Originally Posted by mercuryarms
If the sleeve is short, then most of the traction force is applied directly to the glans and blisters come very easily. The longer and tighter the sleeve, the more force is spread along the shaft, which means blisters on the glans are less likely.I tried to search does silicone have low attenuation coefficient but couldn’t find an answer. When I get my US device, I will do some measurements.
When using 1 MHz device maybe wearing a silicone sleeve can be a good thing, because the sleeve makes the shaft slightly thicker, and moves the center of the shaft closer to the 2.5 to 5 cm depth range where therapeutic heating occurs. The shaft is a lot thinner when stretched.
The attenuation can be calculated if we know the acoustic impedance (Z) of the material.
There will be reflection on the boundary of two different medias which causes acoustic attenuation. The greater the difference between acoustic impedances the greater the attenuation resulting on the intensity.
Pure silicon rubber has approximated acoustic impedance of 0.97( kg/(m2 · s)) and depending on source soft tissues have average of 1.52- 1.63 kg/(m2 · s)).
Acoustic attenuation ,a, is calculated by the equation:
(Z_2 - Z_1) ^2 / (Z_1 + Z_2) ^3 = 0.022
So the attenuation for intensity is then 2.2 %
This of course when the boundary of the silicon rubber and the skin is perfectly conducting.
START 18/13.15 cm Jul 24th 18 (7.09/5.18") NOW 22.5/15.2 cm Fer 12th 20 (8.86/5.98") GOAL 8.5"/ 6"
When connective tissue is stretched within therapeutic temperatures ranging 102 to 110 F (38.9- 43.3 C), the amount of structural weakening produced by a given amount of tissue elongation varies inversely with the temperature. This is apparently related to the progressive increase in the viscous flow properties of the collagenous tissue when it is heated. (Warren et al (1971,1976)