A disposable electrode arrangement for monitoring the respiratory - and / or heart activity of a infant

摘要

A disposable electrode assembly and method of using the same in the respiratory and/or cardiac monitoring of an infant comprising a pad or very fine open pore polyurethane providing an infant back receiving area of approximately 41/2 inches by 41/2 inches on which a plurality of separate flexible carbon powder impregnated polyvinyl chloride sheet electrodes are affixed in surface-to-surface engagement so as to be intimately contacted by the skin of an infant's back received on said back receiving pad area. The pad has portions converging outwardly from opposite sides of the back receiving area for extending generally beneath the armpits and along the lower edge of the rib cage of an infant where they are held to the sides of the infant's torso by integral pad straps releasably adjustably secured together across the infant's chest above the belly area by Velcro fastener elements. Snap fastener terminal elements are provided for effecting a detachable electrical connection with the leads of the monitoring instrument.