US 11,943,866 B2
Textile blank with seamless knitted electrode system
Joanna Berzowska, Montreal (CA); Frederic Chanay, Montreal (CA); Stephane Menard, Montreal (CA); and Elina Nurkka, Verdun (CA)
Assigned to Honeywell Safety Products USA, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US)
Filed by Honeywell Safety Products USA, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US)
Filed on May 8, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/973,880.
Application 15/973,880 is a continuation of application No. 14/249,011, filed on Apr. 9, 2014, granted, now 9,993,199.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/810,313, filed on Apr. 10, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0132950 A1, May 2, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/113 (2006.01); A61B 5/25 (2021.01); A61B 5/296 (2021.01); D04B 1/14 (2006.01); D04B 1/22 (2006.01); D04B 1/24 (2006.01); H05K 1/03 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 3/30 (2006.01); A41D 13/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/0245 (2006.01); A61B 5/0533 (2021.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/091 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 1/11 (2013.01) [A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/02055 (2013.01); A61B 5/1135 (2013.01); A61B 5/25 (2021.01); A61B 5/296 (2021.01); A61B 5/6804 (2013.01); D04B 1/14 (2013.01); D04B 1/225 (2013.01); D04B 1/24 (2013.01); H05K 1/038 (2013.01); H05K 3/30 (2013.01); A41D 13/1281 (2013.01); A61B 5/0245 (2013.01); A61B 5/0533 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/091 (2013.01); A61B 2562/125 (2013.01); D10B 2403/02431 (2013.01); D10B 2509/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49147 (2015.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A textile-based electrode system, comprising:
a first fabric layer having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface including a plurality of knitted electrodes configured to be placed in contact with a skin of a user;
a second fabric layer disposed and configured to contact the outer surface of the first fabric layer, the second fabric layer including a knitted conductive pathway configured to be electrically coupled to a knitted electrode of the plurality of knitted electrodes;
a third fabric layer disposed and configured to contact the second fabric layer; and
a connector disposed on the third fabric layer and configured to electrically couple the knitted conductive pathway to a connector assembly, wherein the knitted electrode is configured to be electrically coupled to a first end of the knitted conductive pathway, wherein the connector is configured to be electrically coupled to a second end of the knitted conductive pathway, wherein the second end of the knitted conductive pathway overlaps the connector, wherein the third fabric layer defines an opening and the connector is at least partially disposed in the opening and coupled to the knitted conductive pathway.