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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2009
Applicant:
Peter Selig, Nehren, DE;
Inventor:
Peter Selig, Nehren, DE;
Assignee:
ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBH, Tuebingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2006.01); A61B 18/16 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/053 (2013.01); A61B 18/1233 (2013.01); A61B 18/16 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00797 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2562/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining a temperature and/or a temperature change at a neutral electrode having a contacting agent layer. The method comprises determining at least one impedance value of the contacting agent layer and calculating a temperature change and/or a temperature at the neutral electrode, at least on the basis of the impedance value. The contacting agent layers may be made from hydrogel and the method uses a correlation that exists between the temperature change and the impedance change.