US 12,245,862 B2
Electrode patch and connection system
Gregory O'Grady, Auckland (NZ); Armen Gharibans, Auckland (NZ); Peng Du, Auckland (NZ); Thomas Hayes, Auckland (NZ); and James Sebastian Hannon-Tan, North Adelaide (AU)
Assigned to Alimetry Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed by Alimetry Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/738,822.
Application 18/738,822 is a continuation of application No. 17/788,070, granted, now 12,178,580, previously published as PCT/IB2020/062369, filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 760518 (NZ), filed on Dec. 23, 2019; and application No. 769806 (NZ), filed on Nov. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0324930 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/273 (2021.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61B 5/25 (2021.01); A61B 5/392 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 5/273 (2021.01) [A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61B 5/25 (2021.01); A61B 5/392 (2021.01); A61B 5/4255 (2013.01); A61B 5/6833 (2013.01); A61B 2562/225 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for monitoring gastro-intestinal or colonic electrical activity generated by a subject, the system comprising:
an electrode patch comprising at least 32 electrodes spatially arranged in a plurality of rows and columns for contacting an outer surface of a skin of the subject to sense and measure electrical potentials at multiple electrodes, wherein the electrodes are routed to two connector portions that are spaced apart from the electrodes and are electrically connected with the electrodes through electrical conductors running as conductive tracks between the electrodes and said two connector portions with at least one cut-out entirely located between the two connector portions; and
a wearable connector device having two connectors that are configured to be physically and operatively connected with the electrode patch or at least a portion of the electrode patch at each of said two connector portions for receiving the electrical signals from multiple electrodes to allow monitoring of gastro-intestinal or colonic electrical activity generated by the subject and wirelessly transmitting electrical activity data to a remote computing device, wherein the connector device is configured to be attached to the outer surface of the skin of the subject by having a tongue portion of the electrode patch on a first side of the connector device and a remaining portion of the electrode patch on a second side of the connector device that is opposite the first side of the connector device.