ES2298075A1 - Improvements to electrotherapy devices - Google Patents

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ES2298075A1
ES2298075A1 ES200602739A ES200602739A ES2298075A1 ES 2298075 A1 ES2298075 A1 ES 2298075A1 ES 200602739 A ES200602739 A ES 200602739A ES 200602739 A ES200602739 A ES 200602739A ES 2298075 A1 ES2298075 A1 ES 2298075A1
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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
    • A61N1/20—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes continuous direct currents
    • A61N1/205—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes continuous direct currents for promoting a biological process
    • 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
    • A61N1/328—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for improving the appearance of the skin, e.g. facial toning or wrinkle treatment
    • 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
    • A61N1/36—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation
    • A61N1/36014—External stimulators, e.g. with patch electrodes
    • A61N1/36021—External stimulators, e.g. with patch electrodes for treatment of pain
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N1/00—Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor
    • A61N1/02—Details
    • A61N1/04—Electrodes
    • A61N1/06—Electrodes for high-frequency therapy

Abstract

The invention relates to electrotherapy devices which are used to generate preferably-half-wave high-frequency electric current that can be applied to the human body using an active electrode and a return electrode, both of which are metal. The invention is characterised in that a soft, flexible active conductor is used to administer the treatment on the area of the person to be treated, said conductor receiving electric current from an adaptor to which the electrotherapy device is attached and connected. Advantageously, the hand of the person administering the treatment forms the active body and the adaptor is designed to be fitted to the back of the hand or to the inner part of the forearm.

Description

Perfeccionamientos en los aparatos para electroterapia.Improvements in devices for electrotherapy

Objeto de la invenciónObject of the invention

Perfeccionamientos en los aparatos para electroterapia.Improvements in devices for electrotherapy

Campo de la invenciónField of the Invention

Estos aparatos para electroterapia están destinados principalmente al tratamiento de partes corporales afectadas por neoplasias y otros fenómenos originados por el crecimiento anormal de células, sin embargo también es aplicable a los tratamientos del dolor, en rehabilitación, traumatología y medicina deportiva, y también en la especialidad de estética y de medicina estética.These devices for electrotherapy are intended primarily for the treatment of body parts affected by neoplasms and other phenomena caused by abnormal cell growth, however it is also applicable to pain treatments, rehabilitation, traumatology and sports medicine, and also in the specialty of aesthetics and aesthetic medicine

Antecedentes de la invenciónBackground of the invention

En el actual estado de la técnica se conocen diversos tipos de aparatos para electroterapia encaminados a producir efectos de hipertermia, es decir de calentamiento local de los tejidos celulares de determinadas partes del cuerpo, afectadas por neoplasias u otras dolencias, basados estos aparatos en la aplicación de corrientes de alta frecuencia.In the current state of the art they are known various types of electrotherapy devices aimed at produce effects of hyperthermia, that is to say of local warming of the cellular tissues of certain parts of the body, affected for malignancies or other ailments, based on these devices in the application of high frequency currents.

Uno de los aparatos conocidos origina la hipertermia mediante un electrodo neutro o de retorno y uno activo de aplicación, ambos metálicos sin recubrir, en este caso el cuerpo actúa como elemento resistivo. El electrodo activo es de menores dimensiones que el de retorno.One of the known devices originates the hyperthermia through a neutral or return electrode and an active one of application, both metallic uncoated, in this case the body It acts as a resistive element. The active electrode is minor dimensions than the return.

Sumario de la invenciónSummary of the invention

El objeto de esta invención es obtener un avance significativo en los tratamientos corporales y faciales realizados con los aparatos de electroterapia resistivos, obteniendo además una perfecta adaptación del cuerpo activo a las zonas anatómicas de superficie irregular tales como los hombros, las rodillas, los codos, los pies y otras, y con un tacto más agradable para la persona sometida al tratamiento.The object of this invention is to obtain an advance  significant in body and facial treatments performed with resistive electrotherapy devices, also obtaining a perfect adaptation of the active body to anatomical areas irregular surface such as shoulders, knees, elbows, feet and others, and with a more pleasant touch for the person undergoing treatment.

Para ello es característico que la acción sobre la zona a tratar de la persona que recibe el tratamiento se efectúe mediante un cuerpo activo lo suficientemente conductor, flexible y con blandura, que recibe la corriente eléctrica desde un adaptador al que se fija y que está conectado al aparato.For this it is characteristic that the action on the area to be treated by the person receiving the treatment is carried out through an active body sufficiently conductive, flexible and with softness, which receives the electric current from an adapter to which it is fixed and which is connected to the device.

El cuerpo humano es semiconductor por lo que resulta ventajoso que el indicado cuerpo activo lo constituya la propia mano de la persona que lleva a cabo el tratamiento, actuando la mano como electrodo activo.The human body is semiconductor so it is advantageous that the indicated active body is constituted by the own hand of the person carrying out the treatment, acting The hand as an active electrode.

La aplicación del tratamiento mediante la mano ofrece, además, otras destacadas ventajas: se evita completamente el riesgo potencial a sufrir una quemadura la persona sometida al tratamiento ya que la mano del especialista o de la persona que realiza el tratamiento siempre se encuentra a una temperatura algo superior a la que recibe la persona en tratamiento.The application of the treatment by hand It also offers other outstanding advantages: it is completely avoided the potential risk of a burn the person undergoing treatment since the hand of the specialist or the person who perform the treatment is always at a temperature somewhat higher than the person receiving treatment.

El hecho de que la mano del especialista haga de "limitador de temperatura" permite aplicar el tratamiento con toda seguridad a:The fact that the specialist's hand acts as  "temperature limiter" allows to apply the treatment with all security to:

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Pacientes de corta edad o que no puedan expresar la sensación de temperatura.Patients who are young or cannot Express the sensation of temperature.

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Zonas de piel con poca o reducida sensibilidad, como cicatrices, zonas quemadas, zonas insensibles por problemas cerebrales y otros.Areas of skin with little or reduced sensitivity, such as scars, areas burned, areas insensitive to brain problems and others.

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Pacientes sin consciencia o con una disminución importante de ésta.Patients without consciousness or with a significant decrease of this.

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Además la sensación del tacto humano es mucho más agradable que el de un electrodo metálico.further the feeling of human touch is much more pleasant than that of a metal electrode

Todas estas mejoras, unidas a la inocuidad de los medios utilizados en la invención hacia el especialista y hacia la persona que recibe el tratamiento, determinan un paso importante para la aplicación de los aparatos de sistema resistivo, pudiéndose aplicar el tratamiento a personas que hasta el momento no podían disfrutar de las ventajas de dicho tratamiento.All these improvements, together with the safety of the means used in the invention towards the specialist and towards the person receiving the treatment, determine an important step for the application of resistive system devices, being able to apply the treatment to people who until now They could not enjoy the advantages of such treatment.

El adaptador está configurado para adaptarse al dorso de la mano y se recomienda disponer entre el adaptador y la mano un fluido conductor que determinará la correcta conexión entre uno y otra.The adapter is configured to fit the back of the hand and it is recommended to arrange between the adapter and the hand a conductive fluid that will determine the correct connection between one and another.

Estas y otras características se desprenderán mejor de la descripción detallada que sigue, para facilitar la cual se acompaña de una lámina de dibujos en la que se ha representado un caso práctico de realización que se cita solamente a título de ejemplo no limitativo del alcance de la presente invención.These and other features will come off better than the detailed description that follows, to facilitate which It is accompanied by a sheet of drawings in which it has been represented a case study that is cited only by way of non-limiting example of the scope of the present invention.

Descripción de los dibujosDescription of the drawings

La figura 1 representa en perspectiva el adaptador,Figure 1 represents in perspective the adapter,

la figura 2 ilustra el adaptador acoplado a una mano, yFigure 2 illustrates the adapter coupled to a hand and

la figura 3 muestra esquemáticamente la utilización de un aparato para electroterapia según los perfeccionamientos de la invención.Figure 3 schematically shows the use of an apparatus for electrotherapy according to the improvements of the invention.

Descripción de una realización preferenteDescription of a preferred embodiment

De acuerdo con los dibujos el adaptador (1) es de constitución metálica, presenta una forma adecuada para acoplarse al dorso de una mano (2) y ventajosamente presentará una cierta flexibilidad para adaptarse mejor a ella, cuya adaptación se mejorará con la disposición recomendada de un gel conductor entre adaptador y mano estableciendo una correcta conexión entre ambos.According to the drawings the adapter (1) is of metallic constitution, it presents a suitable form for be coupled to the back of one hand (2) and advantageously present a some flexibility to adapt better to it, whose adaptation is  will improve with the recommended arrangement of a conductive gel between adapter and hand establishing a correct connection between both of them.

El adaptador (1) se unirá a la mano (2) de forma fija, utilizando por ejemplo tiras (3) con velcro, y comprende una conexión eléctrica (4) para el acoplamiento del cable (5) a la salida correspondiente (6) del aparato (A) de electroterapia.The adapter (1) will be attached to the hand (2) so  fixed, using for example strips (3) with velcro, and comprises a electrical connection (4) for coupling the cable (5) to the corresponding output (6) of the electrotherapy device (A).

Este aparato presenta la otra salida (7) para el cable (8) donde se acoplará el electrodo de retorno (9).This device has the other output (7) for the  cable (8) where the return electrode (9) will be attached.

En la figura 3 se muestra la aplicación del tratamiento en un hombro del paciente (P) que en su espalda se dispone el electrodo de retorno, (9) el cual tiene la suficiente superficie de contacto con el cuerpo del paciente.Figure 3 shows the application of treatment on a patient's shoulder (P) that on his back is has the return electrode, (9) which has enough contact surface with the patient's body.

La acción de la mano (2) sobre la parte del paciente a tratar se lleva a cabo aplicando un masaje.The action of the hand (2) on the part of the Patient to be treated is carried out by applying a massage.

La invención, dentro de su esencialidad, puede ser llevada a la práctica en otras formas de realización que difieran solo en detalle de la indicada únicamente a título de ejemplo, a las cuales alcanzará igualmente la protección que se recaba. Podrán, pues, llevarse a cabo estos perfeccionamientos en los aparatos de electroterapia, con los medios y materiales más adecuados y con los accesorios más convenientes, pudiendo los elementos componentes ser sustituidos por otros técnicamente equivalentes, por quedar todo ello comprendido dentro del espíritu de las reivindicaciones.The invention, within its essentiality, can be put into practice in other embodiments that differ only in detail from that indicated solely by way of example, which will also achieve the protection that collect. Therefore, these improvements can be carried out in electrotherapy devices, with more media and materials suitable and with the most convenient accessories, being able to component elements be replaced by others technically equivalent, because all of this is understood within the spirit of the claims.

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1. Perfeccionamientos en los aparatos para electroterapia, con los que se genera corriente eléctrica de alta frecuencia preferentemente de onda media aplicable al cuerpo humano mediante un electrodo activo y un electrodo de retorno, caracterizados porque la acción sobre la zona a tratar del paciente se efectúa mediante un cuerpo conductor activo, flexible y con blandura, que recibe la corriente eléctrica desde un adaptador al que se acopla fijamente y que está conectado al aparato de electroterapia.1. Improvements in electrotherapy devices, with which high frequency electric current is generated, preferably of medium wave applicable to the human body by means of an active electrode and a return electrode, characterized in that the action on the patient's area is treated by means of an active, flexible and soft conductive body, which receives the electric current from an adapter to which it is fixedly coupled and which is connected to the electrotherapy device. 2. Perfeccionamientos en los aparatos para electroterapia, según reivindicación 1 caracterizado porque el cuerpo activo lo constituye la propia mano de la persona que lleva a cabo el tratamiento.2. Improvements in the apparatus for electrotherapy, according to claim 1, characterized in that the active body is constituted by the hand of the person carrying out the treatment. 3. Perfeccionamientos en los aparatos para electroterapia, según reivindicaciones anteriores, caracterizado porque el adaptador está configurado para adaptarse al dorso de la mano.3. Improvements in electrotherapy devices, according to previous claims, characterized in that the adapter is configured to adapt to the back of the hand. 4. Perfeccionamientos en los aparatos para electroterapia, según reivindicaciones anteriores, caracterizado porque entre el adaptador y la mano se dispone un fluido conductor que determina la correcta conexión entre uno y otra.4. Improvements in electrotherapy devices, according to previous claims, characterized in that a conductive fluid is arranged between the adapter and the hand that determines the correct connection between one and the other. 5. Perfeccionamientos en los aparatos para electroterapia, según reivindicaciones anteriores, caracterizado porque el adaptador presenta cierta flexibilidad.5. Improvements in electrotherapy devices according to previous claims, characterized in that the adapter has some flexibility.
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