Patent ID: 6115625
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
An electrode providing electrical contact with a patient's skin comprising:a conductive member including means for connection to an external electrical apparatus; andmeans for electrically interfacing to said patient's skin being electrically and mechanically connected to said conductive member, said interfacing means being a non-liquid film and which comprises an electrically conductive organic polymer plasticized with a polyhydric alcohol with said organic polymer being derived from a monomeric mixture comprising from about 15 to 30 pph acrylic acid, 0.5 to 30 pph N-vinylpyrrolidone and 0.01 to 2 pph of a crosslinking agent and from about 0.5 to 8 pph of a thickening agent comprising N-vinylpyrrolidone/vinylacetate copolymers.