BIOPOTENTIAL REMOVING ELECTRODE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: electrode has bowl-shaped ceramic body. Cavity filled with material based on silver chloride is provided in body. Electrode body has hole in bottom which is used to pass conductor in the form of silver wire. One end of conductor is arranged and secured on cavity bottom. Electrode has auxiliary external plastic casing made as plate with flat flange. It has two cavities separated by partition and communicated with the aid of opening made in the latter. Smaller cavity is filled with plastic, and larger cavity is located on flange side. Larger cavity is made of two parts. One part of smaller diameter contacts partition. Ceramic body of electrode is secured tightly in smaller-diameter part. End of silver conductor of ceramic body passes through partition opening. It is connected to rigid metal lead in smaller cavity. Metal lead is secured in plastic casing. EFFECT: higher reliability in operation and longer service life of electrode. 1 dwg