Electro therapy method and apparatus
First Claim
1. An electro-therapy apparatus for providing therapeutic electric energy to a patient, comprising:
- electrical circuitry configured to produce first and second signals and create a therapeutic signal from said first and second signals;
a first electrode connected to the electrical circuitry; and
a second electrode connected to the electrical circuitry;
wherein both first and second signals are applied to the patient through a single first electrode and a single second electrode to form the therapeutic signal.
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing therapeutic electric current to a treatment site of a patient is disclosed, which provides 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 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. An electro-therapy apparatus for providing therapeutic electric energy to a patient, comprising:
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electrical circuitry configured to produce first and second signals and create a therapeutic signal from said first and second signals;
a first electrode connected to the electrical circuitry; and
a second electrode connected to the electrical circuitry;
wherein both first and second signals are applied to the patient through a single first electrode and a single second electrode to form the therapeutic signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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