Patents by Inventor Lawrence J. Straka, Jr.

Lawrence J. Straka, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Skin electrode having multiple conductive center members
    Patent number: 5645063
    Abstract: A medical electrode and skin preparation device is adapted to be secured to the skin of a patient and is designed to allow the user to acquire physiological signals for use by a plurality of signal acquisition devices and optionally to also reliably prepare the skin of the patient by abrasion or penetration of the epidermal layer of the skin which is in conductive contact with the conductive member of the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of post members capable of conducting physiological signals received from the skin of the patient for acquisition, recording and/or analysis by one or more external devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Quinton Instrument Company
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Straka, Jr.