Method and apparatus for treating a patient by electro/fluidized bed therapy
OwnerThomas S. Hargestinventor
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for treating a patient by electrotherapy and fluidized bed thermal therapy. A body portion of a patient is submerged in a fluidizable bed of solid particles, and the bed is selectively fluidized and de-fluidized as desired while controlling the temperature of the bed of solid particles. Electrotherapy treatment is applied to the portion of the body of the patient submerged in the bed of solid particles through electrodes attached to the body part which are connected to an electrical generator which produces radio frequency signals in continuous or modulated modes. The electrotherapy and fluidized bed thermal therapy may be applied consecutively or concurrently to the body part for treatment thereof.
Claims9
A method of treating a patient by combined application of electrotherapy and a thermally controlled fluidizable particulate material comprising the steps
- (a) creating a fluidizable bed of solid particles,
- (b) submerging at least a portion of the body of a patient in the bed of solid particles,
- (c) selectively fluidizing and de-fluidizing the bed of solid particles, as desired, while controlling the temperature of the bed of solid particles, and
- (d) selectively applying electrotherapy treatment to the portion of the body of the patient submerged in the bed of solid particles.
Apparatus for treating a patient by combined application of electrotherapy and a thermally controlled fluidizable particulate material comprising
- (a) means for creating a fluidizable bed of solid particles for submerging at least a portion of the body of a patient therein,
- (b) means for selectively fluidizing and de-fluidizing the bed of solid particles, as desired, while controlling the temperature of the bed of solid particles, and
- (c) means for selectively applying electrotherapy treatment to the portion of the body of the patient submerged in the bed of solid particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.