PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC ELECTRODE APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61N5/02 A61N5/67 A61N1/30 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine and medical equipment, namely to apparatuses used in oncology and physiotherapy. The apparatus comprises two electrodes mounted in cavities of dielectric cup-shaped body connected to a UHF unit, each body of which is provided with an additional mesh electrode of a graphitised electrically conductive cloth with a lining adjoining thereto and impregnated with a drug substance. The mesh electrode is shaped and sized after the main electrode; it is parallel to the main electrode, separated therefrom with a dielectric lining and connected to a DC power source. An outer surface of each body comprises equispaced ribs with through holes flushes for flexible lightguide in the number of 4 to 10, assembled in a common cable and connected to a laser light source generating laser light to cover the tumour from both sides.

EFFECT: using the invention enables extending the physiotherapeutic functions of the UHF hyperthermia apparatuses.

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