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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
May. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Samuel G Netherly, Afton, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 32 ; 606 35 ; 607142 ; 607149 ; 607152 ;
Abstract
A biomedical electrode is disclosed, having a geometry of a perimeter of hydrophilic adhesive exceeding the perimeter of an area containing electrically conductive plate(s). The geometry unexpectedly causes a reduction in edge effect for dispersive electrodes and cardiac stimulation electrodes due the substantial equilibration of the conductive adhesive with epidermis of a patient the electrode contacts for a period of time sufficient to cause such substantial equilibration.