Patent ID: 11883643
Assignee: BTL HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES A.S.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A device for an aesthetic treatment of a body part of a patient, comprising:
an applicator comprising an array of electrodes, the array of electrodes comprising:
a radiofrequency electrode configured to provide radiofrequency energy in a range of 100 kHz to 25 GHz to cause a heating of soft tissue of a treatment area of the body part; and
an array of electrotherapy electrodes configured to provide pulsed electric current to cause contraction of a muscle within the treatment area of the body part, wherein the pulsed electric current is provided within a series of envelopes repeating with a frequency in a range of 0.1 Hz to 140 Hz;

a fastening mechanism configured to fix the applicator to the body part of the patient; and
a control unit comprising a microprocessor configured to provide one or more predefined treatment protocols for selection by an operator via a user interface,
wherein the control unit is configured to switch on and off the radiofrequency electrode or at least one electrotherapy electrode from the array of electrotherapy electrodes based on a treatment protocol selected from the one or more predefined treatment protocols in order to provide aesthetic treatment of the patient.