Electro therapy method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method of providing therapeutic electric current to a treatment site of a patient, the method comprising:
- providing an electro-therapy apparatus comprising;
a signal generator configured to produce first and second signals;
at least one feed electrode pad connected to the signal generator; and
at least one return electrode pad;
positioning said feed electrode pad on a first portion of the patient'"'"'s body and positioning said return electrode pad on a second portion of the patient'"'"'s body such that the feed electrode pad and the return electrode pad are positioned on opposite sides of a volume of tissue of the patient, and the treatment site is located on a line vector between the feed electrode pad and the return electrode pad;
forming a therapeutic signal from said first and second signals; and
outputting the therapeutic signal through a single feed electrode pad.
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Abstract
An electro-therapy apparatus and method for providing therapeutic electric current to a treatment site of a patient, having means for providing two oscillating or pulsing electric alternating currents, of frequencies which differ from each other by as little as 1 Hz and up to about 250 Hz, but each being of frequency at least about 1 KHz. The apparatus and method requires only one feed electrode adapted to feed the electric currents to selected feed sites on or beneath the epidermal or mucous surface of the patient, and only one return electrode adapted to be positioned on or beneath the epidermal or mucous surface of the patient, locally to the treatment site. The apparatus includes a feedback subsystem to detect impedance changes in the patient and accordingly adjust the output of the apparatus.
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1. A method of providing therapeutic electric current to a treatment site of a patient, the method comprising:
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providing an electro-therapy apparatus comprising;
a signal generator configured to produce first and second signals;
at least one feed electrode pad connected to the signal generator; and
at least one return electrode pad;
positioning said feed electrode pad on a first portion of the patient'"'"'s body and positioning said return electrode pad on a second portion of the patient'"'"'s body such that the feed electrode pad and the return electrode pad are positioned on opposite sides of a volume of tissue of the patient, and the treatment site is located on a line vector between the feed electrode pad and the return electrode pad;
forming a therapeutic signal from said first and second signals; and
outputting the therapeutic signal through a single feed electrode pad. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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