Patent ID: 6459918
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A brain electrode securing device in which an electrode-wire electrode held by an electrode holder is inserted into the brain through a hole formed in the skull in order to measure such things as changes in electrical potential by means of said electrode at a measuring location inside the brain, comprising:a casing that is adapted to mount on the skull so as to surround said hole; a connector that is secured to said casing; said electrode holder being arranged within said casing so as to slide freely in relation to said casing; a flexible baseboard having one end secured to said electrode holder, said flexible baseboard including a wire, one end of said wire of said flexible baseboard being connected to said connector and another end of said wire of said flexible baseboard being connected to an upper end of said electrode-wire electrode, and a screw rod that is screwed approximately to a center of said electrode holder and supported so as to rotate freely in relation to said casing.