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Abstract

A medical electrode comprises a sensor element formed of an electrically conductive material and having a substantially flat, electrically conductive surface portion for engagement with the skin of a patient, and an elecrically conductive coating applied to a selected portion of the flat surface portion. The coating is applied such that the area of the flat surface portion other than the coated selected portion is substantially free of the conductive coating. This defines a predetermined pattern on the flat surface portion of the sensor element, consisting of the portion having the conductive coating applied thereto and the portion substantially free of the conductive coating. A backing member has a substantially flat, adhesively coated surface and is affixed to the sensor element such that the adhesively coated surface is exposed about a substantial portion of the periphery of the sensor element. Upon application of the electrode to a patient, the exposed portion of the adhesively coated surface of the backing member will hold the sensor element in contact with the patient's skin, whereby the area of the surface portion of the sensor element that is free of conductive coating will be brought into electrically conductive surface-to-surface contact with the patient's skin, while the coated area of the sensor element surface portion will be in electrical contact with the patient's skin by means of the conductive coating.

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First Claim