Novel Fast Install EEG electrode (FIG)

描述(由申请人提供)：这项建议旨在开发一种新的脑电电极，将显着减少技术人员的时间，并加快脑电程序。这种电极将使脑电在紧急情况下更加实用，并减少每个患者连接和清理所需的时间。新的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，易于使用和可制造。我们将这种新型电极称为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，该电极还将避免处理通常在连接准备过程中使用的“杂乱”物质。表面脑电记录是许多神经疾病的大多数非侵入性大脑监测的标准护理，在美国，每年约有5000万所有年龄段的人受到影响。几十年来，几乎没有什么创新能让这种手术更方便患者和医学界。

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.