US 12,446,829 B2
Electrode for application to human skin
Burrhus Lang, Innsbruck (AT)
Assigned to Leonh. Lang, Innsbruck (AT)
Filed by Leonh. Lang, Innsbruck (AT)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/384,152.
Application 16/384,152 is a continuation of application No. PCT/AT2017/060276, filed on Oct. 19, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. A 50971/2016 (AT), filed on Oct. 21, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0254603 A1, Aug. 22, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/259 (2021.01); A61B 5/274 (2021.01); A61B 5/291 (2021.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); H05K 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6833 (2013.01) [A61B 5/259 (2021.01); A61B 5/274 (2021.01); A61B 5/291 (2021.01); A61N 1/0492 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0215 (2017.08); A61B 2562/0217 (2017.08); A61B 2562/125 (2013.01); H05K 7/02 (2013.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrode for application to human skin, comprising:
an electrically non-conductive carrier having a top side and an underside opposite the top side, the underside being configured to face skin of a user;
an electrically conductive connecting element projecting from the top side of the carrier remote from the skin, the connecting element having a connection location for releasably connecting a separate signal conductor; and
a transverse conductor arranged so as to electrically connect the connecting element to a contact medium facing the skin,
wherein the connecting element is formed of a single part which is in connected relationship with the transverse conductor and has the connection location for releasably connecting the separate signal conductor,
wherein the connecting element and the contact medium are arranged at laterally mutually displaced locations on the carrier,
wherein the transverse conductor is flat and is attached to the underside of the carrier,
wherein the connecting element has a holding flange which projects laterally from the connecting element, the holding flange being attached to an underside of the transverse conductor such that the holding flange is spaced apart from the underside of the carrier via the transverse conductor, and such that the connecting element is only connected to the carrier on the underside of the carrier,
wherein a support layer is attached to an underside of the holding flange such that the holding flange is arranged between the support layer and the underside of the transverse conductor relative to a thickness direction, and wherein the support layer extends laterally beyond the holding flange of the connecting element such that laterally outer portions of the support layer are connected to the underside of the carrier, and
wherein the connecting element projects through an opening in the carrier.
 
33. An electrode for application to human skin, comprising:
an electrically non-conductive carrier having a top side and an underside opposite the top side, the underside being configured to face skin of a user;
an electrically conductive connecting element projecting from the top side of the carrier remote from the skin, the connecting element having a connection location for releasably connecting a separate signal conductor; and
a transverse conductor arranged so as to electrically connect the connecting element to a contact medium facing the skin,
wherein the connecting element is formed of a single part which is in connected relationship with the transverse conductor and has the connection location for releasably connecting the separate signal conductor,
wherein the connecting element and the contact medium are arranged at laterally mutually displaced locations on the carrier,
wherein the transverse conductor has flat regions and is attached to the underside of the carrier,
wherein the connecting element has a holding flange which projects laterally from the connecting element, the holding flange being attached to an underside of the transverse conductor such that the holding flange is spaced apart from the underside of the carrier via the transverse conductor,
wherein a support layer is attached to an underside of the holding flange such that the holding flange is arranged between the support layer and the underside of the transverse conductor relative to a thickness direction, and wherein the support layer extends laterally beyond the holding flange of the connecting element such that laterally outer portions of the support layer are connected to the underside of the carrier,
wherein the connecting element projects through an opening in the carrier, and
wherein the carrier, the transverse conductor, the holding flange and the support layer are pressed in the thickness direction so as to form a stepped configuration in which
the transverse conductor forms a step along an upper surface of the holding flange, a laterally outer side surface of the holding flange, and an upper surface of the support layer, and
the carrier forms steps along upper surfaces and laterally outer side surfaces of the transverse conductor, and along the upper surface and a laterally outer side surface of the support layer.