TENDLITE 204 User manual

TENDLITE®
Manual

QUICK START GUIDE
Please also read the MANUAL before using your TENDLITE
Holding the TOP UNSCREW the BOTTOM to access the
baery compartment.
Insert the Li-Ion Baery* provided on the baery compartment.
- Posive Pole against the TOP
- Negave Pole against the BOTTOM/Spring
*ATTENTION: Only use rechargeable baery Li-Ion 18650 3000 mAh 3.7V
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TOP BOTTOM
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TOP BOTTOM
Baery
Poles
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Using the Buon and Timer:
- One Click to turn it ON and Start the rst 1 minute Dose of Light.
- Two Clicks subsequently to restart another dose of 1 minute.
Repeat as needed, following the Dosage Chart below.
Read General Usage and Dosage Guidelines (p. 17) BEFORE using the chart below:
PAIN LEVEL Light Pain Average Pain Deep Pain
DOSAGE
1 DOSE
Per Treatment Spot
(1minute treatment)
Once a Day
2 DOSES
Per Treatment Spot
(2 minutes treatment)
Twice or 3x a Day
3 DOSES
Per Treatment Spot
(3 minutes treatment)
3 mes a Day
Buon: ON/OFF/TIMER (60 seconds)
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Congratulaons on taking control of your pain! TENDLITE® uses LED Red Light Therapy to provide direct, non-ad-
dicve, drug free pain relief.
How to get the most out of your TENDLITE® DIRECT THERAPY
1) Commit to a 3-Week Treatment Plan.
While many people achieve pain relief from Red Light Therapy almost immediately, others see measurable pain
relief incrementally over me. Depending upon injury type, severity and dierent pain pathways involved, peo-
ple vary in therapy response me. This is why we recommend comming to a 3-Week Treatment Plan.
If you see results right away, great, connue treang as needed. However, if you do not feel relief as quickly,
know that this is also normal, so try not to get frustrated. Simply treat your pain consistently with 3 quick treat-
ments per day with the Tendlite, for up to 3 minutes each me per treatment spot. Aer 3 weeks of consistent
red light therapy, most people experience a diminishing of their pain.
2) Do not suddenly stop your other treatments upon beginning red light therapy.
Although you may not be sased with current treatments, they may be having a paral eect on the level of
your pain. If you stop suddenly, you may experience a large increase in pain. This can be a sort of “rebound”
pain eect or pain “are up” which may be very dicult to get back under control. Some medicaons may also
cause withdrawal like side eects if stopped too quickly, especially prescripon medicines.
While connuing with your current treatments, start your red light therapy, giving your Tendlite me to provide
opmal pain relief. Aer you have achieved maximum pain relief from your Tendlite, you may then consider
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slowly weaning yourself o of other medicaons or treatments. If you plan to reduce or stop a prescripon
medicaon, rst consult with your physician.
For many people, Red light therapy works so well, that they are able to come o pain pills completely. Others
are able to reduce the amount of pain medicaons they are on, reducing the risk of drug side eects.
3) Avoiding re-injury or aggravang a chronic condion
So you’re geng great pain relief from Tendlite and you want to go right back to all the things you couldn’t do
while you were in pain, right? Remember, as good as you feel, you can easily re-injure yourself if you are not
fully recovered from an acute injury. A chronic condion can be easily aggravated if you over do it. It’s best to go
back to normal acvies cauously, increasing acvity level slowly to make sure your body can handle it. Some
condions take longer periods of rest or immobilizaon to fully heal. Somemes braces and other forms of
support are recommended. If you keep aggravang an exisng condion, or re-injuring yourself, contact your
physician to see what you can do to avoid re-injury. Oen mes physical therapy or specic strengthening and
exibility exercises are recommended.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 | Introducon
1.1 Included in this package 07
1.2 Charging the Battery 08
3 | Medical Precauons
9 | Technical Specicaon 23
9.1 Operating Environment 23
2 | Indicaons of Use 09
4 | Safety Precauons
13 | FAQ 28
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5 | Direcons for Use 14
3.1 Contraindications 09
6 | Usage & Dosage Guidelines 17
10 | Guarantee & Warranty 24
3.2 Other Warnings & Precauons 10
5.1 Directions of use on Joints 14
5.2 Session Frequency 16
5.3 Treatment Period 16
6.1 Dosage Chart 20
7 | Troubleshoong 21
8 | Equipment Maintainance 22
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8.1 Cleaning & Disinfecting 22
8.2 Storage 22
10.2 1-YEAR Limited Warran-
ty on the TENDLITE® Device
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10.3 5-YEAR LED Bulb Limited
Warranty
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10.1 60-Day Money Back
Guarantee
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Spanish Manual 34
10.4 Warranty Steps 26
10.5 Warranty Exclusions 27
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INTRODUCTION
This unit takes advantage of state of the art NASA light frequency therapy re-
search to give you the best in LED therapy. This device is designed to alleviate
pain for certain indications. Please observe all safety precautions.
Tendlite® Medical Device is FDA cleared under number K-100213 Class II.
Please read the enre manual before operang the unit.
1.1 INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE
• Tendlite® unit
• 1 Rechargeable Baery - Li-Ion 18650 3000mAh 3.7V
• Baery Charger
• Operang Manual
• Protecve Glasses
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1.2 CHARGING THE BATTERY
Protected Rechargeable Baery - Li-Ion 18650 3.7B 3000mAh. Please DO NOT USE OTHER KIND
and/or specicaon. You may nd replacement baeries at: www.tendlite .com/baeries
Rechargeable baeries need to be replaced over me. This me varies depending on storage,
me and level of usage.
When to charge: Charge the baery if your Tendlite is ickering during use, no longer has a
strong beam of light or the mer is malfunconing.
The baery goes into the charger with its negave pole (at side) onto / touching the metal coil
spring.
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Temporary relief of minor muscle and joint pain, arthritis and muscle spasm,
relieving stiffness, promoting relaxation of muscle tissue, and to temporarily
increase local blood circulation where heat is indicated.
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INDICATIONS OF USE
MEDICAL PRECAUTIONS
3.1 CONTRAINDICTIONS
• Pregnancy - This device has not been tested for use by pregnant wom-
en, infants, toddlers or children under the age of 13.
• Carcinoma - This device has not been evaluated in patient populations
with carcinoma.
• Fever (body temperature higher than 100.4 F/38 C)
• Do not treat body areas near a pacemaker. If you have a pacemaker
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consult your physician. (See F.A.Q. section of this manual)
• If you have light triggered seizures
3.2 OTHER WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
• Do not use directly on the Thyroid (Front of the throat). Impact of increased temperature on
thyroid is inconclusive at this me.
• Do not use skin creams, oils, topical medicaon or loon of any kind for at least an hour before a
photo therapy session. Any type of loon can make the skin overly sensive to the light, or react
with the light. Use on clean dry skin.
• Follow usage INSTRUCTIONS. Do not shine the light close to the skin on one spot for for an ex-
tended period of 5 minutes or more, as this may heat the blood.
• Wearing protecve glasses over the eyes is recommended to prevent sensivity or discomfort
from intense light. This is an extra safety precauon for the eyes. Never stare directly into the
light of the unit.
• Do not treat near the eyes.
• Do not use in a darker/poorly lit room, as eyes may be more sensive to light.
• The unit should NOT be used by children under the age of 13, because it has not been studied
in this populaon.
• Do not allow the unit to contact (touch) broken skin. The device is not sterile and may cause
infecon.
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• The unit does NOT emit potenally carcinogenic UV rays, only specic wavelengths known to be
safe.
• Light-headedness - Stop use immediately. Consult a doctor if this persists. Make sure you are
using the unit as directed.
• The unit is not to be used by a person who is woozy, under the infulence of drugs or alcohol or in
any way at risk of falling asleep or losing consciousness while operang the unit.
• Do not leave small children unaened with the device
• Do not allow children to use – This is not a toy.
• Do not use over areas of bruised, broken or sensive skin.
• Do not sit on or against, fold, crush, or lay on this device.
• Do not use with liniments, salves or ointments that contain heat - producing ingredients, as skin
burn could result.
• If the device temperature begins to feel too hot, turn it o immediately. If the heat causes any
discomfort, stop the use.
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• Do not use unit around water. Contact with water could cause electric shock.
This unit is not waterproof. Do not place or store near a tub, sink, toilet, or other
place where the unit could come into contact with water.
• Do not stare directly at the light. It can be painful for sensive eyes.
• The Tendlite® device is made of electronic circuitry. Great care should be exer-
cised when using, storing and carrying the device.
• Do not lay unit (with power On) at onto a plasc, wood or other heat sensive
surface. The heat from unit could cause damage.
• Do not apply to wet or damp skin. Electronics may be damaged if exposed to
water.
• When cleaning the unit, NEVER immerse in or wash with water. Always use a
so dry cloth to clean the unit.
• If unit will not be used for an extended period, remove the baery from unit.
04 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
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• BATTERY USE: As with any electronic device, the rechargeable baery must be installed, used,
and properly disposed. Baeries may explode or leak and cause burn injury if inserted backwards,
disposed of in re, mixed with a dierent baery type, or disassembled. Use only 18650
Li-Ion Rechargeable baery 3000mAh 3.7V. There are several types of 18650 Li-Ion Baeries.
• ATTENTION: Do not use any other 18650 Li-Ion Baery than the one rated 3000mAh 3.7V.
Another baery might damage the eletronic circuit of the device by over powering it.
Find extra baeries for sale at www.tendlite.com/baeries
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For your safety, please read the “Medical Precauons” and “Safety Precauons”
secon of this manual before you start using this product.
• With the unit pointed away from your eyes, turn the ON/OFF switch to ON posi-
on. The unit has a 1 minute mer. The Tendlite’s mer will provide a one (1x)
1 minute dose of light before going o automacally. For light pain this 1 dose
may be enough. For more serious pain (deep pain), push the buon twice for
an addional 1 minute dose of light. See the “Dosage Chart” page 9.
• If you feel any discomfort triggered by the use of the device, increase the dis-
tance of the unit from your body or disconnue the session.
• Do not use the device towards the front of the throat as it may interfere with
thyroid funcon. It has not beed studied for use near the thyroid.
05 DIRECTIONS FOR USE
5.1. DIRECTIONS FOR USE ON JOINTS
• Hold the unit over the painful area at a distance anywhere from touching the
skin to 1 inch away from the skin, depending on the depth of treatment desired.
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The Red light penetrates up to 1 inch into your ssue/joint. Reaching your tendon, carlage,
disc, ligaments and joint directly, which makes the treatment very eecve.
• Hold the unit steady on that spot for anywhere from 1 minute (1 dose) to 3 minutes (3 dos-
es). Then proceed to any addional spots and repeat the regimen. See DOSAGE CHART page
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• For large joints, it may be necessary to treat the enre joint area by treang it in secons. Treat 1 sec-
on at a me, by holding the Tendlite steady in place for 1 to 3 minutes. Move the light to dierent
angles around the painful/injured area. For example, if it is a knee or a shoulder, point the light at
dierent angles around the circumference of the joint, as you feel the need.
Allow a day for full impact of treatment to begin. For chronic pain, repeat treatment 2 to 3
mes daily for at least 3 weeks.
Simple and easy use of your TenDlite®
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5.2 SESSION FREQUENCY
For joint pain, daily sessions are recommended, 2 to 3 mes per day. For other condions, 3 mes
a week is oen enough.
DO NOT KEEP THE DEVICE ON FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES AT A TIME. If you want to treat several
parts of your body consecuvely, TURN OFF the device for at least 1 MINUTE, aer every 10 min-
utes ON. This will keep the unit from overheang.
5.3 TREATMENT PERIOD
For best results, use the Tendlite® Device every day for three weeks, twice or three mes per day
from 1 minute (1 dose) to 3 minutes (3 doses) cycles per use. Many people start geng pain relief
almost immediately and others in just a few days.
Consult your doctor if the pain persists or is severe. Please read this manual before use, in order to
take full advantage of your Tendlite® by Lumina Group Inc.
Treatments can be ongoing. Treatment periods can be as short as a single session for post-exercise
muscle relaxaon, or as long as several months to promote relief for more involved and chronic
condions.
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USAGE & DOSAGE GUIDELINES
The TENDLITE® is pre-programmed with a 1 minute mer. It starts once you turn
the device ON. The light goes o automacally aer one minute. This is the mini-
mum DOSE of the THERAPEUTIC LIGHT necessary per treatment spot*. Just point
the light at the painful spot of the joint, ligament or disc to be treated.
Every Click of the ON/OFF buon (see Quick Start Guide) gives you 1 DOSE = 1 min-
ute of Red Light Therapy. Please wait for the end of the rst (or previous) 1 minute
cycle to acvate the next.
NOTE: Aer the 1st dose, all subsequent doses are going to require 2 clicks: 1st
click turns OFF the device and 2nd click turns ON again for one more minute.
For example, if you are treang pain around the Carpal Tunnel area and your pain
level is Average,you would shine the light for 2 one minute sessions per treatment
spot of the wrist/ carpal tunnel area.
2 DOSES = 2 Minutes treatment on the same spot (wait for the end of the rst 1
minute cycle to acvate the next).
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*The Treatment Spot is an area covered by the red light beam. A small joint i.e. knuckle of a nger,
should have only one treatment spot, because the light shines over the enre aected joint.
Start by treang the back of your
Wrist (Carpal Canal) for 2 minutes
Next treat the front as well (another
2 min.).
Connue the regiment along other
painful spots of the wrist, forearm
and upper arm as needed.
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Conversely, a knee may have several treatment spots, as the light will not cover the enre knee
joint at one angle. You may need to posion the light over 5 treatment spots or more to cover the
enre aected area of injury.
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2
3
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knee
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1
2
3
4
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PAIN LEVEL Light Pain Average Pain Deep Pain
DOSAGE
1 DOSE
Per Treatment Spot
(1minute treatment)
Once a Day
2 DOSES
Per Treatment Spot
(2 minutes treatment)
Twice or 3x a Day
3 DOSES
Per Treatment Spot
(3 minutes treatment)
3 mes a Day
Use the Dosage Chart below to find the best Dosage to treat your injury.
Dosage Chart
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