Apparatus for the application of electrical pulses to the human body
First Claim
1. An apparatus for applying electrical pulses to a patient'"'"'s body by at least two electrodes at respective locations on the patient'"'"'s body, the apparatus comprising a pulse generating unit connectable to the electrodes, the pulse generating unit being arranged to provide a series of electrical pulses, wherein said series of pulses comprises a plurality of first and second polarity impulses having a temporal spacing between the first and second impulses, wherein each impulse has a width of between 2 to 30 μ
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Abstract
An apparatus is described for applying electrical pulses to a patients body by at least two electrodes at respective locations on the patients body, the apparatus comprising a pulse generating unit connectable to the electrodes, the pulse generating unit being arranged to provide a series of electrical pulses, wherein said series of pulses comprises a plurality of first and second polarity impulses having a temporal spacing between the first and second impulses, wherein each impulse has a width of between 2 to 30 μS.
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70 Claims
- 1. An apparatus for applying electrical pulses to a patient'"'"'s body by at least two electrodes at respective locations on the patient'"'"'s body, the apparatus comprising a pulse generating unit connectable to the electrodes, the pulse generating unit being arranged to provide a series of electrical pulses, wherein said series of pulses comprises a plurality of first and second polarity impulses having a temporal spacing between the first and second impulses, wherein each impulse has a width of between 2 to 30 μ
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69. A method for applying electrical pulses to a patients body by utilising at least two electrodes at respective locations on the patients body, the method comprising applying an intermittent series of electrical pulses.
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70. A method for providing iontophoresis to a patient by utilising at least two electrodes at respective locations on the patients body, at least one of the electrodes incorporating an ionic medication, the method comprising applying a series of pulses, each pulse having a peak amplitude of at least 50 Volts to the electrodes, such that the medication is passed into the body of the patient.
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