US 12,440,156 B2
Garment with electrocardiogram electrodes
Ray V. Myers, Woodbury, MN (US); Brandon J. Laplante, Woodbury, MN (US); and Scott T. Mazar, Woodbury, MN (US)
Assigned to MURATA VIOS, INC., Woodbury, MN (US)
Filed by Murata Vios, Inc., Woodbury, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/845,114.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/893,347, filed on Aug. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0059605 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A41D 1/00 (2018.01); A41D 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/0245 (2006.01); A61B 5/256 (2021.01); A61B 5/27 (2021.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01); A61D 1/00 (2006.01); A61D 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6805 (2013.01) [A41D 1/005 (2013.01); A41D 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01); A61B 2562/0209 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment comprising:
a lining with a hole;
a lead held within the hole; and
a wire connecting the lead to a sensor; wherein
the lead is held within the hole such that the lead is able to move in an x-y direction and rotate within the hole when the garment is worn by a user such that the lead is in contact with the user's skin,
the lead includes:
a backing piece;
a back cap attached to a rear of the backing piece;
a snap-on electrode attached to a front of the backing piece that contacts the user's skin; and
a front guard attached to a front of the backing piece behind the snap-on electrode, and
the snap-on electrode includes a transducer that changes pulsating electrical waves from the user's skin into an electrical signal.