EP2485802A1 - Device for the electrostimulation therapy of the human body - Google Patents
Device for the electrostimulation therapy of the human bodyInfo
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- EP2485802A1 EP2485802A1 EP10784954A EP10784954A EP2485802A1 EP 2485802 A1 EP2485802 A1 EP 2485802A1 EP 10784954 A EP10784954 A EP 10784954A EP 10784954 A EP10784954 A EP 10784954A EP 2485802 A1 EP2485802 A1 EP 2485802A1
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- Prior art keywords
- electrodes
- voltage
- human body
- row
- carrier film
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N1/00—Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor
- A61N1/18—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes
- A61N1/32—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents
- A61N1/323—Interference currents, i.e. treatment by several currents summed in the body
Definitions
- the invention relates to an apparatus for the stimulation current treatment of the human body, comprising a plurality of electrodes contacting the body surface and means for applying voltage to the electrodes.
- devices of such type using sponge, adhesive or suction electrodes are known through use.
- the areas of the body which can be treated at once by these known devices are relatively narrowly limited.
- For the simultaneous treatment of larger areas it requires several, individually adjustable individual circuits.
- the use of movable, over a larger area of the body surface to leading electrodes is time consuming and costly. In particular, he requires auxiliary staff. Above all, a self-treatment of the spine can not be performed using conventional devices.
- the invention has for its object to provide a new device of the type mentioned, which allows a stimulation current treatment of larger body areas with less effort.
- Electrodes are provided.
- the device according to the invention can be treated by the device according to the invention all at once a larger body area, are traversed in the individual section of this area in a short sequence of flowing in the dissipation direction stimulus current, the stimulus current in the individual sections periodically returns. While an excitation current can flow in a horizontal direction, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, the electrodes are arranged at a vertical distance from each other, so that sequential superimposed body sections are traversed by stimulation current.
- the said device for continuous application in the series of immediately successive electrodes is provided, in particular by said means continuously pairs in the row of directly successive electrodes are subjected to the voltage. That is, the voltage is applied between each electrode of the series.
- the electrodes arranged in the row are assigned a common counterelectrode, which in particular can be arranged on one of the
- Row arrangement opposite body part surface is provided.
- the advance frequency of the voltage application is adjustable.
- the voltage level can be adjustable.
- the electrodes are expediently arranged on a common carrier foil, strip electrodes in particular being provided which extend parallel to one another with their longitudinal sides.
- the electrodes may contain, in addition to metallic conductors, a conductive liquid, e.g. Water, have impregnable sponge material over which they rest against the body surface.
- FIG. 1 shows a circuit diagram according to a first exemplary embodiment of a device according to the invention for stimulating current treatment
- FIG. 2 shows an electrode arrangement used in the device of FIG. 1
- FIG. 3 shows a circuit diagram according to a second exemplary embodiment of an inventive device for stimulating current treatment
- 4 shows an electrode arrangement used in the device of FIG.
- Fig. 5 shows another usable in a device according to the invention
- Electrode assembly An embodiment of a device for the stimulation current treatment of the human body shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 comprises six electrodes 1 arranged in a row, which are fastened to a common carrier foil 2, for example by means of pushbuttons.
- the strip-shaped electrodes have a length of 14 cm and a width of 5 cm in the embodiment shown. The distance between the electrodes is 2 cm.
- the carrier film has dimensions of 40 cm ⁇ 18 cm.
- the electrodes 1 comprise, in addition to metallic conductors, an absorbent sponge material which can be impregnated with a conductive liquid, eg water.
- Each of the electrodes 1 is connected to a switch element 3 comprising switching elements 4, via which a voltage U applied to contacts 5 can be continuously applied to the electrodes 1.
- the voltage U is an alternating voltage with a fundamental frequency of 0.1 Hz, the voltage component having this fundamental frequency being superimposed on a further voltage component with a frequency of 30 Hz.
- the electrode arrangement shown in Fig. 2 is placed with its longitudinal sides vertically on the back and between the back and e.g. a chair or chair back held by clamping in a desired position. This requires no help from other people.
- the switching device 3 After being put into operation, the switching device 3 first applies the voltage U to the uppermost electrode of the electrodes 1 following it.
- Voltage U is then switched to the following pairs of adjacent electrodes 1, so that different height ranges of the spine are continuously exposed to a stimulation current according to arrow 6 from top to bottom.
- the progress frequency is adjustable.
- the time to switch from top to bottom can be selected between 1 second and 20 seconds.
- a device for stimulus current treatment of the human body shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 differs from the preceding device, inter alia, in that not six but only four electrodes 1a are attached to a common carrier foil 2a.
- the length of the electrodes 1 a is 28 cm, with a width of 5 cm.
- the carrier foil in this exemplary embodiment has dimensions of 31.5 cm ⁇ 24 cm.
- the device of FIGS. 3 and 4 further comprises a counter electrode 7 common to the electrodes 1a.
- a voltage U applied to contacts 5a can be transmitted to the counterelectrode 7 and in each case one of the electrodes 1a.
- the voltage U can be switched from electrode to electrode according to arrow 6a.
- the electrode arrangement shown in Fig. 4 with the four electrodes 1 a to the stomach and the counter electrode 7 the electrodes 1 a opposite to the back are applied.
- a stimulating current flows through the body in correspondingly varying height ranges.
- the entire abdominal region can be treated in an ascending direction.
- FIG. 5 shows an electrode arrangement with a carrier foil 2b and four electrodes 1b, of which two are each attached to an intermediate foil 8.
- Intermediate foil 8 is fastened to the carrier foil 2 via push buttons 9 and 10. After releasing the push button 9, the intermediate film 8 can be rotated around the push button 10, so that the electrodes 1 b occupy the positions shown in Fig. 5b, in which they are aligned vertically. About the push button 9, the intermediate film 8 at 1 1 in the rotational position shown in Fig. 5b on the carrier film 2b fix again.
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