Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1996-05-16
1998-11-17
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
607 30, 607 2, A61N 108
Patent
active
058369937
ABSTRACT:
An electrotherapy device control system that improves on prior art electrotherapy device control systems by providing for operation of the electrotherapy device with software code or instructions stored on an attachable memory device. In one embodiment, the invention is a method of controlling the operation characteristics of an electrotherapy device, including the steps of providing an electrotherapy device having a controller and a first memory, the first memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device; attaching a second memory to the electrotherapy device, the second memory containing instructions for use by the controller to operate the electrotherapy device; and operating the electrotherapy device using instructions contained only in the second memory. The invention also includes an apparatus for performing the method and a memory device for use with the apparatus.
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Kamm William E.
Schaetzle Kennedy J.
Shay James R.
Snyder Cecily Anne
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