Selective Treatment

Maybe it was a control for shock treatment...?

I have a link, but I failed the verification code three times. :o(

*rubs eyes*

Maybe it was for a radiation-related therapy, or for radiology?

http://www.blackwell-s...et=1&journalCode=bjd

It looks like it was a radiation therapy unit for dermatology, see: http://www.iop.org/EJ/.../0031-9155/51/13/R14

I can't access the article, btu the logo looks similar to the old RankArena logo, who made televisions.

Actually, it is a muscle stimulator, used on non ambulatory, or comatose patients to make sure atrophy doesn't kick in. Output one was put on one end of a nerve junction, and 2 was put on the other, and a current was run through at differing wave patterns, stimulating the muscles. It was also used on people with psychosomatic paralysis for the same reasons. The voltage put through (in D.C.) was in the milliamp range, not enough to cause initial discomfort, but enough to cause stiffness and cramps afterward.. An interesting find!

Doctor DETH, your description sounds like a machine they sometimes use in physical therapy. Is it?

I know what machine DETH is talking about, and it did look similar when they used it on me. I do not know what the electrical settings were on it however. Mine was used in physical therapy, I was not in a coma nor psychosomatic paralysis.

I also have a small one that I can carry with me. My BIL had the the small one to help his broken finger bones mend.

StareGirl, the machine they used on me sent very small currents , kinda tingly, to my wrist to treat carpal tunnel.

StareGirl and J-131274, I think you're both talking about an ultrasound machine.

They're used quite frequently here, I get it occasionally to treat my neck. The machines I'm talking about send ultrasonic waves undefined?) through the muscles, it feels like electrical pulses but accordingly to the article below they're not technically undefinedas it is mechanical). http://www.electrother...eutic_ultrasound.htm

The last time I had it done I was on it for what felt like forever, and wave pattern was consistant, so it wasn't long before my muscles recognised the pattern and would then tense up just before the next 'buzz' which wasn't a very cool thing.

I prefer manipulative physiotherapy, my physio knows exactly which muscles and which points to prod, so I get deep tissue... almost blacked out a couple of times from the pain, but the 45 minute session is completely worth it for the 6 months of relief it provides! Far more effective than the US ever was.

Now, back to the photo.... I'm am just totally shocked that none of you can recognise this is quite clearly a doohickey.

I couldn't help but notice the 'Top Rank' logo on there. I know they made records and movies, but hospital equipment???

Actually, Rank Stanley Cox.
They made physical therapy equipment a long time ago.

It's the controls for those drugs.

why dont we just press the buttons and fine out?

It's a framistat off of a 1954 Dinkle!

Dr. DETH wins an internet! This was one of the first successful attempts at a muscle stimulation device. This Rank is the Granddaddy of our current Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) devices. An offshoot of this is the portable electrical bone stimulation devices we use now.

Its a Tends machine, I have a newer modle its portable, i used it to stiffness and pain control, it shots my muscles with electricity.

Aah, the memories! I remember passing this on a dark November night and wanting to take it home. I'm not so sure now that I know what is though...

If such a machine works on DC, then judjing by the design of the machine it's self is pre-dating semi conducting diodes which are small and have gold plated anodes and cathodes. Clearly this thing gives alternating currency.

Hospital Biomedical Engineer here. Yes these muscle stimulators/TENS call them what you will put out a form of AC current. You'd likely find a couple of the dials are for amplitude and frequency, the gauge would be for output milliamps.

One can also use a Muscle Stim to check depth of anaesthesia.

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it is a muscle stimulator intended to build up strength in wasted muscles of invalid or non ambulatory patients

TENS unit
"Transcutaneous electronic nerve stimulator"

Yup its a stationary TENS unit (I had a stationary one with 6 outputs!!) I use a portable one that has four outputs (8 electrodes) in conjunction with Opiates to control chronic pain. TENS works by overstimulating the nerves in that specific area which overrides the sensation of pain. Mine can also be used for muscle stimulation too.