Method of searching optimal zones for electropulse therapy (variants)

Abstract

The group of inventions relates to medicine (physiotherapy). Electric stimuli which are generated by the following ringing circuit: active electrode—inductive storage unit—passive electrode—interelectrode tissues—active electrode, contain oscillations which are used as a test signal. In one variant of the method the electrodes are successively applied (in another variant—moved uniformly) across the skin area. Every time the electrodes-to-skin contact is detected, the oscillation parameters are recorded after a delay. Moreover, the values of parameters can be averaged. The group of invention provides the use of both combined and disjointed (separated) electrodes. An optimal zone for electropulse therapy is identified by minimal or maximal value of one or more parameters of the aforementioned oscillations and the use of the principle of “small asymmetry”. The group of inventions provides an increase in the accuracy with which zones optimal for electropulse therapy are identified and localized.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of searching optimal zones for electropulse therapy, which includes applying an active and a passive electrodes on a skin and
 generating electric pulses using an inductive energy storage unit,   transmitting of said electric pulses through tissues between the electrodes,   using as a test signal free electrical oscillations arising in a following ringing circuit: the active electrode—the inductive energy storage unit—the passive electrode—the tissues between electrodes—the active electrode; wherein   the both electrodes are successively placed across an entire surface of a chosen skin area and, after a set period of between 0.1-0.5 sec following each detection of a contact between the both electrodes and the skin, oscillation parameters are averaged and displayed, whereas an optimal area for electropulse therapy is identified by minimal or maximal averaged value of one of the oscillation parameters or by averaged oscillation parameters achieving a predefined criterion.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the active and the passive electrodes are separated electrodes with one active or passive electrode being placed outside the chosen skin area and another one being applied within it. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein when several zones with equal extreme parameter values or equal criterion are found, a smallest of the zones is considered as the optimal zone for electropulse therapy. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the active and the passive electrodes are separated electrodes with one active or passive electrode being placed outside the chosen skin area and another one being applied within it. 
     
     
         5 . A method of searching optimal zones for electropulse therapy, including:
 applying an active and a passive electrodes on a skin and generating electric pulses using an inductive energy storage unit,   transmitting of said electric pulses through tissues between the electrodes,   using as a test signal free electrical oscillations arising in a following ringing circuit: the active electrode—the inductive energy storage unit—the passive electrode—the tissues between the electrodes—the active electrode; wherein   the electrodes are moved uniformly across an entire surface of a chosen skin area in one or more repetitions and, after a set period of between 0.1-0.5 sec following each detection of contact between the electrodes and the skin, minimal and maximal values of one of parameters of the test signal free electrical oscillations or an achievement of a predefined criterion by parameter values of the test signal free electrical oscillations are found and displayed, whereas an optimal zone for electropulse therapy is identified by a minimal or a maximal value of one of the parameters of said oscillations or by the achievement by the parameters of said oscillations of the predefined criterion.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein when several zones with equal extreme parameter values of the oscillations or equal criterion are found, a smallest zone is considered as the optimal zone for electropulse therapy. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the active and the passive electrodes are separated electrodes with one of the active or the passive electrodes is placed outside the chosen skin area and another electrode is moved within it. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the parameters of the oscillations are averaged and displayed, whereas the minimal values, the maximal values, or the achievement of the predefined criterion is identified for the averaged parameter values. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the active and the passive electrodes are separated electrodes with one of the active or the passive electrodes is placed outside the chosen skin area and another electrode is moved within it. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein when several zones with equal extreme parameter values of the oscillations or equal criterion are found, a smallest zone is considered as the optimal zone for electropulse therapy. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the active and the passive electrodes are separated electrodes with one of the active or the passive electrodes is placed outside the chosen skin area and another electrode is moved within it.