Wearable Electrode Segmented Backing for Stable Signal Acquisition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable electrodes face instability in measurement due to movement of the electrode unit when the garment moves, complicating the approval, manufacturing, and management of medical instruments.
Innovation Solution
A wearable electrode design featuring a garment with an outer member and a backing member, where the electrode unit is attached to the backing member, and a wiring section with a convex section and concave section for secure electrical connection, and strategically positioned neckline sections to minimize movement, ensuring stable contact with the skin.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the electrode unit is attached to the garment, then the wearable electrode can be worn by users, but the electrode unit moves when the garment moves causing measurement instability
Solution Approach 1:
The garment is divided into two separate members: an outer member and a backing member. The electrode unit is attached to the backing member, which can move independently from the outer member. This segmentation allows the backing member to follow body contours and maintain electrode contact stability while the outer member provides garment structure and mobility.
Solution Approach 2:
The backing member acts as an intermediary between the outer member and the electrode unit. It provides a stable attachment surface for the electrode while being flexible enough to move with body movements, thereby mediating between the conflicting requirements of garment mobility and electrode stability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If various variations of undergarments are created to meet different user requirements, then the wearable electrode can adapt to different users, but the number of pharmacist certification numbers increases and procedures become complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The separable design of the outer member and backing member allows a single backing member with electrode units to be used with multiple different outer members. This universal backing member can accommodate various user requirements (sex, body shape, seasonal adaptations, size development, age) by simply changing the outer garment, thereby reducing the need for multiple certified variations.
Solution Approach 2:
By separating the electrode-containing backing member from the outer garment, the patent creates a modular system where the critical medical instrument portion (backing member with electrodes) remains standardized and certifiable once, while the outer garment can vary to meet different user needs without requiring additional certifications.
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AI summary
A wearable electrode includes: a garment including an outer member and a backing member configured to cover at least a part of an inner surface of the outer member; and an electrode unit configured to come into contact with a living body clothed in the garment to acquire a biological signal emitted by the living body and attached to an opposite side of the backing member from the outer member. The outer member and the backing member are connected to each other in a part other than a part of the backing member, to which the electrode unit is attached.