MESOTHERAPY DEVICE FOR ESTHETIC APPLICATIONS

M. S. Martins, V. M. G. Correia, J. G. Rocha, J. M. Cabral

2009

Abstract

This article describes a complete system prototype to be used in aesthetic mesotherapy. The system is composed by two main blocks: a Master block, whose chief component is a CPU, which provides the user interface and a Slave block, implemented with a micro controller and a wave generator, which produces the appropriated voltages and currents compatible with the mesotherapy treatments. The whole system is powered by a 12V power supply and the output signal has a voltage that range between -54 V and 54 V. The output signal is composed by the overlap of two frequencies: the first one is selected in the range from 1.2 kHz to 1.8 kHz and the second one is in the range from 0.07 Hz to 2 Hz. The system is being tested in clinical environment with real patients showing very good promising results.

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in Harvard Style

Martins M., Correia V., Rocha J. and Cabral J. (2009). MESOTHERAPY DEVICE FOR ESTHETIC APPLICATIONS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111- 64-7, pages 256-261. DOI: 10.5220/0001551802560261


in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices09,
author={M. S. Martins and V. M. G. Correia and J. G. Rocha and J. M. Cabral},
title={MESOTHERAPY DEVICE FOR ESTHETIC APPLICATIONS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={256-261},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001551802560261},
isbn={978-989-8111- 64-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2009)
TI - MESOTHERAPY DEVICE FOR ESTHETIC APPLICATIONS
SN - 978-989-8111- 64-7
AU - Martins M.
AU - Correia V.
AU - Rocha J.
AU - Cabral J.
PY - 2009
SP - 256
EP - 261
DO - 10.5220/0001551802560261