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. 2015 Sep-Oct;90(5):707–721. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153605

Table 3.

Characteristics of national and international radiofrequency devices

  Name Manufacturer Frequency Power Wave amplitude Inductive or Mono/bi/tripolar Nozzle size
            capacitive    
1. Genotherm(Argentina)45 CEC 1 MHz 240 W Not provided Capacitive Bipolar Not provided
2. Genesis (Argentina)46 Fundar 1 or 3 40 W Not provided Capacitive Monopolar/Bipolar/ Tripolar 10 cm diameter
3. Triatherm (Argentina)47 CEC 1 MHz 60 W Not provided Capacitive Tripolar Not provided
4. Splenda (Argentina)48 Meditea 0.5; 0.8; 1 MHz 115 W Not provided Capacitive Multipolar Not provided
5. Innovater (Argentina)49 Meditea 0.5; 0.8; 1 MHz 115 W Not provided Capacitive Multipolar Not provided
6. TopCavity (Italy)50 Top Cavity 6 MHz 50W Not provided Inductive Tripolar 50 mm
7. Photogen System(Spain)51 Mesoestetic 1 MHz 150 J/cm2 Not provided Capacitive Monopolar and bipolar 3 cm diameter
8. Pelleve (USA)52 Ellman 4 MHz 120 W Not provided Capacitive Monopolar and bipolar 5 mm /10 mm / 15 mm / 20 mm
9. Multicel (Argentina)53 Meditea 0.5 MHz Not provided Not provided Not provided Not provided Not provided
10. Thermacool (USA)54 Thermage 6 MHz 200 J/cm2 Not provided Capacitive Monopolar and bipolar 0.25/1.0/1.5/3 cm2
11. Freeze (Israel)55 MP2 Not provided Not provided Not provided Capacitive Multipolar Not provided
12. VelaShape (USA)56 ELOS 1 MHz 20 W Not provided Capacitive Bipolar Not provided
13. Hooke (Brazil)57 Ibramed 27.47 MHz 120 W Not provided Capacitive Monopolar and bipolar Not provided
14. Hertix (Brazil)58 KLD 0.64; 1.2 and 2.4 MHz 150 W Not provided Capacitive Bipolar and Tripolar Not provided
15. Spectra G2 (Brazil)59 Tonederm 0.65 MHz 10 and 30 W Not provided Capacitive Monopolar 10 mm, 20 mm, 35 mm and a hexapolar with 72 mm
16. New Shape (Brazil)60 Bioset 1 MHz 50 W Not provided Capacitive Bipolar Not provided
17. Light Plus (Brazil)61 SteticLine 8 MHz Not provided Not provided Capacitive Bipolar and tripolar Not provided
18. Apollo (Brazil)62 Tripollar 1 MHz 50 W Not provided Capacitive Tripolar 1 to 3 cm2
19. RF Light Plus (Brazil)63 SteticLine 1 MHz Not provided Not provided Capacitive Monopolar Not provided