Patent ID: 8676311
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An electrode package for use with a defibrillator, the electrode package comprising: an outer shell providing a vapor barrier between an interior space inside the outer shell and an exterior environment; one or more defibrillation electrodes positioned in the interior space inside the outer shell; each of the defibrillation electrodes including a metallic layer in electrical contact with a conductive liquid-containing layer through which electrical current is delivered to a patient when the defibrillation electrodes have been applied to the patient, the conductive liquid-containing layer being subject to drying out as liquid from the water-containing layer vaporizes and travels from the interior space to the external environment; and one or more electrical conductors extending from inside of the outer shell to a package electrical connector outside of the shell, the package electrical connector being configured to be connected to a mating defibrillator electrical connector connected to the defibrillator, and an electronic memory device mechanically connected to the electrode package and positioned outside the outer shell and in electrical contact with some of the electrical conductors extending from the outer shell to the package electrical connector.