 5 μ

m or less.

3. The sensor as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a terminal for outputting electrical signals to an external unit, the terminal being provided on the second surface of the membrane, and being electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes.

4. The sensor as claimed in claim 2, wherein the plurality of magnets connect the flexible membrane to an external unit so as to process signals from the plurality of electrodes.

5. The sensor as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a terminal for outputting electrical signals to an external unit, the terminal being provided on the second surface of the membrane, and being electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the terminal on the membrane transmits electrical signals to a terminal on the external unit.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the external unit is a transmitter.

8. The sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of magnets connect the flexible membrane to an external unit so as to process signals from the plurality of electrodes.

9. The sensor as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a release base film on the cohesive layer.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of magnets is covered by a fixing element, the fixing element is on the first surface of the membrane.

11. An apparatus for detecting biomedical signals, comprising:

a sensor; and

a transmitter removably attached to the sensor to transmit electrical signals from the sensor as radio signals,

wherein the sensor includes;

a flexible membrane including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the flexible membrane includes a wire layer;

a plurality of electrodes attached on the first surface of the membrane at predetermined intervals, each of the plurality of electrodes having a plurality of needles on a surface thereof, each of the plurality of needles having a predetermined height;

a cohesive layer covering the first surface of the membrane, the cohesive layer exposing regions of the flexible membrane corresponding to positions of the plurality of electrodes; and

a plurality of magnets attached on the second surface of the membrane.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the predetermined height of each of the plurality of needles is about 5 μ

m or less.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the membrane and the transmitter each comprise a terminal, the terminals having complementary structures and being operable to deliver biomedical signals from the plurality of electrodes.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the terminal of the membrane is provided on the second surface of the membrane.

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the membrane and the transmitter provide a removable attaching structure.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the membrane and the transmitter each comprise a terminal, the terminals having complementary structures and being operable to deliver biomedical signals from the plurality of electrodes.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the terminal of the membrane is provided on the second surface of the membrane.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the membrane and the transmitter provide a removable attaching structure.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a release base film on the cohesive layer.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of magnets is covered by a fixing element, the fixing element is on the first surface of the membrane.