Patent ID: 6687524
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A medical electrode for use in a high relative humidity neonatal care environment, said electrode assembly comprising:a) a sensor for sensing electrical signals emanating from a patient's body; b) a hydrophilic self adhesive electrically conductive hydrogel member contacting said sensor, said hydrogel member having a surface which contacts a patient's skin and said hydrogel member being operable to transmit electrical signals from the patient's skin to said sensor; and c) an adjunct self adhesive non-electrically conductive securement member adjacent to and connected to said hydrogel member, said securement member having a skin-contacting surface which is coextensive with hydrogel member surface, the adhesive nature of said adjunct member being essentially unaffected by high humidity whereby said adjunct member provides extended securement of the electrode to a patient's skin in the high humidity environment after said hydrogel member has essentially lost its self adhesiveness due to water absorption.