Systems and methods for tissue treatment
A method for aesthetic soft tissue treatment includes placing at least one applicator in contact with the patient's body. The applicator has at least one electrode. Electrotherapy and radio frequency therapy are provided to the soft tissue, optionally with overlay or sequentially. A handheld applicator may be used, with the applicator moving during the therapy, which may provide muscle stimulation in the patient, or provide an analgesic effect during the treatment. A spacing object may be positioned between the skin of the patient and the applicator.
1. A method of aesthetic treatment comprising:
placing at least one applicator in contact with a patient body part including at least one of saddlebags, abdomen, love handles, bra fat, arm, buttocks, biceps femoris, semitendinosus or vastus muscles part;
providing at least two types of treatment energy sources;
the first treatment energy source providing electrotherapy by electric current pulses and/or pulse envelopes where a number of the electric current pulses and/or pulse envelopes is in a range of 3000 to 54000 during one treatment session;
wherein current density is in a range of 0.1 mA·cm −2 and 30 mA·cm −2 ;
providing a at least partial muscle contraction by the electrotherapy; and
wherein the second treatment energy source provides an energy different from the first treatment energy source, and the method providing muscle strengthening, increasing muscle definition, increasing volume of the muscle, and/or adipose tissue reduction.
2. The method according to claim 1 with the electrotherapy causing at least partial muscle stimulation by the electric current pulses and/or pulse envelopes at a frequency in a range between 0.1 Hz to 200 Hz.
3. The method according to claim 2 including using a wireless electrode.
4. The method according to claim 2 wherein the second treatment energy source providing cooling of an adipose tissue.
5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the second treatment energy source provides an electromagnetic field in a contact mode.
6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the second treatment energy source provides an electromagnetic field in a noncontact mode.
7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the second treatment energy source provides an electromagnetic field with an energy flux density in a range of 0.01 mW·mm −2 to 10 W·mm −2 .
8. The method according to claim 7 wherein the at least one applicator includes at least one electrode which provides the at least two types of treatment energies, wherein the first treatment energy is electrotherapy and the second treatment energy is radio frequency energy, wherein the radio frequency energy therapy lasts at least 40% of time when the electrode provides any kind of the therapy.
9. The method according to claim 1 providing treatment of a cavity of the patient.
10. A method of an aesthetic treatment comprising:
placing at least one applicator in contact with a patient body part including at least one of saddlebags, abdomen, love handles, bra fat, arm, buttocks, biceps femoris, semitendinosus or vastus muscles part;
providing body shaping by providing at least two types of treatments;
wherein the first treatment uses a first treatment energy source and the second treatment uses a second treatment energy source;
the first treatment energy source providing electrotherapy causing at least partial muscle contraction of the body part by electric current pulses; and
the second treatment energy source producing an electromagnetic field with an energy flux density in a range between 0.01 mW·mm −2 and 10 W·mm −2 .
11. The method according to claim 10 further including maintaining the patient's surface temperature in a range between 20° C. to 44° C.
12. The method according to claim 10 wherein the electromagnetic field is provided in a noncontact mode.
13. The method according to claim 12 wherein the applicator has a removable head extension.
14. The method according to claim 10 wherein the electromagnetic field is provided in a contact mode.
15. The method according to claim 14 further including providing an analgesic effect by the electrotherapy during a treatment session.
16. The method according to claim 10 including providing the electrotherapy with a voltage between the electrotherapy electrodes in a range of 0.8 v to 10 kV.
17. The method according to claim 16 including providing electrotherapy with a current density in a range of 0.1 mA·cm −2 to 30mA·cm −2 .
18. The method according to claim 17 including providing radio frequency therapy in a range of 100 kHz to 25 GHz.
19. The method according to claim 18 with the electrode providing electrotherapy and electromagnetic field therapy during one treatment.
20. The method according to claim 18 including providing the electrotherapy and the electromagnetic field during one treatment simultaneously.
21. The method according to claim 10 including using at least two applicators with the first applicator providing electrotherapy and the second applicator providing electromagnetic field, and with the two applicators within one device.
22. The method according to claim 10 including using two electrotherapy electrodes and providing electrotherapy with a voltage between the electrotherapy electrodes in range of 0.8 v to 10 kV.
23. A method of an aesthetic treatment comprising:
placing at least one electrode in contact with a patient body part including at least one of saddlebags, abdomen, love handles, bra fat, arm, buttocks, biceps femoris, semitendinosus or vastus muscles part;
providing electrotherapy causing at least partial muscle stimulation by electric current pulses and/or pulse envelopes at a frequency in a range of 0.1 Hz to 200 Hz and a current density in a range of 0.1 mA·cm −2 to 30 mA·cm −2 ; and
providing cooling of an adipose tissue of the patient body part.
24. The method according to claim 23 where 3000 to 54,000 electric current pulses and/or pulse envelopes are provided during one treatment session.
25. The method according to claim 23 further including creating negative pressure on the patient's surface.
26. The method according to claim 25 including cooling by one applicator.
27. The method according to claim 25 including creating a thermal gradient with a lowest temperature on a skin surface of the patient.
28. The method according to claim 26 further including using at least one applicator attached to patient's body and/or to a support.
29. The method according to claim 28 with the at least one electrode modularly connected to the at least one applicator.
30. The method according to claim 23 including using a spacing object for cooling the patient.