Chattanooga Vectra

Chattanooga Vectra Ultrasound Head Applicator

The Chattanooga Vectra Ultrasound Head Applicator is an ultrasound applicator, the hand-held sound head that carries therapeutic ultrasound to the skin, for the Vectra family of consoles. It comes in four sizes, 1 cm2, 2 cm2, 5 cm2 and 10 cm2, so the face can match a small joint or a broad muscle. Effective radiating area, the part of the face that emits, is 0.9, 1.8, 4 and 8.5 cm2 in size order. The heads run at 1 MHz and 3.3 MHz, plus or minus 5 percent, with the 1 cm2 head at 3.3 MHz only. Every head is rated IPX7, with a beam nonuniformity ratio of 5:1 maximum.

The heads fit the Vectra Genisys, the Vectra Neo and the Intelect Vet. On a Neo they run from the Vectra Neo ultrasound module, which gives the console its ultrasound output once it sits in a bay. On a Vectra Genisys combination system, output runs 0-2 W on the 1 cm2 head, 0-4 W on the 2 cm2 head and 0-10 W on the 5 cm2 head, with the 10 cm2 head at 0-20 W at 1 MHz and 0-10 W at 3.3 MHz. The first-generation Intelect TranSport takes its own range of heads, the Intelect ultrasound applicator.