Apparatus for application of an electrode system on a patient's body

Claim 1

Apparatus for application of an electrode configuration to a patient's body; said apparatus comprising an electrode system including a flexible formed part of electrically insulating plastic, individual electrode contact means for transmitting electrical signals secured to said flexible formed part and supported thereby, and a carrier means for a contacting agent for insertion between the electrode contact means and the application location on the patient's body, characterized in that the carrier means for the contacting agent is a fleece material part (2) formed of two superimposed layers each having an exterior contour (8) slightly greater than the exterior perimeter of the formed part (12) of the electrode system (11), the fleece material part (2) having a first side for applying to the patient's body and a second side for contacting the electrode contact means, the fleece material part (2) having a covering (3) of largely impervious insulating material at said second side, said covering (3) having an exterior configuration slightly greater than the exterior perimeter of the formed part (12) of the electrode system and having a first elongated marginal edge portion detached from the fleece material part (2) to define an access opening and having a second elongated marginal edge portion secured with the fleece material part (2) to define a pocket such that the formed part (12) is inserted through the access opening and into a space between the fleece material part (2) and the covering (3), the two superimposed layers of said fleece material part (2) each having a first elongated margin portion extending adjacent but detached from the first elongated marginal edge portion of said covering (3) at said access opening, and each having a second elongated margin portion extending adjacent and secured with the second elongated marginal edge portion of said covering (3), the two superimposed layers of said fleece material part (2) having the respective first elongated margin portions thereof joined by an integral fold connection, and the respective second elongated margin portions being of configurations which are mirror symmetrical in relation to an axis coinciding with the fold connection such that the fleece material part (2) is formed from a flat single layer piece of fleece material having a fold axis and having sections of said fleece material which are mirror symmetrical at the opposite sides of the fold axis.