US 11,806,165 B2
Electrophysiological and stimulation electrode
Jan Stepanek, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Michael J. Cevette, Cave Creek, AZ (US); Gaurav N. Pradhan, Fountain Hills, AZ (US); Samantha J. Kleindienst, Mesa, AZ (US); Kenneth H. Brookler, Norwalk, CT (US); and Jamie M. Bogle, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US)
Appl. No. 16/465,431
Filed by Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 30, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/063855
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 30, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/102499, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/428,784, filed on Dec. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0000405 A1, Jan. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6801 (2013.01) [A61B 2560/04 (2013.01); A61B 2562/14 (2013.01); A61B 2562/168 (2013.01); A61N 1/0472 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrode, comprising: a body formed of a three-dimensional mass of porous and resilient material, the three-dimensional mass of porous and resilient material defining a first surface portion configured to be positioned on a surface of a subject and a second surface portion, wherein the three-dimensional mass of porous and resilient material extends between the first surface portion and the second surface portion, wherein the body is configured to be physically manipulated by a user squeezing and/or rubbing the porous and resilient material in a hand of the user; and
an electrical contact on the second surface portion of the body;
a container of contact-enhancing fluid on or in the body and in contact with the body; and
wherein the body and the container are configured to cause the contact-enhancing fluid to disperse into the three-dimensional mass of porous and resilient material of body, including to the first surface portion, when the body is physically manipulated in the hand of the user.