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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2010
Anant V. Hegde, Hayward, CA (US);
Amit Rajguru, Lafayette, CA (US);
Daniel Rogers Burnett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher Hermanson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Anant V. Hegde, Hayward, CA (US);
Amit Rajguru, Lafayette, CA (US);
Daniel Rogers Burnett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher Hermanson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
EMKinetics, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
In certain variations, methods, systems and/or devices for enhancing conductivity of an electrical signal through a subject's skin using one or more microneedle electrodes are provided. A microneedle electrode may be applied to the subject's skin by placing the microneedle electrode in direct contact with the subject's skin. The microneedles of the microneedle electrode may be inserted into the skin such that the microneedles pierce stratum corneum of the skin up to or through dermis of the skin. An electrical signal passes or is conducted through or across the microneedle electrode and the subject's skin, where impedance of the microneedle electrode is minimal and greatly reduced compared to existing technologies.