TheraTouch® CX2/CX4/EX4
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NAVIGATION
ELECTROTHERAPY SET-UP — MANUAL OPERATION (CONT.)
Storing Your Favorite Settings
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When a treatment screen is completely
set as required, you can save those
settings as a favorite for later use.
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As long as the treatment has not been
started, a store button will be available
on the navigation bar.
•
To store your settings to Favorites,
touch the store button.
*
* Per HIPPA guidelines, it is not recommended
to use patient sensitive information
(i.e. patient names, etc.) to store as favorite.
•
Enter the name of your favorite using the
keyboard.
•
Press
to store your favorite under
the name just entered.
NOTE: Once saved, Favorites can be retrieved
from the Electrotherapy, Ultrasound and
Combination Menus.
NOTE: 4-polar treatments are
automatically saved and loaded as
a dual channel treatment.
ULTRASOUND THERAPY – APPLICATION
Contact Control
The ultrasound applicator has a contact
control function that suspends treatment
when the acoustical contact with the body
drops below a certain level. The indicator
light on the applicator will illuminate and
the amplitude display will blink as well
as the treatment time stops counting
down. During this time, the applicator
emits a small amount of energy to sense
restoration of acoustical contact. You
may experience this when the applicator
only partially contacts the body. When
contact restoration is sensed, the treatment
is resumed at the set amplitude. The
contact control function does not work at
amplitudes below 0.2 Watt/cm².
Contact Medium
To ensure efficient transfer of energy,
a contact medium is required between
the ultrasound applicator and the body.
Air causes virtually total reflection of the
ultrasound energy. The best medium for
the transfer of ultrasound energy is a gel.
Manufacturer supplied conductive gel is
recommended.
The gel should be applied to the part of the
body to be treated and then spread out
with the ultrasound applicator.
Never
apply the gel to the ultrasound
applicator. The applicator will register this as
acoustical contact and may emit ultrasound
energy, which could damage the applicator.
If the body surface is very irregular, making
it difficult to obtain good contact between
the ultrasound applicator and the body, or
if direct contact must be avoided (e.g. due
to pain), the affected area may be treated
under water (subaqual method). The water
should be degassed (by previous boiling)
in order to prevent air bubbles arising on
the ultrasound applicator and the body and
should not be submerged passed the metal
portion of sound head and in no more than
1 meter depth of water.
Before Treatment
Check the patient for Contraindications
under Intended Use — Ultrasound section
of this manual.
