Albert A Hall

US Patent:

39760553, Aug 24, 1976

Filed:

Nov 27, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/527033

Inventors:

Robert Paul Monter - Centerville OH
Albert Moore Hall - Centerville OH
James Vernon Cartmell - Dayton OH

Assignee:

NDM Corporation - Dayton OH

International Classification:

A61B 504

US Classification:

128 206E

Abstract:

An electrode for sensing signals such as electrocardiograph signals used with an electrolyte is formed from an electrically conductive but galvanicallly inactive material having a galvanically active conductive material at the electrolyte interface. Examples are described including a body formed from a plastic or other non-conductive binder rendered conductive by inclusion of finely divided conductive carbon and having one or more metal particles anchored to the surface of the body which contacts the electrolyte.