Abstract: A disposable medical electrode has a compliant support layer with an adhesive undersurface. The layer supports a gel pad having a portion exposed at the undersurface and a contact element having a portion exposed at its upper surface. The contact element and gel pad are offset on the support layer with a conductive flexible foil strip extending between them so that movement of the contact element does not disturb the conductive path between that element and the skin area to which the electrode is adhered.

Abstract: A premoistened disposable electrode has a flexible conforming base layer with an opening extending between its top surface and an adhesive-coated bottom surface. A flexible, resilient collar extends around the opening at the bottom surface of the base layer and a flexible, resilient gel pad is snugly received in that opening. The upper surface of the gel pad is contacted by a silver-plated plastic snap fastener eyelet which is press-fit into a conventional metal snap fastener stud, the two supported by a thin plastic sheet adhered to the top surface of the base layer.