Dear all, I'm looking for a guidance on the effects of currents on the human body for frequencies above 100 kHz and up to tens of MHz. I've read IEC 60479-2 and ICNIRP guidelines, but none of them seems to give satisfactory information to set a reasonably safe current/voltage/power limit for an equipment intended to delivery rf or shortwave current to a patient by means of a bipolar or unipolar electrode. A lot of systems recently have appeared on the market for medical and aesthetic applications, but it looks like high frequency electrical features are up to the manufacturer, with no real regulatory constraint.
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