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A medical electrode assembly which is otherwise free of metal in the area of attachment to a patient so as to be X-ray transparent in such area has a conductive plastic electrode conductor with a silver plated and chlorided coating of a thickness between 0.02 and 0.08 mil. The assembly also has a le

A medical electrode assembly which is otherwise free of metal in the area of attachment to a patient so as to be X-ray transparent in such area has a conductive plastic electrode conductor with a silver plated and chlorided coating of a thickness between 0.02 and 0.08 mil. The assembly also has a lead wire formed from an elongate cable having carbon fibers in a low density polymeric jacket and a conductive plastic connector having an opening for gripping a stud formed by the conductive plastic electrode conductor.

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In an x-ray transparent medical electrode assembly of the type comprising a conductor, means for bridging the conductor to human tissue, and connector means detachably connected to said conductor for connecting said conductor to peripheral equipment, the improvement wherein said conductor comprises

In an x-ray transparent medical electrode assembly of the type comprising a conductor, means for bridging the conductor to human tissue, and connector means detachably connected to said conductor for connecting said conductor to peripheral equipment, the improvement wherein said conductor comprises a conductive plastic body that includes a stud having a thin metal coating on its outer surface, wherein said connector means comprises a conductive plastic body having an opening extending therethrough for receiving said stud, and wherein said body has surface portions defining marginal portions of said openings that resiliently grip said outer surface of said stud when said connector means is connected to said conductor.