Abstract: A small plastic connector is provided with a unique electrical contact mounted in one jaw of the connector to mate with an angled edge on the other jaw of the connector to crimp and securely grip a thin, flat, flexible electrode in the connector while making good electrical contact. The jaws and the contact are further constructed so that the conductive surface on the electrode is pressed into engaging with a large contact surface.

Abstract: An improved medical electrode is particularly adapted for transmitting DC currents. The electrode includes (1) an electrically conductive substrate electrically connected to a stud member and chemically inert with respect to the electrically and ionically conductive material, such as a gel, coupling the electrode to the skin of the user, and (2) a predetermined amount of an electrically-conductive material, preferably silver, disposed on the substrate in spaced relationship to the stud member and interfacing with the electrically and ionically conductive material.