Electrode kit for easy and fast deployment in electroencephalogram acquisition and monitoring applications

摘要

Electrodes for use in electroencephalographic recording, including consciousness and seizure monitoring applications, have novel features that speed, facilitate or enforce proper placement of the electrodes, including any of alignment indicators, tabs and juts, color coding, and an insulating bridge between reference and ground electrodes which ensures a safe application distance between the conductive regions of the two electrodes in the event of cardiac defibrillation. A method of using a set of at least four such electrodes is also disclosed.

主权项

1. A set of electroencephalographic monitoring electrodes comprising:
at least four electrodes, including a first electrode for the patient's right temple, a second electrode for the patient's left temple, a reference electrode, and a ground electrode, each electrode having a front, a back, and bottom, top, left, and right sides, each electrode back having a conductive region surrounded by an insulating region; at least part of the back of each electrode being adhesive or sticky for application to skin; each electrode front being visually distinct from the fronts of the other electrodes; the right temple electrode, left temple electrode, and reference electrode each having on their fronts one or more alignment indicators that visually aid in the proper placement of each of those electrodes by visually indicating electrode placement position and direction.