MEDICAL ELECTRODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

摘要

An electrode (10) provides electrical contact with a patient's skin with the electrode including a conductive member (11) for connection to an external electrical apparatus, multi-layers of ge] for providing electrical interface between the patient's skin, and the conductive member. A first layer (17) is provided which includes an electrically conductive gel having a relatively low peel strength for removably contacting the patient's skin, and a second layer (19) is provided which includes an electrically conductive gel having a relatively high peel strength for contacting the conductive member. The first, and second layers are laminated in accordance with the method of the invention. Other layers may be utilized in combination with the first, and second layers. Suc h layers include a scrim layer (21), and a layer including physiologically active ions (25). Further, the electrode through the use of multi-layer gels is suitable for use with garments for the selective positioning of electrodes to a patient's skin.