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3INTENDED USE
3.1 OPERATING PRINCIPLE
HCR 1002 produces an alternating current at a specific and unique frequency (0.447 MHz), which is
applied to the area to be treated by means of moveable active electrodes.
The active electrodes are placed so they adhere to tissue to be treated and moved by operator all the
time – with the operator-dependent device active.
The device issues the energy applied and trasfers it to the patient only when the circuit is closed, i.e.
when the active electrode and the indifferent electrode are both in contact with tissue.
The transfer of energy from the active to the indifferent electrode, through the tissue to be treated, is
successful only through the interposition of the electrolytic emulsion.
Depending on the type of electrodes used, we will also have two different modes:
• Resistive Electric Transfer - RES
• Capacitive Electric Transfer - CAP
The physiological effects on tissue of this energy transfer are prevalently temperature-related owing to
the Joule effect, and biochemical effects on metabolism, as they typically do not stimulate neuromuscular
activity and do not determine electrolytic phenomena or consequent depolarization.
Local increase in body temperature, moreover, reactivates micro-capillary circulation in depth,
consequently increasing blood flow and lymphatic circulation and thus eliminating catabolites and/or
supplying nutrients, as well as increasing oxygenation of tissues, making use of device functional to
massage techniques.
3.2 INTENDED USE AND APPLICATIONS
HCR 1002 is a device for diathermy, tecartherapy.
It is non-invasive device and should come into contact with patient only temporarily, at the epidermal
level on undamaged, healthy skin. The device is employed in all those cases where it is necessary to
obtain a physiological increasement of the micro and macro-circulation and of tissue temperature.
The operator can use it with great flexibility thanks to its focused, local action and capacity to induce
micro-macrometrical physiological changes in temperature in a specific district, and at the same
time, therefore, causing a temperature difference between that district and another, more or less
contiguous area. It also gives the opportunity to act in more or less extensive areas of the body
selected according to whether the objective is acting on local districts, regional or segmental ones.
Thanks to these variations, vital functions are rebooted and a new balance is rapidly established, whose
main objective is precisely the “functional recovery” that will lead to a reduction of symptoms and
rehabilitation.
The present device is a physiotherapeutic tool for rehabilitation from conditions including:
• Musculoskeletal injuries such as muscle contractions, strains and elongations, acute and chronic
tendonitis, distortion, synovitis,bursitis;
• Treatment of articular diseases, both degenerative and inflammatory (arthrosis and arthritis);
• Treatment oof inflammation of the limbs and of the spinal cord, characterized by pain and functional
limitation (neck pain, back pain, lumbago, brachialgia i.e. pain in the arms, lumbar radiculopathy or
sciatica, pain of the ischium and cruralis etc.);
• Treatment of injuries from functional overloading, typical of sports and professional activities (tennis
elbow, jumper’s knee, pitcher’s shoulder, carpal tunnel syndrome, metatarsalgia i.e. metatarsal pain
or “stone bruise”, plantar fasciitis or jogger’s heel, etc.);
• Treatment of DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness), occurring after eccentric exercise (exercise
consisting of lengthening contractions of the muscle) or muscle fatigue, and treatment of conditions
that require facilitating muscle relaxation;
• Besides, thanks to a technique that makes use of the mobilization of fluids from topical temperature
differences in tissue on the one hand, and on the other, from the induced increment of tissue
oxygenation, the device is suited to physiotherapeutic treatment of superficial edema from venous
and lymphatic stasis.
• The topical increment in microcirculation leads to a trophic action (i.e. stimulation of cell
reproduction and enlargement by nurturing and causing growth) that is recommended in treating
peripheral vascular disorders such as diabetic feet etc.
