Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Cecily Ann Snyder
  • Patent number: 6272385
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to medical electrode systems and, in particular, to an independently deployable sealed defibrillator electrode for use with an automatic or semi-automatic external defibrillator (AED). The invention also relates to the method of use thereof. More specifically, this invention relates to an electrode system comprising an electrode layer and a releasing layer which are hermetically sealed together. Each layer contains a pull-tab or gripper for allowing the user to deploy the electrode in one step by pulling apart the two layers. This invention is also directed to a method of using an electrode system of the invention wherein the electrode is deployed in one step by pulling the electrode layer and the releasing layer apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon M. Bishay, Christine Janae