MEDICAL ELECTRODE

摘要

An electrode providing electrical contact with a patient's skin includes a conductive member (11) adapted for connection to an external electrical apparatus, a non-liquid film (15) for electrically interfacing to the patient's skin, the non-liquid film being electrically, and mechanically connected to the conductive member. The non-liquid film includes an electrically conductive organic polymer plasticized with a polyhydric alcohol with said organic polymer being derived from a monomeric mixture comprising from about 15 pph to 30 pph acrylic acid, 0.5 pph to 30 pph N-vinyl pyrrolidine and 0.01 pph to 2 pph of a crosslinking agent. The monomeric mixture may further comprise from about 0.5 pph to 8 pph of a thickening agent selected from the group consisting of N-vinyl pyrrolidine/acrylic acid copolymers and N-vinyl pyrrolidine/vinyl acetate.