Patent ID: 7481808
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An electrode device adapted for use in medical devices, comprising a sheet of flexible fabric including a plurality of electrodes formed as part of said sheet, said sheet having inner and outer sides and being made from a plurality of yarns including first and second yarns, each of which is electrically non-conductive, and third yarns, each of which is electrically conductive, said first yarns extending in a first direction, said second and third yarns extending in a second direction which is different from said first direction, each of said third yarns including a plurality of segments exposed to said outer side of said sheet, said segments of said third yarns being arranged into groups, said segments of each of said groups being arranged side-by-side so as to form a corresponding one of said electrodes as part of said outer side of said sheet, each of said groups being separated from an adjacent one of said groups in said first direction by a set of said second yarns, and each of said groups being separated from an adjacent one of said groups in said second direction by a set of said first yarns.