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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2001
Seppo Nissilä, Oulu, FI;
Polar Electro Oy, Kempele, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to an ECG electrode structure suitable for use in water during swimming, for example, and to a method for measuring an ECG signal from a person who is in water. To measure a difference in potential ( ), the ECG electrode structure comprises a first measurement electrode ( ) arranged to be in contact with an area of the skin ( ) on a user's body such that, when in use, the electrode is electrically insulted ( ) from the water ( ), and a second measurement electrode ( ). When in use, the second measurement electrode ( ) is arranged to be in contact only with the water ( ), the second measurement electrode ( ) thus being in contact through the water with an area of the person's body other than the area under the first measurement electrode ( ).