Low amperage current and heat applicator
OwnerKenneth K. Ogatainventor
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Abstract
A combined heat and current applicator assembly including a heat applicator, a current applicator and a control unit. The heat applicator includes a housing, a heated tip and a cable for receiving electricity from the control unit. The current applicator includes a housing, a current tip, and a cable for receiving a low amperage alternating current from the control unit. The control unit allows a user to adjust a temperature of the heated tip and amperage of the current tip. The current applicator applies the low amperage current through the current tip to a specific, isolated afflicted area of a user or patient in order to strengthen the immune system and decrease local inflammation.
Claims18
A combined heat and current applicator assembly, comprising:
- a heat applicator having a first housing and a heated tip;
- a current applicator having a second housing and a current tip;
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- a control unit attached to both the heat applicator and the current applicator, the control unit including at least one heat switch to adjust a temperature of the heated tip and at lest one current switch to adjust an amperage of the current tip, the control unit including at least one transformer and at least one resistor,
- wherein the control unit receives an input electrical signal at a first voltage and a first amperage and transforms that signal into an output electrical signal with a lower second voltage and a lower second amperage,
- wherein the current tip conducts a low amperage electrical signal adapted to be applied to a surface of a user.
A pain relieving device, comprising:
- a heat application device having a heated applicator and a first electrical input;
- a current application device having a current applicator and a second electrical input;
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- a controller connected to the first and second electrical inputs for adjusting a temperature of the heated applicator and an amperage of the current applicator, the controller having at least one current switch to adjust the amperage of the current applicator and at least one heat switch to adjust the temperature of the heated applicator,
- wherein the controller further comprises at least one transformer and at least one resistor to transform the second electrical input at a first voltage and a first amperage into an output electrical signal with a lower second voltage and a lower second amperage,
- wherein the current applicator conducts a low amperage alternating current and the heat applicator applies heat to the current applicator.
A method of relieving pain from inflammation, comprising the steps:
- providing a circuit inside a housing including a current applicator, a heat applicator and input source;
- providing a control unit connectable to the circuit having a current switch, a heat switch, a transformer and at least one resistor;
- transforming the input source having a first voltage and a first amperage into an output electrical signal having a lower second voltage and lower second amperage;
- varying a low amperage current in the current applicator with the current switch of control unit and varying a temperature of the heat applicator with the heat switch of the control unit;
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- applying the current applicator to an afflicted area of a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.