Patent ID: 8014877
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: A61B,A61N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A treatment system for the treatment of a living body, comprising: a handheld treatment device including a pair of electrodes for contact respectively with the skin and a waveform generator for repeatedly generating an AC waveform for applying electrical impulses to the body through the skin for non-invasively locating a treatment area and then treating the living body, a detector for detecting the skin impedance responsive to the applied electrical impulses and for generating detection signals representing the skin impedance, a monitor responsive to the detector output signals for monitoring the responsivity of the skin, and an indicator arrangement activated by the monitor for generating a first indication when a predetermined level of responsivity is reached and a further indication when a predetermined treatment has been administered, the treatment device associated with a CPU for processing and storing data relating to a treatment session; a PC for storing a patient record including a patient history; a cradle for the handheld treatment device, the cradle being connected to or incorporated as a part of the PC and being arranged to communicate information between the PC and the treatment device; a receptacle for a smart card including a unique patient ID; and detection means for detecting the presence of a said smart card in the said receptacle, said detection means being responsive to such detection for controlling communication between the treatment device and the PC via the cradle for accessing the patient record associated with the unique patient ID, whereby patient information from the patient record may be transferred to the treatment device from the PC for said treatment session and treatment data may be transferred from the treatment device to the PC for updating the patient record.