GB1592999A - Apparatus for the application of rf energy to biological substrates in human and/or animal therapy - Google Patents

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GB1592999A
GB1592999A GB40030/77A GB4003077A GB1592999A GB 1592999 A GB1592999 A GB 1592999A GB 40030/77 A GB40030/77 A GB 40030/77A GB 4003077 A GB4003077 A GB 4003077A GB 1592999 A GB1592999 A GB 1592999A
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    • 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
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N1/00—Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor
    • A61N1/40—Applying electric fields by inductive or capacitive coupling ; Applying radio-frequency signals

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GB40030/77A 1976-09-27 1977-09-26 Apparatus for the application of rf energy to biological substrates in human and/or animal therapy Expired GB1592999A (en)

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