| CPC A61B 5/6803 (2013.01) [A61B 5/291 (2021.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/0484 (2013.01); A61B 5/0531 (2013.01); A61B 5/296 (2021.01); A61B 2562/0215 (2017.08); A61B 2562/0217 (2017.08)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A headset comprising:
an elongate, unitary body member sufficiently long to encircle the head of a user, said unitary body member having a closed state and a rest state;
a closure mechanism formed by ends of said unitary body member, said closure mechanism having an open state and a closed state, wherein said unitary body member is in said rest state when said closure mechanism is in said open state and said unitary body member is in said closed state and forms a circumferential headset when said closure mechanism is in said closed state; and
at least one posterior electrode, fixedly attached to said unitary body member inwardly of said closure mechanism when said unitary body member is in said rest state prior to initiating donning of said headset, said at least one posterior electrode configured, when said headset is donned on a user's head, to be positioned against the skin of the head of said user, said at least one posterior electrode electrically communicating with a processing unit,
wherein said unitary body member comprises at least one posterior member and an at least semi-rigid anterior member, wherein said at least one posterior member and said anterior member are formed as portions of the unitary body member such that longitudinal axes of said at least one posterior member and said anterior member are parallel or coaxial, said at least one posterior electrode being fixedly attached to said at least one posterior member, said at least one posterior member being at least semi-rigid and terminating in a tapered end to which is connected said closure mechanism, said tapered end tapering from a first portion having a first width to a second portion having a second width, smaller than said first width,
said tapered end of said at least one posterior member and said closure mechanism being configured to plow between hair to access the scalp of said user during donning of said headset, such that when said headset is donned, said at least one posterior electrode is in direct physical contact with said scalp of said user,
wherein, a longitudinal axis of said tapered end is continuous to a longitudinal axis of said unitary body member.
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