ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,057, issued on March 25, was assigned to T&W Engineering A/S (Lynge, Denmark).
"Electrode for detecting bioelectrical signals" was invented by Preben Kidmose (Maarslet, Denmark), Mike Lind Rank (Farum, Denmark), Hans Olaf Toft (Copenhagen, Denmark), Mikael Andersen (Allerod, Denmark) and Simon Lind Kappel (Herning, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an electrode for detecting a bioelectrical signal, for example EEG, on a skin surface. The electrode comprises a coating comprising iridium oxide, where the coating has a nanostructured surface pattern providing for a capillary and hydrophilic effect when in ...