Electrode member and apparatus for measuring biosignal including the electrode member

• US 8,862,199 B2
• Filed: 08/19/2011
• Issued: 10/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ko, Byung-hoon, Yeo, Hyung-sok, Kim, Jung-bae
• Primary Examiner(s): Dvorak, Linda
• Assistant Examiner(s): ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US13/213,569
• Publication Number:
  US 20120172695A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,152 Days
• Field of Search: 600/372, 600382-384, 600/386, 600391-396, 600508-509, 607/149, 607/152
• US Class Current: 600/372
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0215 Silver or silver chloride containing
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/046 in a matrix array
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/24 Detecting, measuring or recording bioelectric or biomagnetic signals of the body or parts thereof

Abstract

An electrode member for a body is provided. The electrode member includes a first sheet member having at least one hole formed therein, at least one second sheet member respectively disposed in the at least one hole, at least one metal contact point disposed on the first sheet member, and at least one electrode respectively disposed on the at least one second sheet member.

Claims

1. An electrode member for a body, the electrode member comprising:

a first sheet member having at least one hole formed therein;

at least one second sheet member disposed in the at least one hole of the first sheet member;

at least one metal contact point disposed on the first sheet member; and

at least one electrode disposed on the at least one second sheet member, the at least one metal contact point is spaced apart from the at least one electrode, and the at least one second sheet member is spaced apart from the first sheet member by an interval in the at least one hole of the first sheet member.

2. The electrode member of claim 1, wherein the second sheet member is connected to the first sheet member via at least one connection portion extending from one region of the first sheet member.

3. The electrode member of claim 1, wherein the first sheet member is formed of a non-conductive material.

4. The electrode member of claim 1, wherein the second sheet member is formed of a conductive material.

5. The electrode member of claim 1, further comprising first adhesive layers disposed on a top surface and a bottom surface of the first sheet member.

6. The electrode member of claim 5, wherein the first adhesive layers are formed of a non-conductive adhesive material or a biomimetic adhesive.

7. The electrode member of claim 1, further comprising second adhesive layers disposed on a top surface and a bottom surface of the second sheet member.

8. The electrode member of claim 7, wherein the second adhesive layers are formed of a conductive adhesive material.

9. The electrode member of claim 1, further comprising a connection line that connects the at least one metal contact point and the at least one electrode.

10. The electrode member of claim 9, wherein the connection line has a square wave shape.

23. The electrode member of claim 1, wherein in cross-section view, the combined height of the at least one electrode and the at least one second sheet member is less than the height of the first sheet member.

24. The electrode member of claim 1, wherein in plan view, the first sheet member has an L shape.

27. The electrode member of claim 1, wherein the top surface of the electrode is lower than the top surface of the first sheet member or lower than the surface of an adhesive layer.

28. The electrode member of claim 1, wherein the electrode is formed of one of silver (Ag), AgCl, gold (Au), or platinum (Pt).

11. An apparatus configured to measure a biosignal, the apparatus comprising:

an electrode member, the electrode member comprising a first sheet member having at least one hole formed therein, at least one second sheet member disposed in the at least one hole of the first sheet member, at least one metal contact point disposed on the first sheet member, and at least one electrode disposed on the at least one second sheet member and the at least one second sheet member is spaced apart from the first sheet member by an interval in the at least one hole of the first sheet member, and the at least one metal contact point is spaced apart from the at least one electrode; and

a signal processing module comprising an analog signal processing unit configured to process an analog signal transmitted from the electrode member, an analog-to-digital (A/D) signal converting unit configured to convert the analog signal into a digital signal, and a digital signal processing unit configured to process the digital signal.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the signal processing module further comprises a wired or wireless transmission unit that transmits the digital signal processed by the digital signal processing unit to an external device.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the signal processing module further comprises at least one terminal electrically connected to the analog signal processing unit.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the at least one metal contact point contacts and is electrically connected to the at least one terminal.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one electrode is spaced apart from the signal processing module.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the second sheet member is connected to the first sheet member via at least one connection portion extending from one region of the first sheet member.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first sheet member is formed of a non-conductive material, and the second sheet member is formed of a conductive material.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising first adhesive layers disposed on a top surface and a bottom surface of the first sheet member and are each formed of a non-conductive adhesive material.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising second adhesive layers disposed on a top surface and a bottom surface of the second sheet member and are each formed of a conductive adhesive material.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the signal processing module contacts the first adhesive layer disposed on the top surface of the first sheet member and is structurally connected to the electrode member.

21. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a connection line that connects the at least one metal contact point and the at least one electrode.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the connection line has a square wave shape.

25. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the signal processing module is disposed on the electrode member.

29. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a buffer structure where the at least one second sheet member and at least one electrode are spaced apart from the first sheet member and the signal processing module.

26. An electronic device, the electronic device comprising

an apparatus configured to measure a biosignal, the apparatus comprising:

an electrode member comprising

a first sheet member having at least one hole formed therein;

at least one second sheet member disposed in the at least one hole of the first sheet member and has at least one electrode thereon, and the at least one second sheet member is spaced apart from the first sheet member by an interval in the at least one hole of the first sheet member; and

at least one metal contact point disposed on the first sheet member, and the at least one metal contact point is spaced apart from the at least one electrode; and

a signal processing module configured to measure the biosignal, the signal processing module comprising at least one terminal configured to communicate with the electrode member via the metal contact point.