DEVICE FOR REFLEXOTHERAPY Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: device incorporates tubular pole 1, support ring 16, end fitting 17, handgrip 2, sleeve 3 made of nonconducting material built in handgrip 2 and having openings for electric conductors and screw disposed in lower portion for attaching it to tubular pole 1, ferroelectric member sandwiched in between inner face of sleeve 3 and face of tubular pole 1, dielectric spacer, and metallic washer. Handgrip 2 has grooves 8 for fingers and contact pads 9 for reflexogenic zones of palm and fingers. These contact pads are formed by several electrodes protruding from handgrip 2 and connected to electric conductors to poles of ferroelectric member, that are laid in switching channels of handgrip 2 which is totally enclosed in heat-insulation shell 12 to prevent thermal injury to hand. EFFECT: more sophisticated design and broader range of reflexotherapeutic applications. 2 cl, 2 dwg