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Portable, compact, easy-to-use devices that
effectively respond to an even broader range of
tim-
physical rehabilitation care, thanks to our close
and constant collaboration with health care
professionals and their patients.
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MANUAL
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STIMULATES and RELIEVES
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  • Page 1 USER USER Portable, compact, easy-to-use devices that effectively respond to an even broader range of tim- physical rehabilitation care, thanks to our close MANUAL MANUAL and constant collaboration with health care professionals and their patients. IN ENGLISH IN ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONS OPERATING N M E S N M E S...
  • Page 2 BEFORE USING THE STIMULATOR INTRODUCTION 3-YEAR Introduction: A Close and Constant Collaboration with Health Care Professionals and Their Patients. Medical Background. Use and Benefits of Nerve Stimulation WARRANTY Safety Measures. Indications. Contraindications. Precautions. Warnings. Adverse Effects. INTRODUCING THE DEVICE All Electro-Medic devices come with a 3-year Equipment and Accessories warranty that starts on...
  • Page 3 Service d’Électro-Thérapie (SET), expert in Electrotherapy using INTRODUCTION TENS and NMES, presents its new muscle stimulator, the STIM-MEDIC Portable, compact, easy-to-use devices that effectively respond to an even broader range of physical rehabilitation care, thanks to our close and constant collaboration with health care professionals and their patients.
  • Page 4 NERVE STIMULATION Its uses and benefits N M E S Medical Context T E N S NMES TENS Electrotherapy or transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation -TENS- Transcutaneous neuromuscular stimulation is applied to a muscle that involves depolarizing peripheral nerve fibres, transmitted by means of is normally innervated.

  • Page 5: Safety Measures

    SAFETY MEASURES INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, PRECAUTIONS, WARNING, ADVERSE EFFECTS NMES INDICATIONS TENS INDICATIONS Transcutaneous neuromuscular stimulation ( NMES ), which is A safe therapeutic technique that is known in the medical particularly effective in preventing and treating amyotrophy, is widely community for its lack of adverse effects under normal conditions used in rehabilitation in general.
  • Page 6 STRICT CONTRAINDICATIONS ( C-I ) USE UNDER MEDICAL OR INTERDISCIPLINARY SUPERVISION • Pregnancy: endogenous opiates released during muscle contractions induced by electrical stimulation may stimulate myometrial contractions. Electrical muscle stimulation of large muscle groups should therefore be avoided during pregnancy. ( NMES) •...
  • Page 7 PRECAUTIONS • Skin disease (e.g., eczema): resistance is decreased, which increases the risk of burns. • Active epiphyseal plate: risk of impairing bone growth. • Abundant fat tissue: risk of ineffective treatment; the current does not reach the target tissue (muscle ) because the fat tissue increases electrical impedance, which limits the penetration of the current.
  • Page 8 WARNINGS • Consult a health care professional before using the device because the device may cause lethal heart rhythm disturbances in some susceptible individuals. • Use this device only as recommended by a health care professional. (positioning electrodes, adjusting settings). •...

  • Page 9: Adverse Effects

    ADVERSE EFFECTS • Patients may feel irritation and skin burns under the stimulation electrodes applied to the skin. • Patients may experience headaches and other painful sensations during or after the application of electrical stimulation near the eyes, on the head or the face.

  • Page 10: Introducing The Device

    INTRODUCING THE DEVICE EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES MODEL: Stim-Medic THE STIM-MEDIC PORTABLE MUSCLE STIMULATOR COMES WITH MANY ACCESSORIES INCLUDING • case • Stim-Medic NMES • quick-start guide • charger and Li-ion batteries • wires and set of carbon electrodes • 250ml tube of gel •...

  • Page 11: Technical Features

    TECHNICAL FEATURES The Electro-Medic muscle stimulator is a two-channel stimulator The Electro-Medic muscle stimulator can penetrate this resistance designed for muscle rehabilitation (NMES) and pain relief (TENS ). and maintain a current intensity of up to 100 mA. A change in The stimulator comes with 27 preset programs and 3 customizable load from 100 to 1500 ohms results in less than 10% variation in programs.
  • Page 12 CHOICE OF PRESET PROGRAMS NMES • Global Strengthening • Alternating stimulation • Strength (with or without active rest) • Muscle relaxation (recuperation) • Endurance (with or without active rest) • Massage • Hypertrophy • Functional stimulation • Neurology TENS • Conventional • Burst •...
  • Page 13 Allows the intensity of the left or right channel to be increased. *Increases the intensity carefully, as prescribed. CUSTOMIZABLE PROGRAMS TIMER Also allows the timer to be adjusted. Stim-Medic 4 FUNCTIONS DECREASE WARMUP Allows the intensity of the left or right channel to be reduced.

  • Page 14: Screen Display

    SCREEN DISPLAY WARMUP MANUAL CTRL hours Timer OPEN CIRCUIT • Disconnected electrode • Wire breakage • Impedance too high • Other likely issue PROGRAM Displays the selected program. DISPLAYS US OR Hz • The left side displays the number of the channel 1 program •...

  • Page 15: Device Setup

    Refer to the additional instructions provided on their packaging. INSTRUCTIONS The Electro-Medic STIM-MEDIC stimulator gives you the option of choosing the treatment mode that best suits your needs: CONNECT THE WIRES TO THE UNIT treatment by NMES or TENS.

  • Page 16: Select A Program

    SELECT A PROGRAM (P1 to P30 ) START STIMULATION To select a program, as recommended by your health NMES care professional for your diagnosed medical condition, You will have the option of doing a warm-up period (WARM-UP) before starting stimulation. press the button PR or PR until the desired...

  • Page 17: Special Instructions

    SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Intermittent stimulation + with active rest ( P8-P9, P12-P15 + manual switch ( P22-P23 The programs indicated above include rest periods between muscle contractions (work phase) as illustrated in the following figure. • 1- ramp-up phase • 2- work phase •...
  • Page 18 LOCK/UNLOCK A PROGRAM To lock or unlock a program, simultaneously press the down arrow of program 2 and the PR button of program 2 for 10 seconds. You will see the lock symbol, illustrated above, in the section to the left. •...
  • Page 19 N.B. ONLY USE AN ELECTRO-MEDIC BATTERY FOR THE STIMULATOR AND THE ELECTROMEDIC CHARGER TO RECHARGE THE BATTERY. LI-ION BATTERY CHARGER LED INDICATOR LIGHT FEATURES CHARGER •...
  • Page 20 THE PATEINT IS THE Colours of indicator lights DESIGNATED OPERATOR and their meaning The operator’s The patient can use the buttons and change the battery under normal conditions and immediate response is maintain the device and its accessories according to the user manual required ATTENTION! The operator’s rapid...
  • Page 21 Work time Warm-up Period ( Fixe d) Recovery period ( Fixe d) Time (in seconds) Program Title Pulse Ramp-up/ Pulse Pulse Ramp-up/ duration ramp-down Timer Frequency Rest duration Ramp-up Work Ramp-down Rest Timer duration ramp-down Timer time time ( Hz ) (µs) (Hz ) ( Hz )

  • Page 22: Second Step

    MODIFIABLE PROGRAMS CUSTOMIZATION With the Electro-Medic Stimulator, you can customize and record three custom programs To create a custom program, follow the programming procedure below. (P28 to P30) for patient-specific treatment. PROGRAMMING MUSCLE STIMULATOR NMES ( SM ) Press the ON/OFF button.
  • Page 23 PROGRAMMING TENS ( T ) INDEPENDENT CHANNELS Press the ON/OFF button. Press the PROGRAM button OR to go to the following program or return to the previous program until the program is at P28-P30. Press the S (SELECT) button and hold it down for 3 seconds in order to enter programming mode. (Please refer to the programming chart for the next steps.) FIRST STEP CHANNEL #1...

  • Page 24: Programming Chart

    PROGRAMMING CHART STIM-MEDIC Programming NMES TENS ( SM) ( T) Level 1 Warm-up Mode Simultaneous Alternating Level 2 (SI ) (ALT) Conventional Frequency Conventional Burst Pulse duration Frequency Level 3 ( C ) modulation (MR ) ( C) (B ) modulation (MW ) ...
  • Page 25 MAINTAINING STORAGE CLEANING THE DEVICE WAREHOUSING CONDITIONS Maintaining and cleaning the device are relatively • The device should be transported and stored simple within a temperature range of -10°C to 60°C, at a barometric pressure of 700hPa to 1060hPa and a relative humidity of 15 •...

  • Page 26: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM POTENTIAL SOLUTION ACTION Broken screen None Contact your distributor Display problem None Contact your distributor Detached part None Contact your distributor • Try changing the battery The device does not light up at all Is the battery fully inserted? •...

  • Page 27: Warranty

    WARRANTY The manufacturer, Electro-Medic, represents that Electro-Medic muscle Electro-Medic, after verifying that the device is defective, will replace the product if it is still under warranty. stimulators are free from material and manufacturing defects at the time of delivery. Any modification, misuse, improper use or accidental damage, and any repair made by a third party will cancel this warranty.

  • Page 28: Document History

    1 855 230 6334 may affect the operation of the equipment and should be kept at least info@electromedic.ca / www.electromedic.ca 3.3 metres away. ( Note: as indicated in table 6 of IEC 60601-1-2 :2007 IN COLLABORATION WITH for Electro-Medic equipment, a typical cell phone with an output of 2W d=3.3m with an immunity level of 3 V/m)
  • Page 29 LEGEND Read the instruction manual before using the stimulator Type BF Equipment - Type BF Isolated Part (floating) Dispose of the device, batteries and accessories according to applicable recycling standards Class II equipment Protection index Barcode Serial number Manufacturer Manual version 1.0 Software version 1.0...

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