US 12,433,523 B2
Electrode arrangement for measuring electric voltages
Christoph Guger, Piberbach (AT); and Guenter Edlinger, Granz (AT)
Appl. No. 17/621,819
Filed by Christoph Guger, Piberbach (AT); and Guenter Edlinger, Granz (AT)
PCT Filed Jun. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/AT2020/060247
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/257836, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. A 50572/2019 (AT), filed on Jun. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240827 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/268 (2021.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/257 (2021.01); A61B 5/266 (2021.01); A61B 5/291 (2021.01); A61B 5/30 (2021.01); A61B 5/304 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 5/268 (2021.01) [A61B 5/257 (2021.01); A61B 5/266 (2021.01); A61B 5/291 (2021.01); A61B 5/30 (2021.01); A61B 5/304 (2021.01); A61B 5/6814 (2013.01); A61B 5/6823 (2013.01); A61B 5/6829 (2013.01); A61B 2503/12 (2013.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01); A61B 2562/166 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrode configuration for measuring electrical voltages and currents in a human body and for electrical stimulation of the human body, the electrode configuration comprising:
an electrode array with a flexible carrier and a plurality of electrodes disposed in a grid-shaped formation on a same side of said flexible carrier, said electrode array having slits formed therein starting from an outer edge of said flexible carrier and being disposed between individual ones of said electrodes;
an elastic intermediate layer which, for each of said electrodes, has a respective recess formed therein, wherein a cavity for filling with electrically conductive gel is in each case predefined by each said respective recess; and
a retaining layer disposed between said elastic intermediate layer and said electrodes of said electrode array, said retaining layer having a smaller cross-sectional area than said elastic intermediate layer, said retaining layer having contact openings formed therein, wherein said contact openings have a smaller cross-sectional area than said recesses of said elastic intermediate layer and wherein said contact openings corresponding with said recesses such that an electrically conductive connection is produced between said electrodes and said cavities.