I-Tech LA500, Руководство пользователя

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INTENDED USE
I-TECH LA500 is an electro-medical device that delivers treatments of laser-therapy,
with the help of power laser up to 500mW for the provision of treatment though a
specific probe.
I-TECH LA500 is an active therapeutic device, not invasive, used especially by
physiotherapists, physicians and pain therapists.
The use of I-TECH LA500 is indicated for professional user in clinics/hospitals and for
home users in home environment.
The operator, in fact, should be qualified to be able to use such equipment, and he
should have passed an adapted training, or should operate under the control of a
medical adequately qualified to the use of the equipment, in order to guarantee
safety conditions to the patient.
Such equipment can be used in hospital environment outpatient, nevertheless, it is
important to know that the user follows the medical instructions to use the
equipment or that he follows the indications present in the user’s manual.
INDICATIONS
The application fields that can profit from using the laser-therapy I-TECH LA500 are
the following:
1. Arthro-rheumatic pathology
Arthrosis, sciatica, scapular and humeral periarthritis, arthropathy of hands and feet,
epicondylitis, hip arthrosis at its initial stage, gonalgia with or without effusion,
myogenic stiff neck, lumbago, myositis, chronic and acute pathologies etc.
2. Rehabilitative therapy
Articular motor rehabilitation after removing plaster apparatuses or after orthopaedic
surgical operations.
3. General medicine and dermatology
Decubitus ulcers, cheloids, torpid sores for its well-known bio-stimulating and anti-
infectious effects.
CONTRA-INDICATIONS
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direct radiation in the eye: the human eye is extremely sensitive to laser radiation
and can be permanently damaged from direct or reflected laser beams. The
special safety glasses must be worn by both patient by the operator.
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pregnancy: the laser is contraindicated for use over the pregnant uterus. It can
still be used in pregnant women with the foresight to not radiate over the
abdomen.
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neoplasms: you must not use the laser on a primary lesion or secondary non-
diagnosed. Laser treatment may be granted to relieve pain during the terminal
stage of disease, it is recommended that this be performed only with the full
consent of the patient.
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thyroid: the laser should not be used in any case above the gland.
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bleeding: vasodilatation may worsen the bleeding.
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immuno-suppressive therapy: laser therapy is contraindicated in patients who
have undergone such type of drug therapy.
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in the skin and injuries suspects: never laser radiation on angiomas, black points
or injuries suspects on the skin.
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treatments over the sympathetic ganglia, the vagus nerve and region of the
heart in patients with heart disease: laser therapy can significantly alter the
function neural, and is therefore contraindicated in this regions body patients
with heart disease.
Other:
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Atopic dermatitis and eczema in the acute phase
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Inflammatory processes in place at the site to be treated
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Abrasions or bruises
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Photoallergy
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Recent surgery or cryotherapy in cutaneous sites to treat
WARNING
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Photosensitivity reactions: in some patients taking drugs known, the latter
are due to reactions of photosensitization. It is not clear how the
combination of laser and drugs triggers this response. It is recommended
that patients at risk allergic, or patients with a history of such reactions are
"tested" with a minimum time of treatment.
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Means of fixation, metal plates, plastic NOT constitute contraindication to
the use of lasers which can be safely used on metallic implants, sutures and
plastics.