A proto-microelectrode, a proto-microelectrode bundle and array, a method of manufacture of the proto-microelectrode, and a method of using the proto-microelectrode, the proto-microelectrode being capable of forming a microelectrode upon implantation into soft tissue, and includes an oblong electrode body; an optional first coat of electrically non-conducting material on the electrode body; a second coat of water insoluble flexible polymer material enclosing, at a distance, the electrode body and the first coat, the second coat including one or more through openings; a first layer of ice disposed between the electrode body and the second coat.

A wearable device may include a sensor. The sensor may include a flexible fabric, a conjugated polymer coating deposited on the fabric via vapor-phase oxidative chemical vapor deposition (oCVD), and a plurality of electrodes in coupled to the conjugated polymer coating. The wearable device may further include a processor communicatively coupled to the electrodes. The processor may measure an electrical property across the electrodes, determine a physiological event based on the measured electrical property, and output measurement information corresponding the physiological event.

A wearable device may include a sensor. The sensor may include a flexible fabric, a conjugated polymer coating deposited on the fabric via vapor-phase oxidative chemical vapor deposition (oCVD), and a plurality of electrodes in coupled to the conjugated polymer coating. The wearable device may further include a processor communicatively coupled to the electrodes. The processor may measure an electrical property across the electrodes, determine a physiological event based on the measured electrical property, and output measurement information corresponding the physiological event.

The present biological electrode includes a conductive fabric (2) formed of base fibers which are filled with a conductor and/or to which the conductor is adhered, a thin metallic wire (3) formed into a spiral shape and connected with the conductive fabric (2) at a distal end of the thin metallic wire, and a filling material (5) with which a gap between the conductive fabric (2) and the thin metallic wire (3) is filled and which supports the conductive fabric (2) and the thin metallic wire (3), the conductive fabric (2) is supported in a roll shape, and the conductor is electrically connected with the thin metallic wire (3).

A bioelectrode in which an electrode layer can deform in association with the unevenness of the installation surface of the biological surface so as to adhere to the installation surface, and which can be easily transported and stored, a production method and an installation method for the bioelectrode. It is a bioelectrode in which a flexible electrode that is to directly contact a biological surface is formed from an electrode layer that includes a conductive polymer and deforms in association with an installation surface of the biological surface so as to adhere to the installation surface, and an elastomer layer that is layered on one surface side of the electrode layer and deforms in association with the installation surface and the electrode layer, wherein the flexible electrode is bonded to a water-permeable layer that serves as a support via a water-soluble sacrificial layer that includes a water-soluble material.

A bioelectrode in which an electrode layer can deform in association with the unevenness of the installation surface of the biological surface so as to adhere to the installation surface, and which can be easily transported and stored, a production method and an installation method for the bioelectrode. It is a bioelectrode in which a flexible electrode that is to directly contact a biological surface is formed from an electrode layer that includes a conductive polymer and deforms in association with an installation surface of the biological surface so as to adhere to the installation surface, and an elastomer layer that is layered on one surface side of the electrode layer and deforms in association with the installation surface and the electrode layer, wherein the flexible electrode is bonded to a water-permeable layer that serves as a support via a water-soluble sacrificial layer that includes a water-soluble material.

A biomedical electrode according to the present invention includes: a plate-shaped support portion; a pillar portion that protrudes from a first surface of the plate-shaped support portion and is formed of an insulating silicone rubber; and a conductive resin layer that is provided to cover a distal end portion of the pillar portion and is formed of a conductive silicone rubber, in which the insulating silicone rubber of the pillar portion is formed of a cured product of an insulating silicone rubber-based curable composition including a non-conductive filler and a vinyl group-containing organopolysiloxane, and the conductive silicone rubber of the conductive resin layer is formed of a cured product of a conductive silicone rubber-based curable composition including a conductive filler, a non-conductive filler and a vinyl group-containing organopolysiloxane.

A biomedical electrode according to the present invention includes: a plate-shaped support portion; a pillar portion that protrudes from a first surface of the plate-shaped support portion and is formed of an insulating silicone rubber; and a conductive resin layer that is provided to cover a distal end portion of the pillar portion and is formed of a conductive silicone rubber, in which the insulating silicone rubber of the pillar portion is formed of a cured product of an insulating silicone rubber-based curable composition including a non-conductive filler and a vinyl group-containing organopolysiloxane, and the conductive silicone rubber of the conductive resin layer is formed of a cured product of a conductive silicone rubber-based curable composition including a conductive filler, a non-conductive filler and a vinyl group-containing organopolysiloxane.

In a stretchable wiring member having a relatively hard portion, such as a contact point, there is provided a solution to malfunction of the stretchable wiring member caused by stress generated at a boundary between the hard portion and a flexible portion. A stretchable wiring member includes a flexible substrate having stretchability, a stretchable wiring line disposed along the flexible substrate and configured to be stretched in association with stretching deformation of the flexible substrate, and a hard member that is harder than the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate has an extension layer portion interposed between the hard member and the stretchable wiring line.

In a stretchable wiring member having a relatively hard portion, such as a contact point, there is provided a solution to malfunction of the stretchable wiring member caused by stress generated at a boundary between the hard portion and a flexible portion. A stretchable wiring member includes a flexible substrate having stretchability, a stretchable wiring line disposed along the flexible substrate and configured to be stretched in association with stretching deformation of the flexible substrate, and a hard member that is harder than the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate has an extension layer portion interposed between the hard member and the stretchable wiring line.