New Electrotherapy Systems Alleviate Postoperative Pain and Edema

Targeted pulsed electromagnetic field (tPEMF) devices create a therapeutic electrical current in injured soft tissue, modulating biochemical and physiological healing processes to help reduce related pain and inflammation.

The SofPulse tPEMF 912-M10, Roma, and Torino II series of products are indicated for the palliative treatment of postoperative pain and edema in superficial soft tissue, by enhancing the body's anti-inflammatory and angiogenic responses. The tPEMF technology is drug-free, easy to apply, and has an excellent safety profile. The new SofPulse devices are portable, disposable, and more economical, with significantly lowered electromagnetic interference. The tPEMF signals works through clothing, dressings, and even plaster casts. The system consists of a power supply and a range of applicators; the selected applicator head is swung into position, lightly resting against the affected area (direct contact is not required). Treatments are generally given twice or three times a day, lasting for 30 minutes. The new Ivivi SofPulse devices are products of Ivivi Technologies (Northvale, NJ, USA), and have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

"This latest generation of Ivivi signals evolved as a result of our significant advances in understanding the mechanism of action of tPEMF," said Steven Gluckstern, Chairman, President, and CEO of Ivivi. "This knowledge and the ability to freely market the SofPulse family of products for its labeled indications are important steps in helping Ivivi realize the full potential of this broad-based, effective electrotherapeutic treatment modality."

Pulsing electromagnetic field (PEMF) generators provide high frequency electromagnetic energy fields so powerful they can light a 40-Watt bulb, but pulse so quickly they do not heat the body significantly. Improvements have been made to electrotherapy devices in recent years, which have so far been used successfully in rhytidectomy, liposculpture, laser resurfacing, brow lifting, and facial fat grafting, as well as in rhinoplasty, abdominoplasty, and breast surgery for reducing edema and pain.

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