KR20030065055A - A bioelectrode and apparatus for manufacturing of it - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A biomedical electrode and a manufacturing apparatus thereof are provided to improve the productivity by automatically assembling the biomedical electrode comprised of a plurality of elements. CONSTITUTION: A reinforcement sheet(20) is wound on a reinforcement sheet supplying roller(26). A sticking agent is applied on a first stripping paper(21) and a surface of the reinforcement sheet(20). A first punch unit(80) forms a sticker by forming a predetermined-shaped cutting line on the reinforcement sheet(20). A reinforcement sheet recovery roller(25) rotates to wind the residual reinforcement sheet except for the reinforcement sheet(20) through the first punch unit(80) and the sticker divided from the first stripping paper(21). A base sheet(30) is coated with the sticking agent, finished with a second stripping paper, and wound on a base sheet supplying roller(35). A first stripping recovery roller(27) recovers the first stripping paper(21) by dividing it after sticking the sticker to the base sheet(30). A second punch unit(90) forms a slit hole on the sticker and a central part of the base sheet(30). A second stripping recovery roller(36) divides the second stripping paper from the sticker, the base sheet(30), and the second stripping paper through the second punch unit(90) to recover it. A coupling unit couples a snap and an electronic device to the slit hole. A gel sticking agent supplying unit(120) supplies a conductive polymer gel sticking agent to an upper surface of the electronic device through the coupling unit. A stripping film supplying roller(50) supplies a stripping film to the sticking agent surface of the base sheet(30) provided with the conductive polymer gel sticking agent. A third punch unit forms a cutting line in order to cut the stripping film and the base sheet(30) by a determined shape to form a biological electrode. A finish recovery roller(60) rotates to the residual stripping film and the base sheet through the third punch unit.

Description

A bioelectrode and apparatus for manufacturing thereof

The present invention relates to a biological electrode and a device for manufacturing the same, in particular a biological electrode and an apparatus for producing the biological electrode made of a plurality of components, such as electrode elements and biocompatible conductive polymer gel adhesive It is about.

In the medical field, in order to measure biopotential such as electrocardiogram, electrocardiogram, brain wave, etc., in order to perform appropriate treatment, the body signals are transmitted to external devices to diagnose for proper treatment. In addition, the electrode for a living body as a medium interposed between a living body and an external device plays an important role in these measurement and treatment.

For example, when measuring the biopotential, the bioelectrode needs to be directly connected to a part of the living body in order to induce a weak electric signal efficiently and guide it to an electrocardiogram, etc. The contact of the molten electrode alone does not electrically connect the bioelectrode and the living body, resulting in complex potentials or impedances caused by unstable contact between the bioelectrode and the skin and thus cannot accurately measure an electrical signal.

Thus, the above-mentioned bioelectrode has no irritation to the skin, and at the same time, the bioelectrode adheres to the skin to attach a stable electric signal to the living body through a conductive polymer gel adhesive capable of inducing the living body to an external device.

Biological electrodes 10 employing such conductive polymer gel adhesives are shown in FIGS. It is formed in the form of a foam pad, a woven fabric, a nonwoven fabric, and a tape including a synthetic polymer such as polyethylene and a natural polymer such as cellulose, for example, and a base 3 having an acrylic biocompatible adhesive 3a coated on one surface thereof. Is attached to the other side of the base (3) to prevent moisture evaporation, and the like is provided in the center of the reinforcing material (2) of the polymeric material, the logo is printed, and the mutually attached base (3) and the reinforcing material (2) Snap wire 1 of stainless steel material or nickel coated brass material and electrode element 4 coated with silver / silver chloride on glass fiber reinforced plastic, lead wire connecting ECG and electrode (not shown) The conductive polymer gel adhesive (5) provided to cover the exposed surface of the electrode element (4) to be connected, the polymer gel adhesive (5) and the remaining adhesive portion of the base (3) is attached to protect It consists of a release film (6) of a molecular material.

The current path of the electrocardiogram signal in the case of measuring the electrocardiogram using the bioelectrode 10 as described above includes the power of the cardiac power → the in vivo tissue → the skin → the conductive polymer gel adhesive (5) → the electrode element 4 → the lead wire ( Not shown) → electrocardiogram → skin → in vivo tissue → electromotive force in the heart.

As described above, the bioelectrode includes a snap 1, a reinforcing material 2, an electrode element 4, a conductive polymer gel adhesive 5, a base 3 coated with the adhesive, a release film 6, and the like. By having a structure in which the elements are molded, glued and fixed, the manufacturing process is complicated and the maintenance of the performance of the electrode is determined by the manufacturing apparatus.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a biological electrode and a device for manufacturing the same, which are designed so that the production of the biological electrode can be made automatically.

1 is a perspective view showing a biological electrode applied to the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention,

2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

3 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 1;

4 is a perspective view showing a reinforcing sheet constituting a part of the electrode for a living body,

5 is a perspective view showing a base sheet,

Figure 6a is a perspective view showing an extract of the supply portion of the conductive polymer gel sheet,

6b is a schematic perspective view showing a cutting unit of a polymer gel;

7 is a schematic assembly flow chart of the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention;

8A and 8B are schematic views for explaining the rotation operation relationship of the recovery rollers,

9 is a schematic view showing a reinforcement sheet formed with a circular cutting line;

10 is a schematic diagram for explaining an operation in which the first punch unit and the sticker are attached to the base sheet;

11 is a schematic view showing a residual stiffener sheet with a sticker removed,

12 is a schematic view showing a state in which the sticker and the first release paper is separated from the reinforcing sheet;

13 is a schematic perspective view of a second punch unit;

14A to 14D are schematic views showing an operating state of a coupling unit for coupling a snack and an electrode element to a base sheet;

15A and 15B are schematic views showing an operating state of the take-out unit,

16A and 16B are schematic views for explaining an operating state of drawing out the reinforcing sheet;

17A is a schematic diagram for explaining the supply of a conductive polymer gel adhesive and a state in which the polymer gel adhesive is bonded to the base sheet;

17B is a perspective view illustrating main parts of FIG. 17A;

18a and 18b is an operation view for explaining the moving means for transferring the first and fourth release paper and the base sheet,

19 is a schematic cross-sectional schematic sectional view of FIG. 18;

20 is a schematic perspective view of a coupling unit for coupling a snack and an electrode element.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1 ... snack 2 ... reinforcement (sticker)

3 ... base 4 ... electrode element

5.Conductive polymer gel adhesive 6.Released film

10 Biological electrodes 20 Reinforcement sheet

21 ... 1st release paper 25 ... remaining reinforcement sheet recovery roller

26 Reinforcement sheet feed roller 27 First release paper recovery roller

30.Base sheet 31 ... 2nd release paper

35.Base sheet feed roller 36 ... Second release paper recovery roller

40 ... Conductive polymer gel adhesive sheet 42 ... Third release paper

43 ... 4 release paper 45 ... 3 release paper recovery roller

46 4th Release Paper Collection Roller 47 ... Gel Adhesive Sheet Feed Roller

50 Release Film Feed Roller 51 Release Film Sheet

60 Finishing Roller 70 Drawing Unit

80 ... 1st Punch Unit 90 ... 2nd Punch Unit

100 main frame 110 ... combined unit

120 ... gel adhesive supply unit 130 ... third punch unit

140 ... ejection unit 150 ... cutting unit

160 ... belt conveyor 180 ... main block

190.Moving frame 200 ... Interlocking axis

The present invention for achieving the object of the electrode manufacturing apparatus for a living body reinforcement sheet supply roller and the first release paper and the reinforcement sheet coated with an adhesive on one side, and

A first punching unit for forming a sticker on the reinforcing sheet supplied from the reinforcing sheet feeding roller to form a cut line in a predetermined shape, and to form a sticker detachably;

A reinforcement sheet recovery roller which is rotated to wind the remaining reinforcement sheet except for the sticker separated by the cutting line from the reinforcement sheet and the first release paper via the first punch unit;

A base sheet supply roller on which a pressure-sensitive adhesive is coated on one surface and finished with a second release paper, and a base sheet on which the separated sticker is attached at a predetermined interval is wound;

A first release paper recovery roller which separates and recovers the first release paper after attaching the sticker to the base sheet;

A second punch unit for forming a slit hole in the center of the sticker and the base sheet;

A second release paper recovery roller rotated to separate and recover the second release paper from the sticker, the base sheet and the second release paper via the second punch unit;

A coupling unit for coupling a snap and electrode element to a slit hole formed at the center of the base sheet and the sticker;

A gel adhesive supply unit for supplying a conductive polymer gel adhesive to an upper surface of the electrode element via the bonding unit;

A release film supply roller for supplying a release film to the adhesive surface of the base sheet to which the conductive polymer gel adhesive is supplied;

A third punch unit for forming a bioelectrode by forming a cutting line such that the release film and the base sheet are cut into a predetermined shape so that the sticker, the snap and the electrode element are placed at the center;

A finishing recovery roller which is rotated to recover the remaining release film and the base sheet from which the biological electrode is separated through the third punch unit;

It characterized in that it comprises a roller driving means for rotating the respective rollers.

The coupling unit includes a first vibration hopper having a first guide for receiving the snap and vibrating and guiding the snap to the lower side facing the sticker;

A second vibration hopper having the second guide for receiving and supplying the electrode element and guiding the electrode element to an upper side of the base sheet corresponding to the snap;

A base sheet with the sticker passed through the center, a sliding movable guide plate through which the electrode element is supplied is provided, and a top plate having a through hole through which the electrode element is passed, and a snap is supplied from the first guide. A lifting block having a lower plate on which a seating groove is formed;

An elevating cylinder for elevating the lower plate of the elevating block to the bottom of the base sheet;

And a liftable pneumatic cylinder for absorbing the electrode element supplied to the movement guide plate and coupling a portion of the electrode element to the snap through the base sheet and the sticker.

The gel adhesive supply unit may be a gel adhesive sheet supply roller having a polymer gel adhesive sheet having a third quarterly release paper attached to both sides of the polymer gel adhesive;

A third / 4 release paper recovery roller for separating and recovering the third quarterly release paper from the polymer gel adhesive sheet;

A cutting unit is provided to cut the polymer gel adhesive from which the third quarterly release paper is separated to a predetermined size.

The release film is supplied to the lower portion of the cutting unit and the polymer gel adhesive cut to the predetermined size is attached to the release film, and has a structure such that the release film attached to the polymer gel adhesive is attached to the transferred base sheet. .

Moving means for moving the first release paper, the fourth release paper and the base sheet to which the polymer gel pressure-sensitive adhesive is attached at the same time is further provided.

The moving means is the first release paper, the fourth release paper and the base sheet to which the polymer gel adhesive is attached are moved in the same direction parallel to each other in one moving section,

The polymer gel adhesive is attached to the base sheet is moved in parallel to the lower side than the fourth release paper,

A pair of moving shafts provided in parallel with the moving direction of the base sheets to which the first and fourth release papers and the polymer gel adhesive are attached;

A pair of fixed plates for slidably supporting the movable shaft;

A main moving block fixed to the moving shaft and provided with a first cylinder for holding and releasing the base sheet at a lower end thereof;

A main cylinder reciprocating in the axial direction together with the moving shaft by interlocking the main moving block;

A second moving cylinder which moves in association with the main moving block and holds and / or releases the fourth release paper;

A linkage plate positioned on the first release paper and fixed to the moving shaft;

A moving frame elastically biased on the fixed plate of the one side and slidably coupled to the moving shaft and interlocked with the linkage plate;

And a third moving cylinder fixed to the moving frame to hold and / or release the first release paper.

The second moving cylinder and the third moving cylinder are respectively moved in conjunction with the main moving block and the interlocking plate and then returned by the spring members supported by the pair of fixed plates.

The first, second release paper and the polymer gel adhesive are respectively returned when the first, second, and third movable cylinders return by holding the first, fourth release paper and the base sheet to which the polymer gel adhesive is attached. First, second, third fixed cylinder for holding the attached base sheet is further provided.

The second release paper is cut so that a portion of the second release paper remains at the edge of the base sheet before the second release paper is recovered from the sticker-attached base sheet passing through the second punch unit. The cutter is further provided.

The roller driving means includes a frame in which the rollers are rotatably supported at predetermined intervals, an interlocking lever having one end connected to a rotating shaft of each roller, and rotatable together in one direction, and one direction for rotating the interlocking lever and each roller in one direction. A clutch, an interlocking shaft reciprocally provided in the longitudinal direction of the frame, an interlocking cylinder reciprocating to the interlocking shaft, and an interlocking wire having one end connected to the other end of the interlocking lever and the other end connected to the interlocking shaft. And, provided with the interlocking wire, the interlocking shaft has a structure such that each roller is rotated in one direction as the interlocking lever is rotated as the reciprocating movement.

And a first drawing cylinder for holding or releasing the reinforcing sheet drawn out from the reinforcing sheet feeding roller, and a second drawing cylinder for lifting and lowering the first drawing cylinder holding the reinforcing sheet.

A take-out unit is further provided to cut and extract the bio-type electrode along the cut line from the base sheet on which the cut line is formed via the third punch unit.

The ejection unit includes a support block provided on the base sheet, a ejection cylinder supported by the support block, a movable block lifted in conjunction with the ejection cylinder, and slidably coupled to the movable block by a spring. A plurality of pressure levers pressurized and pressurized by the cutting line edge of the base sheet, a takeout lever fixed to the lower end of the moving block and pressurized by extracting the biological electrode formed by the cutting line, and below the base sheet. It is provided with a structure provided with a support plate is formed through holes through which the biological electrode cut along the cutting line passes.

Biological electrode manufactured using the present invention for producing a biological electrode manufacturing apparatus,

A base formed of a foam pad, a woven fabric, a nonwoven fabric, and a tape including a synthetic polymer such as polyethylene and a natural polymer such as cellulose, and coated on one surface with an acrylic biocompatible adhesive; and

It is attached to the other surface of the base to prevent moisture evaporation, and the like reinforcement of the polymer material is printed logo; and

A snap of stainless steel material or nickel coated brass material provided at the center of the mutually attached base and the reinforcement material; and

An electrode element coated with silver / silver chloride on glass fiber reinforced plastic; and

A conductive polymer gel adhesive provided to cover an exposed surface of the electrode element to which a lead wire connecting the ECG and the electrode is connected; and

And a release film of a polymer material attached to protect the polymer gel adhesive and the remaining adhesive portion of the base.

According to the above feature of the present invention, the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention enables the automatic manufacture of the electrode for living body consisting of a plurality of components, respectively, along the automatic line.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The bioelectrode applied to the bioelectrode manufacturing apparatus of the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 to 3, it is a foam pad, a woven fabric, a nonwoven fabric, including a synthetic polymer such as polyethylene and a natural polymer such as cellulose, for example Reinforcement of the polymer material formed in the form, the base 3 coated with the acrylic biocompatible adhesive 3a on one surface, and attached to the other surface of the base 3 to prevent moisture evaporation and to print a logo or the like. 2) and a snap (1) of stainless steel material or nickel plated brass material provided in the center of the mutually attached base (3) and the reinforcement (2) and the injection of ABS plastic reinforced with glass fiber Electrode provided to cover the exposed surface of the electrode element 4 to which the silver / silver chloride is coated on the molded material, and a lead wire (not shown) connecting the electrocardiograph and the electrode is connected. Release materials such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, cellulose, and the like, which are attached to protect the polymer gel adhesive 5, the polymer gel adhesive 5, and the rest of the adhesive portion of the base 3 (6) ) From the above, the polymer material used when producing the electrode using the apparatus of the present invention is not limited to the above.

On the other hand, such an electrode for a living body has a form with an ergonomic design, for example, round, square, rectangular, oval, etc., in particular, the release film 6 to facilitate removal of the release film 6 when attached to the body. The cutout part 6a is formed in the base part, and the base 3 is provided with the half moon-shaped residual release paper 3b cut out from the 2nd release paper mentioned later in order to prevent sticking of the adhesive 3a when holding by hand. have. The shape of the electrode shown in FIG. 10 of the present invention is circular, and the shape of the electrode that can be manufactured from the manufacturing apparatus is not limited to the circular shape.

As described above, the bioelectrode 10 applied to the bioelectrode manufacturing apparatus of the present invention includes a snap (1), a reinforcing material (2), a base (3), an electrode element (4), a conductive polymer gel adhesive (5), and a release film. It consists of (6). These components are automatically assembled and fed into the device sequentially to produce electrodes.

First, the snap 1 and the electrode element 4 to which a lead wire (not shown) is connected are formed in a male and female shape so as to be mutually coupled like a "dump button".

The reinforcing material (2) is cut in a circle from the reinforcing material sheet 20 as shown in Figure 4, the reinforcing material sheet 20 is a reinforcing material base material coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive (22a) on one side and the logo printed on the other surface ( 22) and the first release paper 21 detachably attached to the pressure-sensitive adhesive 22a, and are wound in a rolled manner and provided in a roll form.

The base 3 is cut in a circular shape from the base sheet 30 as shown in FIG. 5, and the base sheet 30 has a base base material 32 and an adhesive 32a coated with an adhesive 32a on one surface thereof. It consists of a second release paper 31 detachably attached to and rolled up to be provided in a roll form.

As shown in FIG. 6, the conductive polymer gel adhesive 5 has a third release paper 42 and a fourth release paper 43 detachably attached to both sides of the polymer gel adhesive sheet 41. It is formed by cutting in the cutting unit to be described later from the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 40. In an embodiment of the present invention, the conductive polymer gel adhesive sheet 40 shown as a device for assembling two bio-type electrodes 10 at the same time is divided in a cutter (not shown), and divided into two parts. Is to be supplied.

The release film 6 is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film coated with silicon is installed in the device in a roll form of a transparent material.

Referring to FIGS. 7 and 8, which schematically illustrate the assembly apparatus of the present invention, in which such components are installed, horizontal frames 101 and vertical frames 102 and 103 are provided on the main frame 100, and the main frame 100 is provided. At the lower side of the), the reinforcing sheet feed roller 26 and the remaining reinforcing sheet sheet recovery roller 25 is provided. The reinforcement sheet 2 and the first release paper 21 are separated from the remaining reinforcement sheet recovery roller 25 and only the reinforcement sheet 23 is recovered.

The horizontal frame 101 is rotatably provided with a supply roller and a recovery roller to be described later.

The manufacturing apparatus has a predetermined shape as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 in the drawing unit 70 for holding and pulling the reinforcing sheet 20 from the reinforcing sheet feeding roller 26 and the reinforcing sheet 20 to be drawn out. A first punch unit 80 to form a cut line 20a of the sheet to form a sticker 2 (reinforcement material), a reinforcing sheet 20 and a first release paper via the first punch unit 80; 9 to 12 and the residual reinforcement sheet recovery roller 25 rotated to wind the remaining reinforcement sheet 23 except for the sticker 2 separated by the cutting line 20a as shown in FIGS. The base sheet supply roller 35 rotatably installed on the horizontal frame 101 and the base sheet 30 installed on the horizontal frame 101 and supplied from the base sheet supply roller 35 After the sticker 2 is attached, the first release paper 21 is separated and recovered. The first release paper recovery roller 27, and the second punch unit 90 to form a slit hole 37 in the center of the sticker 2 and the base sheet 30 as shown in Figs. And a second release paper 31 separated from the sticker 2, the base base material 32, and the second release paper 31, installed on the horizontal frame 101 and passing through the second punch unit 90. A second release paper recovery roller 36 rotated so as to, and a coupling unit for coupling the snap (1) and the electrode element (4) to the slit hole (37) formed in the center of the base material 32 and the sticker ( 110, a gel adhesive supply unit 120 for supplying a conductive polymer gel adhesive 5 to the upper surface of the electrode element 4 via the coupling unit 110, and is installed on the horizontal frame 101 and the conductive Release film supply roller 50 for supplying a release film sheet 51 to the pressure-sensitive adhesive (32a) surface of the base sheet 30 supplied with the polymer gel adhesive (5), The biological electrode 10 is formed by forming a cutting line so that the release film sheet 51 and the base sheet 30 are cut into a predetermined shape so that the ticker 2, the snap 1, and the electrode element 4 are centered. A finishing recovery roller 60 which is rotated to recover the residual release film and the base sheet from which the biological electrode 10 is separated through the third punch unit 130 and the third punch unit 130 to be formed; 7 and 15, the extraction unit for cutting out the bio-type electrode 10 along the cutting line from the base sheet 30 having the cutting line formed through the third punch unit 130. 140, and roller driving means for rotating the rollers.

7, 16A and 16B, the take-out unit 70 and the first take-out cylinder 71 for holding or releasing the reinforcement sheet 20 withdrawn from the reinforcement sheet supply roller 26, A second drawing cylinder 72 for elevating the first drawing cylinder 71 holding the reinforcing sheet 20 is provided.

As illustrated in FIGS. 7 and 10, the first punch unit 80 includes a first punch cylinder 81 and a support block 83 provided to face the upper and lower portions of the reinforcing sheet 20. The first punch cylinder 81 is provided with a circular cutter block 82 to form a circular cutting line 20a on the reinforcing sheet 20 during the lifting operation.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 13, the second punch unit 90 includes a second punch cylinder 93 having cross blades 91 and 92 at the tip and a second punch cylinder 93. By the operation of the cross-shaped slit hole 37 is formed in the base sheet 30 and the sticker (2).

14, 17 and 20, the coupling unit 110 receives the snap (1) and vibrating to supply the first guide for guiding the snap (1) to the lower side facing the sticker (2) A first vibration hopper (111a) having a (111a), and the electrode element 4 is received and supplied with vibration and guides the electrode element 4 to the upper side of the base sheet 30 corresponding to the snap (1) And a second vibration hopper 112 having a second guide 112a.

And between the vibration hopper (111, 112) is provided with a support block 113, which is supported by a pneumatic cylinder 114 for adsorbing the electrode element 4, and the lifting cylinder 118 is provided below the support block 113 The lifting block 115 which is lifted along the guide rods 116 and 117 is provided.

The elevating block 115 has an upper plate 115a and a lower plate 115b formed therebetween so that the base sheet 30 to which the sticker 2 is attached is passed. On the upper surface of the upper plate 115a, a first movable guide plate 119 slidably provided with the electrode element 4 is provided, and a through hole 115c through which the electrode element 4 passes is formed. In addition, the pusher 126 is provided on the upper plate 115a to push the electrode element 4 supplied from the second guide 112a toward the first guide plate 119. These pushers 126 and the first guide plate 119 are reciprocated by cylinders 128 and 127.

The lower plate 115b has a seating groove 115d through which the snap 1 is supplied from the first guide 111a. Although not shown in the lower plate 115b, a pusher for supplying the snack 1 supplied from the first guide 111a to the seating groove 115d is provided in the same manner as in the upper plate 115a.

The lower plate 115b of the elevating block 115 is elevated to the bottom surface of the base sheet 30, and the electrode element 4 supplied to the first guide plate 119 is lowered while being adsorbed to the pneumatic cylinder 114. A portion of the electrode element 4 is coupled to the snap 1 through the base sheet 30 and the sticker 2.

6, 7, and 17, the gel adhesive supply unit 120, the polymer gel adhesive sheet attached to the third and fourth release paper 42, 43 on both sides of the conductive polymer gel adhesive (5), respectively A gel adhesive sheet feed roller 47 wound around 40 and a third / 4 release paper recovery roller for separating and recovering the third and fourth release papers 42 and 43 from the polymer gel sheet 40, respectively. 45 and 46, and a cutting unit 150 for cutting the conductive polymer gel adhesive 5 from which the third and fourth release papers 45 and 46 are separated to a predetermined size.

The cutting unit 150 is fixed to the fixed block 151, the cylinder 152 is fixed and supported, the cylinder 152 is to lift the moving block 153 is provided with a cutting blade 154. Therefore, the polymer gel adhesive sheet supplied through the guide block 155 is cut to a predetermined size by the cutting blade 154 that is elevated. At this time, the fourth release paper 43 supplied with the polymer gel adhesive sheet is inverted in the guide block 155 and separated from the polymer gel adhesive sheet.

The release film sheet 51 is supplied to the lower portion of the cutting unit 150 and attached to the release film sheet 51 to which the polymer gel adhesive sheet 5 cut into a predetermined size is supplied and transported to the base sheet 30. The release film sheet 51 to which the polymer gel adhesive sheet 5 is attached is attached.

The third punch unit 130 is a structure similar to the first punch unit 80, a circular cutting blade 132 is provided on the upper end of the punch cylinder 131 as shown in Figure 7 release film sheet A cutting line is formed so that the 51 and the base sheet 30 can be cut in a circular shape.

As shown in FIG. 15, the ejection unit 140 includes a support block 141 provided on the base sheet 30, a ejection cylinder 142 supported by the support block 141, and the A moving block 143 which is lifted in conjunction with the take-out cylinder 142 and slidably coupled to the moving block 143 and supported by a spring 145 to press the edge of the cutting line of the base sheet 30. A plurality of pressure levers 144 and a takeout lever 147 fixed to a lower end of the movable block 143 to press and eject the living electrode 10 formed by the cutting line, and the base sheet 30. The support plate 146 is provided at a lower portion of the through-hole 146a through which the biological electrode 10 cut along the cutting line passes. In addition, a belt conveyor 160 for moving the biological electrode 10 to be taken out is provided under the take-out unit 140.

On the other hand, the first release paper 21, the fourth release paper 43 and the moving means for moving the base sheet 30 to which the polymer gel adhesive 5 is attached at the same time a predetermined stroke is provided. As shown in Fig. 7, the moving means is a part for recovering the first release paper 21, a part for recovering the fourth release paper 43, and a snap 1 and an electrode element 4 are combined to form a polymer gel. The base sheet 30 to which the pressure-sensitive adhesive 5 is attached is provided at a portion to be transferred.

7, 18 and 19, the moving means is a base sheet 30 to which the first release paper 21, the fourth release paper 43, and the polymer gel adhesive 5 are attached in a moving section. Move in the same direction parallel to each other.

The base sheet 30 to which the polymer gel adhesive 5 is attached is moved in parallel below the fourth release paper 43.

The moving means is supported by a pair of fixed plates 173 and 174 fixed to the main frame 100 and slidably supported by the fixed plates 173 and 174, and the first and fourth release papers 21 and 43. And a pair of moving shafts 171 and 172 provided in parallel with the moving direction of the base sheet 30 to which the polymer gel 5 is attached, and fixed to the moving shafts 171 and 172, and The main moving block 180 is provided with a first moving cylinder 181 for holding and releasing the base sheet 30, and the main moving block 180 is interlocked with the moving shafts 171 and 172 to form the main moving block 180. The main cylinder 195 for reciprocating in the direction, the second movable cylinder 182 for moving and interlocking with the main moving block 180 to hold and / or release the fourth release paper 43, and the first release paper ( 21) the spring member 175 is elastically biased on the interlocking plate 193 and the fixing plate 174 on one side and fixed to the moving shafts 171 and 172, which are located on the upper side, and the moving shaft. (171) 172 is slidably coupled to the moving frame 190 and interlocked to the interlocking plate (193), and fixed to the moving frame 190, the first release paper 21 for holding and / or release the first release paper (21) Three moving cylinder 192 is provided.

The second moving cylinder 182 and the third moving cylinder 191 are moved in conjunction with the main moving block 180 and the interlocking plate 193, respectively, and then on the pair of fixed plates 173 and 174, respectively. It is to be returned by the spring member 176, 175, which is supported.

In addition, the first, second, third movable cylinders 181, 182, 191, the base sheet 30 to which the first, fourth release paper 21, 43, and the polymer gel adhesive 5 are attached, respectively. First, second, and third fixed cylinders for holding the base sheet 30 to which the first and fourth release papers 21 and 43 and the polymer gel adhesive 5 are attached, respectively. 183, 184, and 192 are provided.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 13, the second release paper 31 is attached to the second release paper collecting roller 36 from the base sheet 30 to which the sticker 2 passing through the second punch unit 90 is attached. The cutter 38 and 39 are provided to cut the second release paper 31 so that a portion of the second release paper remains at the edge of the base sheet 30 before the) is recovered. This is a cutting operation for leaving the residual release paper 3b attached to the rear surface of the base 3, as shown in FIG.

8A and 8B, the roller driving means is supported on the horizontal frame 101 such that the rollers 27, 36, 45, 46 are rotatably supported at regular intervals, and each roller 27 ( 36, 45 and 46, one end is connected to the interlocking lever (201-204) and rotatable together in one direction, the interlocking lever (201-204) and each of the rollers (27, 36, 45) ( One-way clutch (not shown) for rotating 46 in one direction, an interlocking shaft 200 provided to be reciprocally movable in the longitudinal direction of the horizontal frame 101, and an interlocking cylinder for reciprocating the interlocking shaft 200 ( 210 and an interlocking wire 205-208 having one end connected to the other end of the interlocking lever 201-204 and the other end connected to the interlocking shaft 200, wherein the interlocking shaft 200 reciprocates. As described above, each of the interlocking levers 201-204 is rotated, so that the rollers 27, 36, 45, 46 are rotated in one direction. At this time, the interlocking wires 205-208 are stably guided by the guide rollers 211-214.

The biological electrode manufacturing apparatus of the present invention having the configuration as described above operates as follows.

7, 10, and 16, the reinforcement sheet 20 is supplied from the reinforcement sheet supply roller 26 while drawing out a predetermined stroke by the drawing unit 70. In this case, as shown in FIG. 16A, after the first drawing cylinder 71 grips the reinforcing sheet 20, the second drawing cylinder 72 raises the first drawing cylinder 71 so that the reinforcing sheet 20 is withdrawn. To be supplied. As shown in FIG. 9, the reinforcement sheet 20 drawn out and supplied is formed by the punch cylinder 81 of the first punching unit 80 to form a circular cutting line 20a.

As for the reinforcement sheet 20 in which the cutting line 20a was formed, the residual reinforcement sheet 23 (refer FIG. 11) is wound by the collection roller 25 via the 1st guide plate 15, and is cut by the cutting line 20a. The first release paper 21 on which the sticker 2 is formed is wound to the first release paper collecting roller 27 via the second guide plate 16. At this time, the sticker 2 is attached to the base sheet 30 from the first release paper 21 via the second guide plate 16.

As shown in FIG. 13, the base sheet 30 having the sticker 2 attached thereto has a slit hole 37 formed at the center thereof via the second punch unit 90, and then a cutting machine 38. The edges of the second release paper 31 are cut by the 39. The cut second release paper 31 is wound around the second release paper collecting roller 36.

As shown in FIG. 13, the base sheet 30 on which the second release paper 31 has been cut is continuously moved so that the snap 1 and the electrode element 4 are coupled to each other via the coupling unit 110. .

14 and 20, in the coupling unit 110, the snack 1 and the electrode element 4 are respectively formed from the first vibration hopper 111 and the second vibration hopper 112 by the base sheet 30. It is supplied to the top and bottom of. The snack 1 and the electrode element 4 to be supplied are moved to the first guide plate 119 and the seating groove 115d by the pusher 126 as shown in FIG. 14A. Then, the first guide plate 119 is retracted by the cylinder 127, the lifting block 115 is raised by the operation of the lifting cylinder 118, as shown in Figure 14b, by the suction of the pneumatic cylinder 114 The electrode element 4 is adsorbed. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 14C, the lower plate 115b is brought into close contact with the bottom surface of the base sheet 30 by rising of the lifting block 115, and at the same time, the electrode element 4 and the snack 1 are lowered by the pneumatic cylinder 114. ) Is combined as shown in FIG. 14D.

On the other hand, the gel adhesive supply unit 120 is operated so that the polymer gel adhesive (5) is supplied to the base sheet 30 to which the snap 1 and the electrode element 4 are coupled via the coupling unit 110. . 6, 7 and 17, the polymer gel adhesive sheet 40 supplied from the gel adhesive sheet feed roller 47 is the third, fourth while passing through the guide roller 156 and the guide block 155 The release papers 42 and 43 are separated and wound around the recovery rollers 45 and 46, respectively. At this time, the polymer gel adhesive sheet 40 drawn out from the gel adhesive sheet feed roller 47 is separated in two by a blade (not shown).

Meanwhile, the release film sheet 51 is supplied from the release film supply roller 50 to the lower side of the guide block 155, and the polymer gel adhesive 5 is attached to the upper surface thereof. That is, the polymer gel pressure sensitive adhesive sheet 40 is cut to a predetermined size by the lifting and lowering operation of the cutting blade 154 of the cutting unit 150, and the polymer gel pressure sensitive adhesive 5 is cut on the supplied release film sheet 51. Attached.

As such, the release film sheet 51 having the polymer gel adhesive 51 attached at a predetermined interval is attached to the base sheet 30 supplied through the coupling unit 110 as shown in FIGS. 17A and 17B. Are moved together.

As described above, the base sheet 30 having the polymer gel adhesive 5 and the release film sheet 51 attached to each other may be connected to the bio-type electrode 10 while passing through the third punch unit 130 as shown in FIG. 7. A cutting line is formed to separate it. This cutting line is formed in a circular shape by the cutting blade 132 by the lifting operation of the punch cylinder 131.

Referring to FIGS. 7 and 15, the base sheet 30 having the circular cutting line formed therein is finally produced by separating the bio-type electrode 10 from the extraction unit 140. When the movable block 143 is lowered by the operation of the ejection cylinder 142, the base sheet 30 via the ejection unit 140 is elastically cut along the edge of the cutting line formed on the basesheet 30 by the pressure levers 144. When the moving block 143 is further lowered, the tip of the extraction lever 147 presses the base sheet 30 to enter the through hole 146a, thereby cutting the bio-type electrode 10 into the cutting line. It is then cut and produced.

As described above, the movement of each of the first, second, third, and fourth release papers is moved by a predetermined stroke by the moving means.

The bio-type electrode 10 cut in this manner is dropped on the belt conveyor 160 to perform defect inspection and packaging by an operator.

Meanwhile, referring to FIGS. 8A and 8B, each of the recovery rollers 27, 36, 45, 46 is rotated while the interlocking levers 201-204 are rotated as the interlocking shaft 200 reciprocates. By rotating in one direction, the first, second, third and fourth release papers are recovered. At this time, the interlocking wires 205-208 are stably guided by the guide rollers 211-214. The structure of the one-way clutch (not shown) for rotating the interlocking levers 201-204 and the rollers 27, 36, 45, 46 in one direction is the same as that of a conventional structure.

The base sheet supply roller 35 and the finish recovery roller 60 are rotationally driven by the power of the motors 221 and 222.

The present invention as described above is not limited to the above embodiments, for example, can be practiced by adding a number of modifications such as the type and shape of the polymer material, the shape of the bioelectrode.

The apparatus for producing a living body electrode and the electrode of the present invention as described above are advantageous for improving productivity and manufacturing an ergonomic bioelectrode by automatically manufacturing a living body electrode having a plurality of configurations.

Claims (13)

A reinforcement sheet supply roller in which a reinforcement sheet coated with an adhesive material on a first release paper and one surface thereof is wound; A first punching unit for forming a sticker on the reinforcing sheet supplied from the reinforcing sheet feeding roller to form a cut line in a predetermined shape; A reinforcement sheet recovery roller which is rotated to wind the remaining reinforcement sheet except for the sticker separated by the cutting line from the reinforcement sheet and the first release paper via the first punch unit; A base sheet supply roller on which a pressure-sensitive adhesive is coated on one surface and finished with a second release paper, and a base sheet on which the separated sticker is attached at a predetermined interval is wound; A first release paper recovery roller which separates and recovers the first release paper after attaching the sticker to the base sheet; A second punch unit for forming a slit hole in the center of the sticker and the base sheet; A second release paper recovery roller rotated to separate and recover the second release paper from the sticker, the base sheet and the second release paper via the second punch unit; A coupling unit for coupling a snap and electrode element to a slit hole formed at the center of the base sheet and the sticker; A gel adhesive supply unit for supplying a conductive polymer gel adhesive to an upper surface of the electrode element via the bonding unit; A release film supply roller for supplying a release film to the adhesive surface of the base sheet to which the conductive polymer gel adhesive is supplied; A third punch unit for forming a bioelectrode by forming a cutting line such that the release film and the base sheet are cut into a predetermined shape so that the sticker, the snap and the electrode element are placed at the center; A finishing recovery roller which is rotated to recover the remaining release film and the base sheet from which the biological electrode is separated through the third punch unit; Biological electrode production apparatus characterized in that it comprises a roller driving means for rotating the respective rollers. According to claim 1, The coupling unit is a first vibration hopper having a first guide for receiving and supplying the snap vibration and guides the snap toward the lower side facing the sticker, A second vibration hopper having the second guide for receiving and supplying the electrode element and guiding the electrode element to an upper side of the base sheet corresponding to the snap; A base sheet with the sticker passed through the center, a sliding movable guide plate through which the electrode element is supplied is provided, and a top plate having a through hole through which the electrode element is passed, and a snap is supplied from the first guide. A lifting block having a lower plate on which a seating groove is formed; An elevating cylinder for elevating the lower plate of the elevating block to the bottom of the base sheet; And a liftable pneumatic cylinder which sucks the electrode element supplied to the movement guide plate and couples a portion of the electrode element to the snap through the base sheet and the sticker. The gel adhesive sheet supply roller of claim 1, wherein the gel adhesive supply unit comprises: a gel adhesive sheet supply roller having a polymer gel adhesive sheet having a third quarterly release paper attached to both sides of the polymer gel adhesive; A third / 4 release paper recovery roller for separating and recovering the third quarterly release paper from the polymer gel adhesive sheet; A cutting unit is provided to cut the polymer gel adhesive from which the third quarterly release paper is separated to a predetermined size. The release film is supplied to the lower portion of the cutting unit and the polymer gel adhesive cut to the predetermined size is attached to the release film, characterized in that the release film is attached to the polymer gel adhesive is attached to the transported base sheet. Biological electrode manufacturing apparatus. According to claim 3, The first release paper, the fourth release paper and the biological electrode manufacturing apparatus characterized in that the movement means for moving the base sheet to which the polymer gel pressure-sensitive adhesive is attached a predetermined stroke at the same time. According to claim 4, The moving means is the first release paper, the fourth release paper and the base sheet to which the polymer gel is attached are moved in the same direction in parallel to each other in one moving section, The polymer gel adhesive is attached to the base sheet is moved in parallel to the lower side than the fourth release paper, A pair of moving shafts provided in parallel with the moving direction of the base sheets to which the first and fourth release papers and the polymer gel adhesive are attached; A pair of fixed plates for slidably supporting the movable shaft; A main moving block fixed to the moving shaft and provided with a first cylinder for holding and releasing the base sheet at a lower end thereof; A main cylinder reciprocating in the axial direction together with the moving shaft by interlocking the main moving block; A second moving cylinder which moves in association with the main moving block and holds and / or releases the fourth release paper; A linkage plate positioned on the first release paper and fixed to the moving shaft; A moving frame elastically biased on the fixed plate of the one side and slidably coupled to the moving shaft and interlocked with the linkage plate; And a third moving cylinder which is fixed to the moving frame and holds and / or releases the first release paper. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second moving cylinder and the third moving cylinder are respectively moved in conjunction with the main moving block and the interlocking plate, and then returned to each other by a spring member held by the pair of fixing plates. Biometric electrode manufacturing apparatus. The method of claim 5 or 6, wherein the first, second, third moving cylinder, respectively, when the first and fourth release paper and the polymer sheet is attached to the base sheet to which the adhesive is attached to the polymer sheet adhesive 1, 4 release paper and the first, 2, 3 fixed cylinder for holding the base sheet attached to the polymer gel adhesive, characterized in that the bio-electrode manufacturing apparatus further comprising. The method of claim 1, wherein a portion of the second release paper remains at an edge of the base sheet before the second release paper is recovered from the sticker-attached base sheet passing through the second punch unit to the second release paper collection roller. The apparatus for manufacturing a living body electrode, further comprising a cutting machine for cutting the second release paper. According to claim 3, The roller driving means and the frame is rotatably supported by the rollers at a predetermined interval, An interlocking lever having one end connected to a rotation shaft of each roller and rotatable together in one direction; One-way clutch for rotating the interlocking lever and each roller in one direction, An interlocking shaft provided to reciprocate in the longitudinal direction of the frame; An interlocking cylinder reciprocating to the interlocking shaft, An interlocking wire having one end connected to the other end of the interlocking lever and the other end connected to the interlocking shaft; With the interlocking wire, Biometric electrode manufacturing apparatus, characterized in that the rollers are rotated in one direction as the interlocking lever is rotated as the interlocking shaft is reciprocated. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a first drawing cylinder for holding or releasing the reinforcing sheet drawn out from the reinforcing sheet feeding roller, and a second drawing cylinder for lifting and lowering the first drawing cylinder holding the reinforcing sheet. Biological electrode production apparatus characterized in that. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a take-out unit for cutting and extracting the bio-type electrode along the cut line from the base sheet on which the cut line is formed via the third punch unit. The method of claim 11, wherein the take-out unit is a support block provided on the upper portion of the base sheet, An ejection cylinder supported by the support block; A moving block which is lifted and linked with the ejection cylinder; A plurality of pressing levers slidably coupled to the movable block and supported by a spring and pressing edges of the cutting line of the base sheet; A takeout lever fixed to a lower end of the moving block to pressurize and extract the biological electrode formed by the cutting line; And a support plate provided at a lower portion of the base sheet and having a through hole through which the biological electrode cut along the cutting line passes. A living body electrode manufactured using the living body electrode manufacturing apparatus of claim 1, A base 3 formed in the form of a foam pad, a woven fabric, a nonwoven fabric, and a tape including a synthetic polymer such as polyethylene and a natural polymer such as cellulose, and coated with an acrylic biocompatible adhesive 3a on one surface thereof; and It is attached to the other surface of the base (3) to prevent moisture evaporation, and the like reinforcement of the polymer material (2) is printed logo; A snap (1) of stainless steel material or nickel coated brass material provided at the center of the mutually attached base (3) and the reinforcement (2); and An electrode element 4 coated with silver / silver chloride on a glass fiber reinforced plastic; and A conductive polymer gel adhesive (5) provided to cover the exposed surface of the electrode element (4) to which the lead wire connecting the ECG and the electrode is connected; and And a release film (6) of a polymer material attached to protect the polymer gel adhesive (5) and the remaining adhesive portion of the base (3).