DocumentCode :
139953
Title :
Developing pressure sensitive adhesive electrodes: Preliminary results
Author :
Posada-Quintero, Hugo F. ; Reyes, Bersain A. ; Bin Amir, Syed A. ; Vardakas, Peter ; DiSpirito, Hailey ; Burnham, Ken ; Pennace, John ; Chon, Ki H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Worcester Polytech. Inst., Worcester, MA, USA
fYear :
2014
fDate :
26-30 Aug. 2014
Firstpage :
2742
Lastpage :
2744
Abstract :
A mixture of carbon black powder, polar organo salt and a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) has shown to be able to collect skin bio potentials. Such PSA electrodes do not dehydrate even after a prolonged period of storage, which leads to a theoretically infinite shelf life. The PSA electrodes need to be electrically activated through electrophoresis. ECG data were simultaneously collected with PSA and Ag-AgCl electrodes from 5 healthy subjects. ECG morphology was almost identical for both media. Hence, given that PSA electrodes have an infinite shelf-life, potentially with less cost associated with their fabrication, and have ECG signal dynamics nearly identical to those of Ag-AgCl, the new electrodes provide an attractive alternative for ECG measurements.
Keywords :
biomedical electrodes; biomedical measurement; electrocardiography; silver alloys; Ag-AgCl; Ag-AgCl electrodes; ECG data; ECG measurements; ECG morphology; ECG signal dynamics; PSA electrodes; carbon black powder; electrophoresis; infinite shelf life; polar organo salt; pressure sensitive adhesive electrodes; skin biopotentials; Carbon; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Impedance; Silver; Skin; Standards;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
ISSN :
1557-170X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944190
Filename :
6944190
Link To Document :
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