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

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36434

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804020

Filename

804020