Enhanced surface and tip for obtaining bioelectrical signals

摘要

The present invention is a device for providing an enhanced bioelectric sensing probe tip to facilitate locating and obtaining a bioelectric resistance value from a patient for therapeutic and/or diagnostic purpose. One embodiment of the present invention is a probe tip that comprises a uniform array of bristles that contacts a surface layer of a patient's skin to enable the bioelectric probe tip to locate and obtain a bioelectric resistance value from the patient. Another embodiment of the invention is to provide a probe tip cover that prevents foreign material from contaminating the probe tip and to assist in attaching the probe tip to a probe.

主权项

1. A device for obtaining an electrical signal from a patient at the patient's skin, said device comprising:
(a) a probe tip having a distal end and a proximal end; (b) the proximal end having a means for releaseably attaching to a probe; (c) the distal end having an array of bristles comprising a sensing surface at a tip, wherein the tip of the bristles have a hexagonal shape; wherein the bristles are configured such that a plurality of the bristles simultaneously contact a dermal surface layer of a patient to enable the sensing surface to locate and obtain a bioelectric resistance value from the patient.