Rev. 02 of 10/12/04
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3 . 3
– T u r n o n t h e d e v i c e
In order to turn BIOSONYC on, press the button 1/0 – ON/OFF. The display will show a
welcome message, with the name and the software version, and the Selection Menu screen
will appear.
3 . 4
– C h o o s e t h e p r o g r a m
On the Menu, choose the program with UP/DOWN keys.
3 . 5
– S t a r t o f t h e r a p y
To start the therapy press
start
; the power of the stimulation is already preset but can be
set by pressing (+)(-) keys. The minimum increase of power is 0.1 W/cm2 and the
maximum is 3.0 W/cm2.
NOTE:
if no head has been fitted into the device at the
start
, you can hear an acoustic
warning and the display will show an error message until it is inserted, then it will start up
again automatically.
3 . 6
– S e t t i n g t h e p o w e r o f e m i s s i o n
Use the (+) and (–) keys to set the intensity of emission. Generally speaking, it stays
constant throughout the duration of the program; however, in case of pain or overheating
of the area being treated, you must decrease the power using the (–) key or else break off
the therapy by pressing
pause stop
.
NOTE:
during the program it is possible to increase or decrease the Timer by pressing
UP/DOWN keys (one minute each touch).
3.6.1
– Conta ct co ntro l
To detect the contact between head and skin, fasten the bracelet in the patient's wrist and
in the back output of the device. If the head does not adhere perfectly to the treating area
or to the mean of transmission (gel, water in immersion) the device will let out an acoustic
signal and interrupt the program; adjust the contact to continue.
3 . 7
– P r o g r a m i n t e r r u p t i o n
The stimulation will stop automatically as soon as the Timer reaches 0 and you hear the
end program acoustic signal; if you want to interrupt the program before the end, press the
pause stop
key: once to make a pause (to continue press
start
), twice to stop the program.
3 . 8
– F r e e p r o g r a m s e t u p
Biosonyc allows to create and save up to 5 free programs listed from prog. no 41 to no.
45.
To save a free program go to the program list and select one of the mentioned programs.
Press STOP. You enter the parameter configuration menu PARIMP. From here with the
keys + and – adjust the value of the parameter shown, while with the up/down arrow key
select another parameter.
