Ultrasound
Therapy
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After treatment, the timer will switch off automatically.
Automatic Coupling Confirmation
The optical coupling confirmation at both transducer and instrument enables a sta-
ble and efficient therapy. If the ultrasonic waves are badly absorbed by the tissue of
the patient, the light at the transducer will start flashing. Now you can choose be-
tween counting the effective therapy time or running the timer independently from
the coupling
(setup menu).
The setup menu provides an additional option to choose whether or not it is possi-
ble to increase the dose after the ultrasonic waves have coupled to the patient’s tis-
sue (light at the transducer goes out).
Warning
Make sure you constantly keep moving the transducer on the skin of
the patient (dynamic treatment)! Avoid using the transducer at one
spot for a longer time (static treatment); this form of treatment might
lead to damages on the patient’s tissue!
5.3
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
