Method for conditioning skin and an electrode by passing electrical energy

Patent 6032060 Issued on February 29, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

January 25, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 591867 filed on 01/25/1996

US Classes:

600/372, Structure of body-contacting electrode or electrode inserted in body128/898, Methods600/382, Electrode attached to or positioned relative to a specific external body portion600/395, Electrode composition600/509, Detecting heartbeat electric signal607/2Electrical therapeutic systems

Examiners

Primary: Peffley, Michael
Assistant: Yarnell, Bryan K.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Maki; Eloise J.

Foreign Patent References

551 746 A2 EP. 07/25/1993
571 120 A1 EP. 11/25/1993
1 812 314 DE. 06/25/1970
1547808 A1 SU. 07/25/1990
WO 94/26950 WO. 11/25/1994

International Class

A61B 005/04

Abstract

A method of conditioning skin by passing electrical energy through a medical electrode and maintaining a desired chemical composition in the electrode by passing the electrical energy therethrough.

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