Systems and methods for weaponry with lower tip current electrode
First Claim
1. An electrode, for providing a current from an electronic weapon through tissue of a human or animal target, the current for inhibiting voluntary movement by the target, the electrode comprising:
- a. a body;
b. a shaft, supported by the body, that conducts the current; and
c. a tip, supported by the shaft, that mechanically couples the electrode to clothing or tissue of the target;
whereind. the tip comprises insulative material.
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Abstract
An electronic weapon has an installed deployment unit, from which at least one tethered electrode is launched, provides a stimulus current through a target to inhibit locomotion by the target. The wire tether, also called a filament, conducts the stimulus current. The one or more electrodes, according to various aspects of the present invention, perform one or more of the following functions in any combination: binding the filament to the electrode, deploying the filament from the deployment unit, coupling the electrode to the target, and distributing a current density with respect to a volume of target tissue. An electrode may include conductive material and insulative material. Relatively high electric field flux density at a tip of the electrode may be reduced or avoided by practice of the invention.
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15 Claims
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1. An electrode, for providing a current from an electronic weapon through tissue of a human or animal target, the current for inhibiting voluntary movement by the target, the electrode comprising:
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a. a body; b. a shaft, supported by the body, that conducts the current; and c. a tip, supported by the shaft, that mechanically couples the electrode to clothing or tissue of the target;
whereind. the tip comprises insulative material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A deployment unit for providing a current from a signal generator through tissue of a human or animal target, the current for inhibiting voluntary movement by the target, the deployment unit comprising:
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a. a housing; b. an interface that couples the housing to the signal generator, the interface for receiving the current; c. a filament that conducts the current, the filament stored in the housing prior to deployment, the filament coupled to the interface for receiving the current; d. an electrode comprising (1) a body; (2) a shaft, supported by the body, that conducts the current; and (3) a tip, supported by the shaft, that mechanically couples the electrode to clothing or tissue of the target;
wherein(4) the tip comprises insulative material. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for conducting a current from an electronic weapon into tissue of a human or animal target, the method comprising:
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a. propelling at least one wire-tethered electrode to impact the target to form a circuit for the current through tissue of the target; and b. after at least a tip of the electrode is in contact with tissue of the target, conducting more of the current into tissue of the target from a shaft of the electrode than from the tip of the electrode, wherein the current interferes with the target'"'"'s voluntary use of its skeletal muscles. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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