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Therapeutic Ultrasound - Pain relief - Reduction of muscle spasms - Localized increase in blood flow - Increase range of motion of contracted joints using heat and stretch techniques

The SONOMED apparatus is ultrasound equipment for therapy, which has been developed in accordance with the safety standards IEC 60601-2 and IEC 60601-2 and IEC 60601-2-5, class II, type BF, which makes it a safe apparatus of high reliability for the therapist and the patient. SONOMED is medical electric equipment which provides therapeutic ultrasound treatment. Ultrasound is a mechanic stimulus directed to the body through ultrasonic beam emitted by a transducer/applicator, better known as head. This ultrasound is produced in the head through a piezoelectric crystal and is transmitted to the body through the aluminum surface of the head and a contact agent (gel). Depending on how the ultrasound beam passes through the tissues, its energy is gradually and selectively absorbed being transformed into heat, among other effects. This increase in temperature causes biological changes in the tissues as for instance increase in micro circulation, a reduced perception of pain, a reduction in inflammatory activity and an increase in the reestablishing rate of delicate tissues. The higher the ultrasound frequency, the more superficial will be its absorption.