US 12,251,552 B2
Flexible electrode for applying an electric field to the human body
Francesca Apollonio, Rome (IT); Marco Balucani, Rome (IT); Dario Bernardi, Rome (IT); Ruggero Cadossi, Rome (IT); Agnese Denzi, Rome (IT); Micaela Liberti, Rome (IT); Donata Marazzi, Rome (IT); Paolo Marracino, Rome (IT); Roberto Pagliucci, Rome (IT); and Mattia Ronchetti, Rome (IT)
Assigned to Rise Technology S.R.L., Rome (IT)
Appl. No. 16/071,069
Filed by Rise Technology S.R.L., Rome (IT)
PCT Filed Jan. 17, 2017, PCT No. PCT/IB2017/050236
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 18, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/125848, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 102016000004063 (IT), filed on Jan. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0060631 A1, Feb. 28, 2019
Int. Cl. A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0412 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0452 (2013.01); A61N 1/0472 (2013.01); A61N 1/0492 (2013.01); A61N 1/327 (2013.01); A61N 1/36014 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A flexible electrode for applying an electric field to a human body, the flexible electrode comprising:
a gripping portion;
a deformable structure having a first face fixed to the gripping portion and a flat second face opposite the first face, the deformable structure being compressible elastically between the first face and the second face for deforming to adapt a thickness thereof to a surface of a human body; and
a flexible polymeric film arranged on the flat second face of the deformable structure and having an exposed flat face opposite the flat second face, wherein the flexible polymeric film is provided with flat metal structures defining at least one first electrode and one second electrode, the flat metal structures being embedded within the flexible polymeric film and comprising surfaces exposed from the flexible polymeric film being flush with the exposed flat face of the flexible polymeric film;
wherein the deformable structure is configured to allow the first and second electrodes to adapt to a shape of a surface of a human body.