Electrode for a living body and device for detecting a bio-signal

• US 8,626,261 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2011
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ko, Byung-hoon, Kim, Jong-pal, Yeo, Hyung-sok, Kim, Youn-ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Cohen, Lee S
• Application Number:
  US13/033,776
• Publication Number:
  US 20120041292A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,048 Days
• Field of Search: 600/372, 600/382, 600/386, 600391-393
• US Class Current: 600/391
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/043 in a linear array
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/24 Detecting, measuring or recording bioelectric or biomagnetic signals of the body or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7203 for noise prevention, reduction or removal

Abstract

Provided are an electrode for a living body and a device for detecting bio-signals using the electrode. The electrode includes an insulation sheet that has at least one via hole, an electrode unit formed in the at least one via hole, and a guiding unit for guiding the attachment of a signal processing unit.

Claims

1. An electrode to connect a living body to a signal processing module, the electrode comprising:

an insulation sheet comprising at least one via hole;

an electrode unit formed in the at least one via hole; and

a guiding unit configured at an edge of the insulation sheet to guide an attachment of the signal processing module to the electrode for the living body,

wherein an adhesive material is applied to regions of the insulation sheet around a device contacting portion of the electrode unit, the regions and the device contacting portion being configured to physically contact the signal processing module.

2. The electrode of claim 1, wherein the guiding unit comprises at least one protruding unit configured to guide the signal processing module to a location to which the signal processing module is to be attached.

3. The electrode of claim 1, wherein the guiding unit comprises an outer wall structure formed at edges of the insulation sheet.

4. The electrode of claim 1, wherein the guiding unit comprises an electrode-side combining unit configured to be combined with the signal processing module.

5. The electrode of claim 4, wherein the guiding unit comprises an end portion configured to be inserted into a slot of the signal processing module.

6. The electrode of claim 4, wherein the electrode-side combining unit comprises at least one of a zip fastener, a hook/loop fastener, and a flexible magnet.

7. The electrode of claim 4, wherein the guiding unit comprises a folded structure configured to guide the signal processing module to a location to which the signal processing module is to be attached.

8. The electrode of claim 1, wherein the electrode unit comprises:

the device contacting portion that is formed of a conductive and adhesive material on a surface of the insulation sheet, and configured to contact a terminal of the signal processing module; and

a body contacting portion that is formed on another surface of the insulation sheet and that is electrically connected to the device contacting portion.

9. A device to detect bio-signals, the device comprising:

an electrode for a living body; and

a signal processing module,

wherein the electrode for the living body comprises

an insulation sheet comprising at least one via hole,

an electrode unit formed in the at least one via hole, and

a guiding unit configured at an edge of the insulation sheet to guide an attachment of the signal processing module to the electrode,

the signal processing module comprises a terminal corresponding to the electrode unit of the electrode, and

an adhesive material is applied to regions of the insulation sheet around a device contacting portion of the electrode unit, the regions and the device contacting portion being configured to physically contact the signal processing module.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the guiding unit comprises at least one protruding unit configured to guide the signal processing module to a location to which the signal processing module is to be attached.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the guiding unit comprises an outer wall structure formed at edges of the insulation sheet.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein the guiding unit comprises a combining unit configured to combine the electrode for the living body and the signal processing module.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the guiding unit comprises an inserting portion, and

the signal processing module comprises a slot into which the inserting portion of the guiding unit is to be inserted.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein the combining unit comprises at least one of a zip fastener, a hook/loop fastener, and a flexible magnet.

15. The device of claim 12, wherein the guiding unit comprises a folded structure configured to guide the signal processing module to a location to which the signal processing module is to be attached.

16. The device of claim 9, wherein the electrode unit comprises:

the device contacting portion that is formed of a conductive and adhesive material on a surface of the insulation sheet, and configured to contact the terminal of the signal processing module; and

a body contacting portion that is formed on another surface of the insulation sheet and that is electrically connected to the device contacting portion.

17. The device of claim 9, wherein a silicon releasing agent is applied onto a surface of the signal processing module, and the surface of the signal processing module contacts the electrode for the living body.

18. The device of claim 9, wherein the signal processing module further comprises:

an analog signal processing unit configured to process analog signals transmitted from the terminal;

an analog to digital (A/D) converter configured to convert the analog signals to digital signals; and

a digital signal processing unit configured to process the converted digital signals.