Bioengineering Assignment 1

Electrodes are used in following biomedical devices:

1. ECG (Electrocardiogram)- recording heart beats
2. EMG (Electromyogram)- Muscle
3. EEG (Electroencephalogram)-for recording brain activity
4. EOG (Electrooptigram)- Eye dipole field
5. ERG (Electroretinogram)- Eye retina
6. EGG (Electrogastrogram)- Stomach
7. ENG (Electroneurogram)- visualize recorded electrical activity
of neurons

Types of electrodes used in Medical devices:

1) Perfectly Polarizable Electrodes: Example -Platinum (Pt) electrode,

metal electrodes
2) Perfectly Non-Polarizable Electrode: Example- Silver/silver chloride
(Ag/AgCl) electrode. Mercury/mercurous chloride (Hg/Hg2Cl2 ) .

Use of electrodes:
Electrodes convert ionic potential into electrical signals.