In Canada, they can also be purchased on the TV shopping channel. My wife bought one. The unit came with an 18 page booklet and a full instructional video describing it's various uses. This battery operated unit is marked CSA with a file number.
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Kwok, P.Eng. Principal Engineer Electromagnetic Compatibility Intetron Consulting, Inc. Ph (604) 432-9874 E-mail [email protected] Internet http://www.intetron.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Art Michael" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 1:08 PM Subject: RE: Electroshock exercising devices ... > > Hello PSTC-ers > > Further and contrary to the ideal requisites noted below by Richard Woods, > TENS and Muscle Stimulators ARE sold, via mail-order from the back of > Muscle-builder magazines (without any restrictions or need for > prescriptions). > > They can also be found in shops in most any Chinatown here in the USA. > These are sold over-the-counter, for sums in the vicinity of US$25.00 or > less, without prescriptions and without doctor's orders. You can even > find them on E-Bay once in a while. > > They are usually powered by AA batteries (or sometimes, 9V batteries); I > guess the "industry sense" is that they don't require agency approval (the > agencies we work with daily). And, I've never noted any agency markings or > notations on the ones used by professionals (physical therapists) either. > In their case - they sometimes open the units, set the levels, seal the > units, and allow patients to take them home for self-monitored therapy > sessions. > > And, to borrow Richard's words, "Approvals? What Approvals?" > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
