Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Issued over 9 years ago
Summary
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<p>The dry-electrode harness is composed of a variety of components.&nbsp; The harness interfaces with the human via a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) FDA cleared dry electrode that has been woven in place to a custom designed harness that guarantees correct placement of electrodes to support a diagnostic quality 12-lead ECG.&nbsp; The electrodes themselves are connected to a small, battery powered, COTS ECG system that wireless transmits data to a custom developed software application that receives and processes the data.</p><p>The dry electrodes replace the more traditional wet-prep electrodes that are single use devices with a specific expiration date.&nbsp; The dry electrodes are multi-use devices and do not have an expiration date.&nbsp; The custom harness essentially automates the process of lead placement which eliminates the &ldquo;spaghetti&rdquo; effect that often accompanies traditional ECG data collection and prevents the common clinical problem of lead wire misplacements and reversals.&nbsp; By embedding dry electrodes and wires into the harness, don/doff times are significantly decreased while maintaining a high level of data integrity.&nbsp; Finally, the custom software application simplifies and &nbsp;streamlines the data collection process making the forwarding of ECG data a much easier process.</p>