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Texua Physiotherapy & Wellness Equipment

Texua T801+2

Product Code: PAWE-EAPD-3443

Pressure impulses from one handle, sound energy from the other.

A console that pairs a shockwave handle with an ultrasonic handle, carries seven shockwave probes, delivers energy from 0.5 to 10 bar in half-bar steps, operates from 1 to 21 Hz, and features an eight-inch touch screen.

Sections

Shockwave Therapy

Categories

Physiotherapy & Wellness Equipment

Condition

New

Origin

China

Seller Type

Certified Professional Seller

Size:

438 × 390 × 210 mm

CE & ISO Certified

Global Shipping

Supplier: Medigear

Texua's T801+2 is a combined shockwave and ultrasonic console designed to deliver energy to tissue in two different ways. The sheet lists one shockwave handle and one ultrasonic handle. On the shockwave side, energy runs from 0.5 to 10 bar in half-bar increments, frequency from 1 to 21 Hz in single-hertz steps, and the shot count from 100 to 9,900 in hundreds, with seven probes supplied. The console draws 380 W, carries an eight-inch touch screen, measures 438 by 390 by 210 mm and weighs 18 kg.

The two handles are not two versions of one thing. The shockwave handle fires a projectile against a probe face, sending a mechanical pressure impulse into tissue that is strongest at the skin and weakens as it travels in. The ultrasonic handle delivers acoustic energy at megahertz frequencies, which heats tissue when run continuously and heats it far less when pulsed at a low duty cycle. How deep that reaches depends on frequency: three megahertz is absorbed within the first centimetre or two; one megahertz reaches three to five. The two handles therefore suit different targets and different stages of a presentation.

That is where the specification stops being useful. The shockwave handle is described fully. The ultrasonic handle lists no frequency or duty cycle, which are the two figures that determine what it does to tissue. Without the first there is no way to know how deep it works; without the second there is no way to know whether it can warm tissue at all, or only deliver a pulsed, largely non-thermal output.

Medigear.uk lists the T801+2 for UK business buyers. Request the ultrasonic frequency, duty cycle range and intensity, a declaration of conformity naming both functions, and the probe details from the seller before ordering.

Practices that use more than one kind of energy on soft tissue are where a paired console fits. Osteopaths, musculoskeletal physiotherapists, sports medicine clinics, and chiropractors often use shockwave on a stubborn tendon insertion and ultrasound on surrounding soft tissue; having both on one console keeps the patient on the couch while the method changes.

On the shockwave side,e the target list is well defined. Radial output suits superficial tendon insertions, and the indications NICE has looked at are Achilles tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis, tennis elbow and greater trochanteric pain syndrome. That last one is largely a gluteal tendinopathy at the lateral hip, a presentation osteopathic and physiotherapy practices see often. Seven probes give a choice of face for a narrow insertion and a broader area, and the half-bar and single-hertz increments allow the gradual titration most protocols describe.

On the ultrasonic side, the plan waits on two numbers. Frequency decides whether the handle reaches a superficial structure or something deeper, and duty cycle decides whether it can warm tissue or only deliver a pulsed output. Until both are supplied in writing, a practice cannot say what the ultrasound will be used for, and should not build it into a protocol, a rota or patient information. Once they are known, the ultrasound can be slotted into the indication list alongside the shockwave work rather than guessed at.

Guidance differs between the two. Shockwave needs special arrangements for governance, consent and audit across tendon indications; ultrasound is advised against in low back pain and in osteoarthritis. Procurement runs through private practices, trust services and sports medicine providers under their own rules, with a Class IIa or IIb device clearing clinical governance alongside finance. Adverse incidents go to the MHRA through the Yellow Card scheme.

Two different mechanisms on one console

A mechanical impulse from the shockwave handle and acoustic energy from the ultrasonic one complement each other rather than being interchangeable. Having both available lets a clinician choose the mechanism that suits the tissue, not the machine that happens to be in the room.

The patient stays put between methods.

Moving from one therapy to the other means changing handles rather than moving the patient. For a session that uses both, the flow is uninterrupted,d and the patient is not repositioned.

A fully specified shockwave handle

Energy from 0.5 to 10 bar, frequency from 1 to 21 Hz and a shot count from 100 to 9,900 are all published with their increments so that the shockwave side can be matched to a protocol on paper.

Seven shockwave probes

Supplied with the console, giving options for insertions as different as the Achilles and the lateral hip, where probe face and treated area matter.

Ranges covering published shockwave protocols

Tendon protocols in the literature commonly sit between 2.5 and 5 bar at 3 to 5 Hz for 1,500 to 3,000 shots, all well within the published ranges.

A low-profile console

At 210 mm tall on a 438 by 390 mm footprint, the console sits low on a bench, leaving the treatment area and the operator's sightline unobstructed.

An eight-inch touch screen

Large enough to show the settings for whichever handle is active, readable from the couch while one hand holds the applicator.

The missing figures are all obtainable.

Ultrasonic frequency, duty cycle, intensity,y and radiating area; the declaration covering both functions; the proof details;s and the verification routines all exist in the manufacturer's records. One written request covers them.

Shockwave handle

Listed as one of two handles and responsible for every published output parameter, working with seven supplied probes.

Ultrasonic handle

The second listed handle. Operating frequency, duty cycle, intensity, radiating area, and beam non-uniformity are all absent, so the sheet cannot be used to judge its effect on tissue.

Energy 0.5 to 10 bar

Shockwave energy set in half-bar steps across the range, twenty positions in all.

Frequency 1 to 21 Hz

Shockwave impact rate set one hertz at a time, twenty-one positions.

Shot count 100 to 9,900

Impacts per shockwave session chosen in hundreds, ninety-nine counts.

Seven shockwave probes

Supplied for the shockwave handle, with no diameters, face profiles, applications or shot life given.

380 W power draw

The console's published input. Duty cycle and heat management are not described for either handle.

Eight-inch touch screen

Controls on an eight-inch touch screen. It does not describe how it handles switching between handles, or what it shows for the ultrasonic side.

Console dimensions 438 × 390 × 210 mm

A low-profile footprint of 438 by 390 mm at 210 mm tall, weighing 18 kg.

Packed dimensions 550 × 460 × 450 mm

About 0.114 cubic metres and 29 kg in the carton.

Dual rated voltage

Given as 220 V at 50 Hz or 110 V at 60 Hz, with nothing on whether one build handles both.

Shockwave pulse structure not published.

No waveform, rise time, pulse duration or energy equivalent in millijoules per square millimetre.

Wear life not published.d

No shot life for the shockwave projectile or probes, and no service life for the ultrasonic applicator.

Class, marking and registration not published.

No device class, no UKCA or CE marking, no Approved Body, no MHRA registration, no UK Responsible Person, and nothing confirming a declaration that covers both handles.

Two handles delivering two different kinds of energy is a genuinely useful pairing, because a mechanical impulse and acoustic energy do different things and a clinician benefits from choosing between them. The shockwave handle is described properly, with stepped energy, frequency and shot count and seven probes. The ultrasonic handle is missing the two figures that define it: frequency, which determines depth, and duty cycle, which determines whether it can heat tissue at all. Without them, you can't tell which ultrasound mechanism the console provides. A declaration naming both functions, two separate verification routines and an indication list reflecting two different NICE positions all come with the purchase. Medigear.uk lists the T801+2 for UK business buyers and can arrange delivery, installation, commissioning, familiarisation and service cover. Request the ultrasonic frequency and duty cycle from the seller in the quotation.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything buyers need to know about sourcing medical equipment through MediGear.

In the kind of energy they put into tissue. The shockwave handle is ballistic: a projectile strikes a probe face, and a pressure impulse travels outward from the point of contact, peaking at the skin and dispersing with depth. The ultrasonic handle vibrates at megahertz frequencies and delivers acoustic energy continuously or in pulses. One uses a series of discrete mechanical impulses; the other uses sustained or intermittent sound energy, whose effect depends heavily on how it is set. They are complementary tools, not alternatives.

Mainly the duty cycle. Run continuously, therapeutic ultrasound deposits energy steadily and warms the tissue it passes through, which is the usual choice for longer-standing presentations. At a low duty cycle, the same head spends most of its time off; heating is much reduced, and the output is the usual selection soon after an injury. A handle that offers both lets a clinician choose; one fixed at either end does not. The sheet gives no duty cycle, so this cannot be judged.

Frequency. Tissue absorbs ultrasound faster as frequency rises, so three megahertz is largely spent within the first centimetre or two while one megahertz carries three to five centimetres in. That makes frequency the first thing to know about any ultrasound applicator, because it determines whether the handle suits a superficial tendon or a deeper muscle. No frequency is published for this handle. Ask for it, and ask whether the handle offers more than one.

Not especially, and that is a property of radial shockwave rather than a flaw. Output quoted in bar and a pneumatic handpiece place it in the radial class, where energy is greatest at the skin and disperses with depth. That suits superficial tendon insertions such as the Achilles, the plantar fascia and the gluteal tendons at the greater trochanter. Focused shockwave, specified in millijoules per square millimetre, places peak energy at a chosen depth; this is not that.

On the shockwave side, NICE has considered evidence for superficial tendon insertions: Achilles tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis, tennis elbow, and greater trochanteric pain syndrome, which is largely gluteal tendinopathy. On the ultrasonic side, nothing can be planned until the frequency and duty cycle are known. Whatever the ultrasound turns out to be, NICE advises it should not be offered for low back pain with or without sciatica, and recommends against it in osteoarthritis.

It should, and it is worth confirming. UK MDR 2002 classifies devices under the former directive's annex, where the implementing rules say that if several rules apply to one device, the strictest rule giving the higher class governs. Both functions sit under the rule for active devices administering energy, giving Class IIa or IIb where the energy may be administered in a potentially hazardous way. The intended purpose and declaration should describe both. One naming only shockwave does not cover the ultrasonic handle.

With two different routines. Ultrasound output drifts over time and has to be checked with a radiation force balance. Surveys have repeatedly found many therapy heads in clinical service delivering outside their stated output. Shockwave delivery changes as the projectile and probe faces wear, so it requires a separate check. Ask what the manufacturer specifies for each, how often, and which UK service provider performs it.

They belong to the shockwave handle and are not described further. The probe face and diameter determine the treated area and how the impulse spreads from the contact point. Hence, a probe suited to the narrow Achilles insertion differs from one suited to the broad lateral hip. Ask for each by diameter and application, with its rated shot life. Separately, ask whether the ultrasonic handle takes interchangeable heads and what radiating area each has.

The carton, no; the console, only with care. The UK sets no statutory lifting limit, but the manual handling regulations require employers to avoid risky lifts where they reasonably can and to assess the rest. HSE's guideline figures of 25 kg for men and 16 kg for women mark when that assessment is due, for a load held close between knuckle and shoulder, and fall sharply lower down. The 29 kg carton exceeds both; the 18 kg console exceeds the lower one.

Anyone buying it for the ultrasound, since the two figures that define what an ultrasound handle does are both missing. Any service that cannot obtain a declaration naming both functions. Anyone without the governance, consent and audit arrangements NICE expects for shockwave, or without an indication list that reflects NICE's position on ultrasound. For a musculoskeletal or osteopathic practice that wants both modalities on one console and can get the ultrasonic specification in writing first, the pairing makes sense.