Title :
Actrode: a new series of mechanically flexible re-usable battery-powered active electrodes units
Author :
Martel, S. ; Jones, L. ; Lafontaine, S. ; Hunter, I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes a new type of micro-powered active electrodes configuration. All electronics including the batteries are mounted on a flexible printed circuit. The single circuit has special shapes to allow differential recording to be performed at various distances between the electrodes. The whole circuit is typically popped onto standard commercial electrodes so that it can be re-used many times
Keywords :
biomedical electrodes; electromyography; power supply circuits; printed circuits; secondary cells; actrode; differential recording; flexible printed circuit; mechanically flexible re-usable battery-powered active electrodes units; micro-powered active electrodes configuration; rechargable lithium cells; single circuit; standard commercial electrodes; Batteries; Bridge circuits; Electrodes; Electromyography; Flexible printed circuits; Gold; Laboratories; Mechanical engineering; Shape; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804020
