Elastic electroencephalography dry electrode, electroencephalography device and application system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12527508-B2
Application number	US-202218551109-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2022
Priority date	Dec 23, 2021
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

Disclosed is an elastic electroencephalography dry electrode, comprising an electrode base and a plurality of dry electrode units, which are fixedly arranged on the electrode base, wherein each dry electrode unit comprises an elastic supporting element and at least one electrode probe element; one end of the elastic supporting element is fixed to the electrode base, and the other end thereof is connected to the electrode probe element; the electrode probe element is used for being in contact with a scalp to collect an electroencephalography signal; the elastic supporting element is used for transmitting the electroencephalography signal; and the electrode base comprises an electrode substrate element, an electrode unit fixing element and an electrode displacement limiting element. Further disclosed are an electroencephalography device and an application system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode, comprising an electrode base and a plurality of dry electrode units fixedly arranged at the electrode base,
wherein each dry electrode unit comprises an elastic support component and a plurality of electrode probe components, with one end of the elastic support component fixed to the electrode base and the other end of the elastic support component connected to the electrode probe components; the electrode probe components collect an electroencephalographic signal by contacting with a scalp; the electrode probe components are of a curved surface fitting to contact with the scalp; the electrode probe components are of a cross-section in a circular or oval shape; the electrode probe components are coated with a biocompatible material layer on its surface; outside the biocompatible material layer, the electrode probe components are further coated with a hydrogel layer; the elastic support component transmits the electroencephalographic signal; the electrode base comprises an electrode substrate component, an electrode unit fixation component and a plurality of electrode unit shift limitation components, wherein the electrode unit fixation component itself has an inclining angle and is fixedly arranged at the electrode substrate component, for fixing the dry electrode units to incline and spread outward; the plurality of electrode unit shift limitation components, are fixed uniformly and symmetrically at an upper end of the electrode unit fixation component, for limiting a maximum shift of the dry electrode unit on the scalp, wherein the electrode unit shift limitation component is of a height less than or equal to that of the shortest dry electrode unit; and the electrode substrate component fixes and connects the dry electrode unit and transmits the electroencephalographic signal collected to a data processing module, wherein the plurality of dry electrode units are arranged at the electrode substrate component in a layout of unipolar arrangement, bipolar arrangement, or multipolar arrangement, wherein based on the layout of the unipolar arrangement, the plurality of dry electrode units are arranged at the electrode substrate component in an array occupying a trapezoid, square or triangle area; and based on the layout of the bipolar arrangement or the multipolar arrangement, the plurality of dry electrode units are arranged at the electrode substrate component in an array of a circular ring or a triangular ring, forming a Laplacian electrode.

2 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic support component comprises an elastic conductive filament.

3 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 2 , wherein the elastic conductive filament is made of a nickel-titanium alloy.

4 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic support of a length of 3 to 30 mm and a diameter of 0.5 to 5 mm.

5 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic support component further comprises:
a conductive coating plated on a surface of the elastic conductive filament; or an additional conductive filament arranged parallel to or embedded in the elastic conductive filament.

6 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 5 , wherein the conductive coating is made of copper or silver; and
the additional conductive filament is a silver filament, a copper filament, an aluminum filament, a nickel filament, a titanium filament or a nickel-plated carbon steel filament.

7 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode substrate component and the electrode probe components each are made of a conductive material.

8 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode probe components are made of a material with low impedance, wherein the material with low impedance is a copper ball of purple copper, a copper ball of brass, a nickel-titanium alloy, conductive silicone or conductive rubber.

9 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the biocompatible material layer is made of silver/silver chloride or gold.

10 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode probe components are of a cross-section having a maximum distance between two points ranging from 1 to 7.5 mm.

11 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode substrate of a cross-section having a maximum distance between two points ranging from 5 to 50 mm.

12 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode substrate component is a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), wherein the PCB is in a circular, square or triangular shape.

13 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode unit fixation component is inclined at an angle and provided with built-in slots for fixing the dry electrode units at position.

14 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 13 , wherein the electrode unit fixation component is inclined at an angle of 15°, 20° or 25°.

15 . The elastic electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode unit shift limitation component is both elastic and flexible.

16 . An electroencephalographic device, comprising:
an electroencephalographic dry electrode according to claim 1 ; and a data processing module, wherein the electroencephalographic dry electrode collects and transmits an electroencephalographic signal to the data processing module, wherein the data processing module processes the electroencephalographic signal received and issues an operation command.

17 . An application system, comprising:
an electroencephalographic device according to claim 16 ; and a display screen, wherein the display screen displays an operable interface for a user;
an electroencephalographic signal is generated in response to the user watching the operable interface.

Assignees

• Univ Tianjin

Inventors

• Xu Minpeng
• Ding Rumeng
• Li Hui
• Ming Dong

Classifications

• A61B2562/166

  the sensor is mounted on a specially adapted printed circuit board · CPC title

• A61B2562/046

  in a matrix array · CPC title

• A61B2560/0468

  Built-in electrodes · CPC title

• A61B5/378

  Visual stimuli · CPC title

• A61B5/265

  containing silver or silver chloride · CPC title