CN111812173A

CN111812173A - Intelligent electrode

Info

Publication number: CN111812173A
Application number: CN202010930481.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胥红来; 洪宇祥; 黄肖山; 刘涛; 寇宇畅; 李旭
Original assignee: Neuracle Technology Changzhou Co ltd
Current assignee: Neuracle Technology Changzhou Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-07
Filing date: 2020-09-07
Publication date: 2020-10-23

Abstract

The invention discloses an intelligent electrode. This intelligent electrode includes: a flexible base portion configured in a sheet shape and integrally molded; a plurality of electrode plates, which are wrapped and fixed by the flexible base, wherein the electrode plates are provided with contact areas which are exposed out of the flexible base and are suitable for being in contact with an object to be contacted; the electrode wire is electrically connected with the electrode plate and is wrapped by the flexible base, and one end, close to the electrode plate, of the electrode wire is of a buffer structure. According to the embodiment disclosed by the invention, the flexible base part is adopted, so that the intelligent electrode can ensure that the contact area of the electrode plate can be better kept in a contact state with an object to be contacted after being implanted. Simultaneously, a buffer structure is arranged at the end part of the electrode wire, which is close to the electrode plate, so that the stress state of the welding part of the electrode wire and the electrode plate when the intelligent electrode is deformed by external force can be buffered, and the intelligent electrode is prevented from breaking and losing efficacy in the welding area of the electrode wire and the electrode plate when in use.

Description

Intelligent electrode

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of electrodes, and particularly relates to an intelligent electrode.

Background

Under the condition that the conventional electrode needs to be embedded in an object to be contacted for a long time, the base part of the electrode is easily damaged by external force, so that the electrode is damaged and fails, and the electrode needs to be embedded again.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the limitations of the prior art, the present invention provides an intelligent electrode, which can solve the problem of failure caused by breakage when the electrode is embedded.

Embodiments of the present invention provide smart electrodes including, but not limited to: a flexible base portion configured in a sheet shape and integrally molded; a plurality of electrode plates, which are wrapped and fixed by the flexible base, wherein the electrode plates are provided with contact areas which are exposed out of the flexible base and are suitable for being in contact with an object to be contacted; the electrode wire is electrically connected with the electrode plate and is wrapped by the flexible base, and one end, close to the electrode plate, of the electrode wire is of a buffer structure. The electrode plates comprise at least one electrode plate for stimulation and at least one electrode plate for collection. According to the embodiment of the invention, the stimulation of the object to be contacted can be realized by arranging the electrode plate for stimulation and the electrode plate for collection at the same time, and the effect of collecting the electric signal generated by the object to be contacted can also be realized.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the stimulation electrode pad and the collection electrode pad are arranged at an interval in one direction of the flexible base.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of electrode sheets are arranged in at least one row along one direction of the flexible base, two stimulation electrode sheets are located at both ends of the row, and the collection electrode sheet is located between the two stimulation electrode sheets.

In one embodiment of the present invention, an area of the contact region of the stimulating electrode pad is larger than an area of the contact region of the collecting electrode pad.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a positioning hole through which the electrode wire passes is disposed at a position close to a side edge of the electrode plate.

In one embodiment of the invention, the electrode wire is welded to the side of the electrode sheet opposite to the contact area, and the welding area is in the shape of a straight line segment.

In one embodiment of the invention, the smart electrode further comprises a connection portion extending from one end of the flexible base; the electrode wires extend from the flexible base to the connecting portion and are wrapped by the connecting portion, and the electrode wires are arranged in a spiral shape in the connecting portion.

In one embodiment of the invention, the peripheral side of the flexible base portion is configured as a smooth arc surface.

The embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

1. through adopting flexible base, make intelligent electrode can guarantee that the contact zone of electrode slice can be better and wait that the contact state of contact object keeps after implanting.

2. The tip that is close to the electrode slice at the electrode line sets up buffer structure, can cushion the stress state of electrode line and electrode slice welding department when intelligent electrode receives external force deformation, prevents that intelligent electrode from leading to the welding area fracture inefficacy of electrode line and electrode slice when using.

3. And a plurality of electrode plates are arranged, so that the stimulation intensity of stimulation signals and the signal definition of collected signals are improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a smart electrode configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of electrode sheet-to-electrode wire welding of a smart electrode according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a smart electrode along line A-A of FIG. 1, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a smart electrode along line B-B of FIG. 1, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of an arrangement of electrode lines inside a connection part of a smart electrode according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the smart electrode of the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to fig. 1 to 5, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of them. All other embodiments that can be implemented by a person skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Fig. 1 shows a structure of a smart electrode according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which may include a flexible base 1, an electrode sheet 2, an electrode wire 11, and a connection portion 3, wherein the flexible base 1 is configured in a sheet shape, the electrode sheet 2 is wrapped by the flexible base 1, the electrode sheet 2 is provided with a contact region exposed from the flexible base 1 and adapted to be in contact with an object to be contacted, the electrode wire 11 is electrically connected to the electrode sheet 2 and is collectively wrapped by the flexible base 1 and the connection portion 3, and the connection portion 3 integrally extends from the flexible base 1. In the present embodiment, the flexible base 1 and the connecting portion 3 may be made of a silicone material and manufactured by an integral molding process. In this embodiment, the electrode plate 2 can be set to be a plurality of, and it includes 2 electrode plates 21 for stimulation and 3 electrode plates 22 for collection, and through setting up electrode plates 21 for stimulation and electrode plates 22 for collection simultaneously, the electrode can realize treating the stimulation of contact thing when burying, also can realize the collection to the signal of telecommunication. In alternative embodiments, the number of electrode pads may be 1, for example, 1 collecting electrode or 1 stimulating electrode. In other embodiments, the electrode plates may include more than 3 stimulation electrode plates and/or more than 2 acquisition electrode plates, the numbers of the stimulation electrode plates and the acquisition electrode plates may be the same or different, and the specific number of the electrode plates may be set according to the configuration and application requirements of the electroencephalogram device.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, two stimulation electrode pads 21 and three collection electrode pads 22 are aligned in a line along the longitudinal direction of the flexible base 1, with a certain interval between each electrode pad, the stimulation electrode pads 21 are located at both ends, and the collection electrode pads 22 are located between the two stimulation electrode pads 21. In an alternative embodiment, the stimulation electrode plate and the collection electrode plate may be arranged at intervals, or the collection electrode plate may be arranged at both ends of the stimulation electrode plate.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the electrode plates for stimulation and the electrode plates for collection may be arranged in a manner that the electrode plates for stimulation are arranged in a line, the electrode plates for collection are arranged in a line, two parallel lines are formed, or two intersecting lines are formed, or of course, other possible arrangements may be adopted.

In this embodiment, the area of the contact area of the electrode sheet 21 for stimulation is larger than the area of the contact area of the electrode sheet 22 for collection, and by setting a large area of the contact area, the intensity of the stimulation charge can be improved, and meanwhile, the large contact area can effectively prevent the generation of toxic and harmful substances during the electrical stimulation. The acquisition electrode plate 22 is beneficial to setting more acquisition electrode plates on the same intelligent electrode by setting the area of a smaller contact region, so that the accuracy of signal acquisition is improved.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic structural view of the electrode tab and electrode wire welding of the present embodiment, in which (a) is a schematic view viewed from the back side of the electrode tab, and (b) is a schematic view viewed from the front side of the electrode tab. As shown in the drawing, the electrode tab 2 is configured as a concave disk 23, the bottom of the disk 23 is configured as a flat plane as a contact area with an object to be contacted, and a flange 24 protruding toward one side is provided on the periphery of the disk 23, whereby the electrode tab 2 is configured as a shape resembling a peaked cap as a whole. Set up the locating hole 25 on flange 24, make electrode line 11 pass from locating hole 25, realize the location to electrode line 11, the end of electrode line 11 is welded in the opposite side of contact zone of electrode slice 2, welding region 112 is the straight line section form, guarantee the welding strength between electrode line 11 and the electrode slice 2, prevent that electrode line 11 from leading to intelligent electrode failure from welding region 112 fracture, the one end that is close to electrode slice 2 of electrode line 11 constitutes Z shape structure 111, as buffer structure. Because intelligent electrode adopts flexible base, in the use, flexible base receives external force to take place deformation easily, cause the position between inside electrode slice 2 and the electrode line 11 also to change, consequently can exert an influence to

electrode line

11 and 2 welding points of electrode slice, in this embodiment, constitute Z shape structure 111 through the one end that is close to electrode slice 2 with electrode line 11, when intelligent electrode receives external force to produce deformation, Z shape structure 111 can form the buffering to welding area 112 at deformation in-process, prevent that electrode line 11 from leading to from welding area 112 fracture because of dragging the deformation. In an alternative embodiment, as the buffer structure, one end of the electrode wire close to the electrode sheet 2 may be configured into an S-shaped or spiral structure, or another structure having a buffer function.

In the present embodiment, the external shapes of the stimulating electrode sheet 21 and the collecting electrode sheet 22 are the same as the external shape of the electrode sheet 2 in fig. 2, but the stimulating electrode sheet 21 and the collecting electrode sheet 22 have a certain difference in size, for example, the size of the stimulating electrode sheet is larger than that of the collecting electrode sheet. In an alternative embodiment, the size and shape of the electrode sheet for stimulation and the electrode sheet for collection are set to be the same, and the contact area of the two electrode sheets exposed from the flexible base can be adjusted according to requirements, and the same effect as the present embodiment can also be achieved.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the electrode sheet may be provided in other shapes, such as a square, a regular hexagon, or the like, and further, the flange of the electrode sheet may be provided on the entire peripheral side, improving the strength of fixation between the flexible base and the electrode sheet. In an alternative embodiment, the flanges of the electrode contacts may not be provided with locating holes.

Fig. 3 and 4 show schematic cross-sectional views of the smart electrode of the present invention along line a-a and line B-B of fig. 1, respectively. As shown in the drawing, the flexible base 1 collectively wraps the stimulation electrode sheet 21, the collection electrode sheet 22, and the electrode wire 11, and has a hole for exposing the bottom portions of the stimulation electrode sheet 21 and the collection electrode sheet 22 from the flexible base 1 to form a contact region. The first electrode line 113 is connected to the stimulating electrode pad 21, and the second electrode line 114 is connected to the collecting electrode pad 22. In the embodiment of the invention, the peripheral side of the flexible base part 1 is formed into the smooth cambered surface 12, so that the intelligent electrode can be effectively prevented from damaging the contact object which is in contact with the peripheral side of the intelligent electrode in the implantation or use process, and the flexible base part has the function of protecting the contact object. In other embodiments, a smooth arc may be provided only at one end of the smart electrode away from the connection portion, which can prevent the smart electrode from damaging the tissue when inserted into the tissue.

Fig. 5 shows a schematic diagram of the arrangement of the electrode lines inside the connecting portion of the present embodiment. The connecting portion 3 extends from one end of the flexible base portion 1, can be integrally formed with the flexible base portion 1, the electrode wires extend from the interior of the flexible base portion 1 to the connecting portion 3 and are wrapped by the flexible base portion 1 and the connecting portion 3, and the electrode wires 11 can be arranged in a spiral shape in the connecting portion 3. The electrode line that the heliciform was arranged can take place deformation simultaneously along with connecting portion 3 deformation, guarantees that the electrode line of connecting portion 3 inside can not the rupture at the deformation in-process, improves the life of intelligent electrode.

The foregoing detailed description of the exemplary embodiments of the invention has been presented for the purposes of illustration and description and is not intended to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and these changes and modifications all fall into the scope of the present invention, which is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A smart electrode, comprising:

a flexible base portion configured in a sheet shape and integrally molded;

a plurality of electrode plates, which are wrapped and fixed by the flexible base, wherein the electrode plates are provided with contact areas which are exposed out of the flexible base and are suitable for being in contact with an object to be contacted;

the electrode plates comprise at least one electrode plate for stimulation and at least one electrode plate for collection;

the electrode wire is electrically connected with the electrode plate and is wrapped by the flexible base, and one end, close to the electrode plate, of the electrode wire is of a buffer structure.

2. The smart electrode of claim 1, wherein the stimulation electrode pads and the collection electrode pads are arranged at intervals along one direction of the flexible base.

3. The smart electrode of claim 1, wherein the plurality of electrode pads are arranged in at least one row along one direction of the flexible base, wherein two stimulation electrode pads are located at both ends of the row, and wherein the collection electrode pad is located between the two stimulation electrode pads.

4. The smart electrode of claim 1, wherein an area of a contact area of the stimulating electrode pad is larger than an area of a contact area of the collecting electrode pad.

5. The intelligent electrode according to claim 1, wherein a positioning hole for the electrode wire to pass through is formed in the position, close to the side edge, of the electrode plate.

6. The smart electrode of claim 1 wherein the electrode wire is welded to the electrode sheet on a side opposite the contact area, the weld area being in the form of a linear segment.

7. The smart electrode of claim 1 further comprising a connecting portion extending from one end of the flexible base;

the electrode wires extend from the flexible base to the connecting portion and are wrapped by the connecting portion, and the electrode wires are arranged in a spiral shape in the connecting portion.

8. The smart electrode of claim 1 wherein the peripheral side of the flexible base is configured as a smooth arc.