Patent ID: 6567990
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
A wearable, fingertip, pelvic floor and rectal electromyographic (EMG) examination device for sensing electrical muscle activity levels, that allows for quantitative measurements when connected to an EMG system, which through incorporating the clinicians sense of touch at the active electrode allows device placement on the specific muscle to be read, knowledge of the muscle fiber depth of the activity and whether inadvertent contracting of neighboring muscles has occurred thereby degrading the reading, which is comprised of:a.) An active electrical muscle activity sensing, EMG surface electrode designed to read low ionic activity in the electrical range of various muscle states at a fingertip location with connection means to an EMG system, b.) An indifferent EMG surface electrode designed to read low ionic activity in the electrical range of various muscle states located in close proximity to the active electrode with connection means to an EMG system, c.) An insulated, flexible glove onto which the sensing EMG electrodes are either formed, bonded or held in place with an added finger cover that contains cut outs for electrode surface exposure.