Combined thermotherapy and electrotherapy technique
First Claim
1. A combined thermotherapy and electrotherapy technique comprising the steps of:
- (a) directing toward the skin surface overlying a problem region in the body of a patient a stream of air whose temperature alternates periodically from a high peak temperature value to a low level temperature value to produce a heat wave having a duty cycle which allows internal heat transfer to take place in the body in the intervals between successive peak values in said wave, whereby the temperature of the problem region is increased above its normal value while that of the skin remains at a tolerable level; and
(b) concurrently directing toward the skin surface electromagnetic energy which penetrates the problem region whose temperature is now increased above its normal value and has a therapeutic effect on the problem region which is enhanced by its increased temperature.
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Abstract
A combined thermotherapy and electrotherapy technique in which directed toward the skin surface overlying a problem region in the body is a stream of air whose temperature alternates periodically from a high peak to a low value, the duty cycle being such as to allow internal heat transfer to take place in the intervals between successive high temperature peaks, whereby the temperature of the problem region is increased to an elevated level while the skin temperature remains at a tolerable level. Concurrently directed toward the skin surface and penetrating the body region is electromagnetic energy whose therapeutic effect on the problem region is enhanced by its elevated temperature.
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1. A combined thermotherapy and electrotherapy technique comprising the steps of:
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(a) directing toward the skin surface overlying a problem region in the body of a patient a stream of air whose temperature alternates periodically from a high peak temperature value to a low level temperature value to produce a heat wave having a duty cycle which allows internal heat transfer to take place in the body in the intervals between successive peak values in said wave, whereby the temperature of the problem region is increased above its normal value while that of the skin remains at a tolerable level; and (b) concurrently directing toward the skin surface electromagnetic energy which penetrates the problem region whose temperature is now increased above its normal value and has a therapeutic effect on the problem region which is enhanced by its increased temperature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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