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BioWaveGO User’s Manual
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• Most patients should start to feel a reduction of pain during and immediately after their
rsttreatment.
• It is recommended that treatments are performed not longer than 24 hours apart,
asthisscheduleisintendedtomaximizethepotentialbenetsofeachsuccessive
BioWaveGO
®
treatment.
• Treatment with BioWaveGO
®
can be combined with heat, cold and compression
therapies as well as with treatment via conventional medicine.
3.3 Warnings
• BioWave Pain Relief Pads must never touch each other during a treatment. Pain
Relief Pads that touch each other during an active treatment will cause a burn. One
inch is the minimum spacing between Pain Relief Pads on the back. Half of one inch is
the minimum spacing between Pain Relief Pads on joints or extremities.
• DO NOT plug into an AC outlet during use. The stimulator is battery operated and
will not operate while the AC charger is plugged in.
• DO NOT use around water. Contact with water could cause electric shock, which can
result in serious injury to the patient.
• The safety of the BioWaveGO
®
stimulator for use during pregnancy or labor, for use
in the vicinity of cancerous legions and for use in patients with epilepsy or seizures
has not been established.
• The stimulator provides a symptomatic treatment and as such suppresses the
sensation of pain which would otherwise serve as a protective mechanism.
• The long-term effects of chronic electrical stimulation are unknown.
• Stimulation should not be applied over the front or side of the neck. Severe spasm
of the laryngeal and pharyngeal muscles may occur and the contractions may be