Ultrasound Therapy
Note
For reasons of safety, the following option may be selected in the
setup menu: Increasing the ultrasound dose after the ultrasound has
coupled (marker appears in the
upper status bar <2>
) is only possible
after prior turning down the dose with
dose control <6>
.
(10)
Check the coupling confirmation by lifting the transducer shortly from the pa-
tients’ tissue.
The therapy timer switches off as soon as the treatment is finished.
Automatic Coupling Confirmation
The automatic coupling confirmation of the unit ensures efficient therapy at any
time. In the case of insufficient ultrasound transfer to the tissue, the LED at the
transducer
as well as the coupling confirmation at the instrument (
upper status
bar <2>
) will light up. Apply more ultrasound gel until the coupling confirmation
goes out. With insufficient coupling (lamp lit) the therapy timer either automatically
stops running (see setting in the
setup menu <10>
), i.e. only efficient therapy time
is counted, or it continues running, i.e. the entire therapy time is counted independ-
ently of the coupling.
We recommend checking the function of the coupling confirmation by shortly re-
moving the transducer from the patient's tissue prior to treatment.
Warning
Move the ultrasonic transducer constantly on the patient's skin (dy-
namic treatment)! Make sure that the transducer never remains at the
same spot for a longer period (static treatment), otherwise tissue dam-
age of thermal and mechanical nature cannot be excluded!
Regularly check transducers and resonators for overheating!
4.3
TPS
The acronym TPS is based on the Spanish words
Tiempo
(time),
Potencia
(power) and
Su-
perficie
(area). It represents a more precise dosage strategy in ultrasound therapy accord-
ing to the Spanish expert for electrotherapy Dr. J. M. Rodríguez Martín.
Besides the emitted dose in W/cm
2
, the area of treatment and the therapy time are taken
into account to apply a precisely specified amount of energy in J/cm
2
to the tissue.
Therapy Recommendations
Acute indications
15...25
J/cm
2
Chronic indications
30...40
J/cm
2
Chronic and fibrotic scars
40...50
J/cm
2
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