CellSonic VIPP, Owner'S Manual

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Shockheads
The shockheads deliver a very intense pressure pulse (VIPP). The pressure pulse is
similar in nature to the sonic boom from an airplane going faster than the speed of
sound. As you work with the shockheads, you will hear a bang, 4 times a second.
Your ear interprets the pressure pulses as sound: the bang is actually a pressure pulse.
The acoustic pulse is focused by a parabola in the shockhead.
The shockhead does not put energy into the body. It creates an intense pressure pulse
with what is essentially a spark plug inside the shockhead.
You must shake the shockhead prior to use to make effective pulses. Gasses form in the
shockhead from the electricity made by the spark plug inside the shockhead. Shaking
the shockhead mixes everything back together and a more effective pulse/louder bang
can be heard. So if you are doing a series of 4 treatments at one time, 300 pulses each
(perhaps because you are working in several different locations), you would shake the
shockhead at the start of each series of 300.
Each shockhead will deliver 50,000 pulses over its lifetime; the spark plug wears out.
Keep new, unused shockheads in the refrigerator; they keep fresh for 4 months.
There are 4 different shockheads. The diameter of each shockhead is the same.
However, each has a different focal length. The focal point is a point of convergence.
Beyond that point, the pulse diverges and disperses its effect over a wider area. Where a
dispersed effect is required, a short focal length can be useful. When it is not known
exactly where to aim, a scatter is more likely to catch the problem areas or infections.
There is a 5mm, 20mm, 35mm, and infinity head. In the case of the infinity head, there
is no focal point; the pulse travels until it hits an object such as bone, or a dense object
such as a wall.
Focal Length Indications
5 mm Orthopedic and Physical Therapy
20 mm Orthopedic and Physical Therapy
35 mm Orthopedic
Infinity
Non - healing wounds, diabetic wounds
and ulcers, skin infections