Novel Fast Install EEG electrode (FIG)

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案旨在开发一种新型EEG电极，该电极将显著减少技术人员的时间并加快EEG程序。该电极将使EEG在紧急情况下更实用，并减少连接和清理每位患者所需的时间。新电极基于一个简单的想法，但需要一个创新和独特的机械结构，使其有效，易于使用和制造。我们将新电极称为SARA（自磨损快速应用电极）。它将把传统的三个步骤（皮肤准备、电极准备和电极固定）简化为一个步骤。除了在连接过程中节省时间外，电极还将消除通常用于准备连接的“凌乱”物质的处理。表面EEG记录是许多神经系统疾病的大多数非侵入性大脑监测的护理标准，在美国每年影响约5000万各年龄段的人。几十年来，几乎没有什么创新可以使这种手术对患者和医学界更方便。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal aims to develop a new class of EEG electrodes that will significantly reduce technologist time and speed EEG procedures. This electrode will make EEG more practical in emergency situations and reduce time needed for hookup and clean up of each patient. The new electrode is based on a simple idea but requires an innovative and unique mechanical structure to make it effective, easy to use and manufacturable. We will call the new electrode SARA (Self Abrading Rapidly Applied electrode). It will reduce three traditional steps (skin preparation, electrode preparation and electrode fixation) into a single step. In addition to saving time during hookup, the electrode will eliminate the handling of "messy" substances typically used in preparation for the hookup. Surface EEG recording is the standard of care for most non-invasive brain monitoring across many neurological diseases, affecting some 50 million people of all ages every year, in the United States. Little innovation has occurred in decades to make this procedure more convenient for patients and the medical community.