ULTRATHERM 908i
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gbo Medizintechnik AG 2004
Version 1.6
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Treatment
4.1
Preparation of the patient
To ensure an optimum therapy the patients and especially the parts of their bodies that are to be
treated should be completely relaxed. A comfortable lying or sitting position is the best condition
for this.
Patients shall never be treated on metal chairs or beds.
Hearing aids, watches, rings, chains, bracelets and other metal objects are to be removed for
safety reasons before the treatment is started. This also applies to persons close to the therapy
unit or applicators and cables, e. g. the operating staff.
The parts of the body involved should be treated in unclothed condition. Especially clothes made
of synthetic materials are to be removed because they absorb moisture insufficiently, so that local
areas with excessive moisture (e.g. skin folds) can absorb too much energy and can cause local
overheating.
Before starting the treatment the ripcord is to be handed to the patient so that he/she can switch
off the therapy unit when he/she feels nausea or unbearable heat sensation.
4.2
Implants
High frequency heat therapy is contra-indicated for patients with pacemakers.
Body parts with metal insertions (e. g. bone-fixation nails, grenade splinters, etc.) shall not be
treated.
4.3
Pregnant women, endangered organs
Treatment of pregnant women is contra-indicated in the abdominal area.
Other contra-indications are growing-grooves, tumours, tuberculosis, disturbed arterial blood
circulation of stages III and IV, varicose veins, general tendency to bleeding.
The doses must be carefully selected for organs with low vascularization and low blood
circulation (e. g. eyes, testicles)!
