Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for the controlled local, non-invasive electrostimulation of human and animal tissues. The device includes a pulse generator 1 generating DC pulses of adjustable frequency and amplitude and two electrodes to be applied to the tissue. One electrode is a large-surface electrode to be fixedly applied to the body, and the other electrode is a multipoint electrode having a plurality of point electrodes provided in a support and electrically isolated from each other, which are designed to be simultaneously and fixedly applied to the treated region and are sequentially provided with DC pulses from the pulse generator by means of switching means, each switching position corresponding to one point electrode or a predetermined group of point electrodes.The device is optimally suited for the automatic and home application of electrostimulation, particularly for the therapy of chronic diseases of the locomotor system.

Abstract: A method of diagnosing and treating abnormal tissue includes the steps of generating an electric signal composed of electrical pulses in the range of 250 Hz to 5 KHz, applying the signal to a patient through two electrodes attached to points on the surface of the patient's body, one point being the treated point, monitoring the average value of current passing through the patient's body; monitoring the rate of change in the average value of the current passing through the patient's body; and determining whether the treated point represents normal tissue or abnormal tissue, based on the rate of change in the average value of the current passing through the patient's body. Treatment of abnormal tissue is continued until the average value of current in a treated point reaches a stable value comparable in magnitude to the average value of the current passing through the patient's body at a point representing normal tissue.

Abstract: A stimulator which may be used to diminish the number of needed hemodialysis or peritoneal applications, as well as their duration. The stimulator is provided with at least two electrodes to be applied to a patient's body. The said electrodes are connected through an earphone and through a measuring instrument for indicating the average current quantity and its time derivative to the output of a generator of an electrical signal. The generator is fed from a direct current source. The stimulator may be applied separately, without an artificial kidney, viz. for diagnostical and therapeutical purposes in general medicine, or it may be used before hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.

Abstract: A device for hemodialysis provided with: an artery needle, a set of hoses with a bubble trap, a blood pump, a hemodialyzer, a venous needle, a container of a dialyzing solution, a conduit for the dialyzing solution, a unit of sensors for measuring the temperature, conductivity, and pressure of the dialyzing solution, a pump for the dialyzing solution, a hemoglobin detector, an electronic unit and an alarm unit providing audible and visual warning signals. The dialyzing solution is heated to a suitable temperature by a heat exchanger which is supplied with waste heat from the cooling system of an automobile engine. The device may be used in a home and for weekend dialysis, as well as for emergency mobile use.