Electrode Placement Rationale

BiowavePRO electrode placements are different from conventional electrode stimulation. The mixing of the proprietary therapeutic signals occurs in a 2-3 inch hemisphere (volume of tissue) beneath and surrounding each electrode, not along the surface of the skin between electrodes. As a result, electrodes need to be placed directly over points of pain.

Electrical signals can be focused to different parts of the body by pairing electrodes of different sizes (areas) with one another.

B-Set: Two Equal Area Round Electrodes for Two Equal Points of Pain

If two electrodes of equal area are used, then two distinct volumes of tissue, each with the same magnitude of pain, can be treated. If the two equal area electrodes are placed close together so that there is only 0.5 to 1 inch of space between them, the pair can be used to treat one larger volume of tissue.

E-Set and U-Set: One Small Round Electrode for Primary Point of Pain and One Larger Rectangular Electrode for Secondary Point of Pain or for Bony Prominence

By pairing an electrode of smaller area with an electrode of larger area, the density of the therapeutic low frequency electric field is greater in the volume of tissue beneath the smaller area electrode. Therefore, the smaller round electrode needs to be placed directly over the primary painful area. The larger rectangular electrode is still active (it is not a grounding pad) and should be placed over a secondary point of pain. If there is no secondary point of pain, then the larger rectangular electrode must be placed over a bony prominence near the treatment site. Placement of the larger electrode over a bony prominence allows the patient to more comfortably increase the intensity of the signal to higher levels, allowing a stronger electric field to encompass the site of pain under the smaller primary electrode.

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