Patent ID: 6032063
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
An improved leadwire system adapted for connecting a plurality of physiological monitoring electrodes on a living body to a physiological monitoring device and for minimizing the risk of burns under the monitoring electrodes and for reducing image distortion on a scanning device, said leadwire system comprising a plurality of leadwires each including a high resistance conductor helically wound around an electrically insulating fibrous core, a layer of high temperature thermal insulating material surrounding each said conductor and providing a generally uniformly distributed high resistance along the length of each leadwire, said plurality of leadwires having means for reducing gradiant noise on the monitoring device, a jacket of high temperature thermal insulating material surrounding said plurality of leadwires, each said leadwire having one end portion adapted to be connected to a corresponding monitoring electrode, and each said leadwire having an opposite end portion adapted to be connected to an input of the monitoring device.