Patent ID: 7774070

Claim:
A medical electrode assembly for being applied to a patient's skin for simultaneously applying electrotherapy and phototherapy to the skin of the patient directly underlying the electrode assembly, comprising: an upper flexible gel layer secured over a lower flexible gel layer with an exposed end of an electrically-conductive lead wire sandwiched therebetween; said upper flexible gel layer forming an uppermost exposed surface of the medical electrode assembly; said electrically-conductive lead wire having an opposite end for electrical connecting to a separate electrical stimulation device; said lower flexible gel layer being electrically conductive and forming a lowermost surface of the medical electrode assembly adapted to directly engage the skin of the patient for electrically coupling the assembly to the skin of the patient and being self-adhesive for adhering the assembly to the skin of the patient; and said upper and lower flexible gel layers being made of the same gel material, being transparent or translucent to, and permitting passage of, at least one of visible light, ultraviolet light, and infrared light, and being continuously transparent or translucent throughout their entire bodies so as not to block, absorb, reflect, or prevent substantially any transmission of light through, any part of the assembly thereby enabling maximum passage of light through the assembly.