EP0626164A2

EP0626164A2 - Control system for hydromassage baths

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Publication number: EP0626164A2
Application number: EP94500080A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Joaquin Bustelo Garcia-Monzan
Original assignee: Prodimed SA
Current assignee: Prodimed SA
Priority date: 1993-05-24
Filing date: 1994-05-05
Publication date: 1994-11-30
Also published as: ES2076073B1; ES2076073A2; EP0626164A3; ES2076073R

Abstract

An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, consisting of using a hydromassage bathtub fitted with a series of valves, thermostats, pumps and a tank, acting in cooperation with a control unit which has a series of connections with different blocks performing an exhaustive control and surveillance of the patient during the treatment, and disposing of sensors, biosensors, alarm units, and so on, allowing photograms and videos to be taken during the treatment, and sending all data obtained to a central unit which is capable of digitizing the images received, and according to the checking of the received reports, the different treatments will be applied to each patient in a personal way.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present specification refers to a patent of invention concerning an intelligent treatment and control unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, the evident purpose of which is to constitute per se an exhaustive control nexus of a patient or patients, who are treated by immersion and massage inside a bathtub or hydromassage basin, which is necessary to perform the curative treatment of the illness they suffer, being subjected and identified all the time to an exhaustive control of their constants from the same moment of effecting the beggining of the treatment, a communication being carried out all the time with a central unit storing the treated patient data, and, at the same time, shots or films of the - treatment operation are obtained, this central unit and the zone where the treatment is performed having alarm and anomaly detectors which could arise during the patient stay in the treatment zone, said unit detecting any marginal circumstance, and predetermining the treatment to be followed according to the variables so obtained and later checked.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention will find application in the medicine field.

RELATED ART

At present, nothing is known about the existence of different applications based on the computer science, efficiently utilized within the medicine field.
To enumerate the different applications of the computing systems in the medicine and electromedicine field would be a fully ardous task, and, of course, on the lines of the large amount of applications employed up to now, some aspect would remain always not contemplated.
Nevertheless, in the medicine field dealing in an effective manner with some physical sufferings by the application of baths by immersion, it is known, in a totally trite way, the use very long time ago, of baths by immersion of patients in traditional health resorts, which according to the characteristics and nature of their waters, could, if not totally cure the patient, at least to temporarily alleviate partial o fully the patients sufferings.
In conventional health resorts, it was considered, and it is still considered,the patient immersion either in water baths in the strict sense, or in basins in which muds were deposited in advance, which, as per their characteristics, could also alleviate in the most part, the sufferings of the patients.
Later, it was found that, when a patient immersed himself in a basin having a water stream, the qualities of the bath for the patient were improved substantially owing to the massage effect stemmed from the stream.
Subsequently to the above mentioned application, the patient immersion in bathtub basins was started, these bathtubs being fit-fitted, in any way, with a hydromassage pump, starting from which the patient in the bathtub vessel benefited, on a side, from the effect of the water supplied by a spring the curative qualities or characteristics of which had been proved, while, on the other side, owing to the hydromassage derived from the pump and passing on inside the vessel to carry out the treatment to the patient within it, this patient received and checked beneficial effects substantially multiplied.
Nevertheless, it has also been checked that subjecting a patient to this operation, either advanced in years or due to the characteristics typical of the illness treated inside the bathtub, although its vessel may be fitted with a series of safety devices constituted by handles or grips and having antiblow areas on the sides, would specifically require an exhaustive follow up of the patient by a person who should inexcusably remain by the side of the patient during his immersion inside the vessel, and to help him when leaving the bathtub and, of course, before his immersion and, after this, to take a series of constants on him, such as blood pressure, throb, and so on.
The fulfilment of these treatments, although effective, no doubt, brings a dedication that, in a manner or other, reflects a high cost, and at the same time it leaves an ample field of constants unwatched and, of course, a safety area also void.
An evident solution to the present problems on this subject would be to count on the possibility of provide a collective or personal installation configured as a hydromassage bathtub fitted with characteristics peculiar to strengthen its use,which could be constantly watched by an intelligent control and treatment unit, capable of performing every instant a full follow up of the patient and later, according to the own characteristics of the control unit, the data so obtained would be transferred to a central control unit from which not only the whole history of the patent could be obtained, but also it could send appropiate orders apart from those own ones incorporated in the unit, in order to vary, eliminate or transform the treatment the patient has been subjected to during a predetermined period of time, the intelligent control and treatment unit having different safety and identification of same, and the taking of constants being automatically effected before, during and after the treatment the patient is subjected to inside the hydrobathtub.
Nevertheless, up to now, nothing is known about the existence of an intelligent control and treatment unit applicable to processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtub or similar having the characteristics which have been pointed out above as suitable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar as proposed by the invention constitutes per se an evident solution to the present problems about this matter, since starting from a bathtub fitted with hydromassage characteristics, connected to an intelligent control and treatment unit, an effective manner of watching all the constants of a patient before, during and after the treatment is attained, the resulting data being transmitted all the time to a central control unit and the unit itself being capable of varying, stopping or improving the treatment the patient is subjected to before, during or after a checking of the data obtained.
In a more definite way, the intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the equential treatment of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, which is the object of the invention, is constituted starting from the use of a hydromassage bathtub, fitted with specific characteristics to be used with patients who, owing to their physical features themselves, may have problems for using it, for which reason the bathtub is fully provided with blunt surfaces.
The bathtub has an access step to expedite the patient entrance into it, and has also the appropiate supporting and grasping elements located inside its vessel.
Inside the bathtub and suitably located in the vessel, there are an indeterminate amount of jets, from which water streams emerge into the vessel or basin, said streams being generated by a hydromassage pump, which incorporates water inside, mixed with a series of salts which are suitable for the patient treatment, these salts substituting fully and absolutely and even improving the own characteristics of certain waters that, up to now, are used to treat different illneses, these waters being an inexcusable vehicle which cannot be obviated in any time in the treatment of any illnes , excepting, as in the present case, when the own characteristics of the waters are substituted and even improved by appropiate salts or products, which are incorporated in a pump to carry out continuosly the patient massage and bath in the basin through the water impelled by a hydromassage pump.
The bathtub installation counts on a filtering and refilling valve connected to a PVD piping having similar characteristics in the whole installation.
The hydrobathtub is fed through a fresh water inlet allowing the water to pass towards the installation, passing in advance thru a valve the function of which is to clean the filter, relying on a piping carrying later the water up to the filter, within which there are an incoming water inlet and an exit water inlet passing via a thermostat where the water gets an adequate temperature, and passing later thru a filtering pump, and subsequently until a tank from which the water is taken out to later pass via a hydromassage pump which drives the jets which act in combination with the salts and water on the patient body to be treated.
The installation has a tank where the water is recicled and, at the same time, this tank has a filling valve, a second valve for emptying the tank and a valve destined to allow the dirty water to drain once this has passed thru the installation and, already purified or not by the filter emerges to the sanitary network.
The intelligent control and treatment unit has a series of secondary elements inherent in the bathtub itself, which are direct connected to the bathtub itself, but not forming part thereof. On a side of the bathtub itself there is a console fitted with a series of sensors and biosensors driven by the patient himself of bathtub user before entering the same.
Firstly, the patient is identified either by means of a personal card or by his digital fingerprint, which apart from idenfitying him, thanks to the sensors and biosensors, can detect different anomalies existing in the patient, besides taking his blood pressure, beating, etc.
Once the patient has been identified, the data obtained by the PC are transferred immediately to a central or remote unit, where the data are stored, and once the own patient has been identified by the central unit, this gives the appropiate orders to PC located adjacent the bathtub in order that the bathtub or more specifically the hydromassage process to be given in cooperation with the convenient salts or products, will be in a way or another.
During the treatment process, the control unit keeps a constant surveillance on the process, since the hydrobathtub installation has a series of probes and sensors which show every instant the physical and minded status of the treated patient, carrying out, at the same time, several shots or films of the own patient by means of a film or video camera, during the treatment, the resulting photograms being later digitalized and sent the central unit to be filed and surveillance, a specialist checking, thru a viewing of the photograms themselves, the apparent status of the pacient treated.
If, during the operation or period of treatment of the pacient, any anomaly were detected, alarm devices would immediately warn the persons in charge of the surveillance situated adjacent the installation, or the persons situated in the domicile where the bathtub and the corresponding control unit is located, sending at the same time the data necessary for the anomaly found to be recorded in the clinical and treatment case history entered into the remote or central unit.
Naturally, the control unit is also capable of detecting and disclosing any anomaly probably to be produced in the installation, such as in its mechanical or electric elements or simply in the pipings, and it can also carry out the appropiate recordings with regard to the water pH, ratios, and so on.
The bathtub vessel can dispose optionally of an upper cover on the outside of the basin, which can adopt any configuration believed to be suitable, such as a plastic sheet or curtain closing the upper part of the bathtub, i.e. the vessel, until the zone where the body is incorporated, and thru which this merges outside, reciving the patient body in the margin of the hydromassage from the jets, fumes or water vapour in cooperation with the added salts or products.
Lastly, apart from the above mentioned controls, to be later detailed in the embodiment of the invention, the control unit is capable of empying the vessel liquid content on the assumption that an anomaly is detected due to a patient faint and this may adopt an inadequate position.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to complement this description and to aid to a better understanding of the features of the invention, the accompanying drawings, which are part of this specification, show in an illustrative but non limitative sense, the following:
Figure 1 shows a simple diagram of several mechanical and - electric elements, as well as pipings to be connected and acting in cooperation with the intelligent control and treatment unit in a hydromassage bathtub destined to carry out hydromassages on a patient.
Figure 2 shows a diagram of the main blocks acting together with the intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in process for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, which is the object of this invention.
Figure 3 shows a diagram in which different acting blocks are detailed, which are connected to different secondary units directly connected to the intelligent control and treatment unit which is the object of this invention.
Figure 4 shows a block diagram, the blocks represented being directly connected to the unit and acting on the bathtub itself.
Figure 5 shows, lastly, a block diagram of a computer or outer central unit located on a zone outside where the control unit is installed, with the different blocks on which it acts, as well as its different connecting points.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

From Fig. 1, it can be seen how the intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar is constituted starting from the installation of a hydrobathtub 1, with its appropiate installation, which is configured as a vessel 2 located in a bathtub fitted with specific features to make easy its access, which has inner jets 3 acting on a patient situated inside, thanks to the cooperation of a hydromassage pump 4, which receives water via a PVC piping 5, and connected, at its lower part, to an emptying pump 7 connected to a tank 19, where there is a valve 20 the function of which is to fill the tank 19, and a valve 21 the function of which is to empty said tank 19, the bathtub vessel having a connection 8 which allows, at the same time, to introduce water directly after passing thru a filtering and filling valve 9, the piping of this arrangement can be used, at the same time, not only to empty water, but even to act as a levelling device and recycle this water passing thru the tank 19 and being incorporated again in the vessel 2 by means of a recycling process.
The installation has in an adequate zone a fresh water inlet 10, located at a conventional PVC piping or installation, which has a valve for cleaning a filter 12 carrying this water until a filter 11 having an inlet piping 14, and the water within the filter 11 can emerge by using a second piping 15 connected to a thermostat 16, existing in this piping an outlet fitted with a valve for draining the dirt water from the filter.
In the installation from the thermostat 16 to the tank 19, a filtering pump 18 is provided.
Figure 2 shows the intelligent control and treatment unit 1 which is connected to a PC 31 which, in turn, is connected to a telemaintenance equipment 31, which, in turn, is connected thru a modem via telephone to a central or remote PC 30.
Also, the PC 32 is connected to a block for sending data from the unit 39 of treatment 40 of sensors 41 of biosensors 42 and alarms 43, each of these blocks acting on a series of fully coupled parameters to attain the specific use expected of same.
Likewise, the PC 32 is connected to a block 38 which picks up data 44 or photograms 45, the unit 1 having a connection with the sensors and another with the biosensors 33, as well as a last connection toward a treatment block 35, from which the possibility of performing treatments by hydrotherapy with salts 36 , vegetable substrates and seaweeds or steam baths 37 is contemplates.
In Fig. 3, the PC 32 has an appropiate connection to a block controlling a unit 46 , a block picking up data from unit 47, a block obtaining data from persons to be treated 48, a block acquiring data from treatments 49, a block sending all the information 50 to a central PC 98 or a remote PC 99, as well as a block 51 receiving hints of PC 50, either central 98 or remote 99, a alarm block 52 and a telemaintenance block 31.
The block 46 controlling the unit handles date and time control 54, operation and program control 55, feeding voltage control 56, unit consumption control 57 and starting of the unit control 58.
The block 47 the function of which is to pick up data from the unit controls the feeding voltage 59, consumption 60, pump condition 61, valve condition 67, filling 63 of vessel 2, empting 64 of vessel 2, temperature 65 of the water in vessel 2, performance 66 of jets 3, air/water pressure 67 in jets 3, substance concentration 68, steam temperature 69, partial times 79, total times 71, abnormalities 72 and alarm conditions 73.
The block 50 sending all information to a PC is connected to this, either central 98 or remote 99 PC, either via telephone 100 or via network 101.
In this same figure, it can be seen a block 51 receiving hints and requests from the central 98 or remote 99 PC, and handling controls of the unit position 102, controlling a unit 103, controlling both persons and pathology 104, promoting - statistics 105, correcting deviations 106 and detecting failures and irregularities 107.
The alarm unit or block 52 has the function of emptying immediately the bathtub, thru the action of the PC of the unit 1, once an alarm state is produced, the water exit being fully automatic.
The installation is fitted with a manual key, being also - driven in alarm situations by the user himself, so that the water in the vessel 2 is emptied in a few seconds.
Lastly, the telemaintenance unit 31 has all the information from each system configured in said blocks; is capable of perform every necessary action in order to maintain each unit in a perfect working condition.
It must be pointed out that there are two units or blocks connected to the PC 32, these units being referenced as 48 and 49, the function of which is to pick up data from persons entering the unit and data of treatments, respectively.
Unit 48 receives personal data 74 thru a keyboard 75 or thru digital fingerprints 75, relying on the possibility of acquiring data of the user mass 77 as well as of his arterial pressure 78, pulse 79, pH 80, glucemine 81, cholesterol 82 and uric acid.
Also, this unit 48 can receive cells or sweat data thru bio sensors, being capable of taking photograms 86 or videos 87 of the user or patient.
Nevertheless, the unit 49 destined to acquire treatment data has hydrotherapy blocks 88, through which the sized or measured addition of salts 90 of vegetable substrates is made, as well as the addition of seaweeds 92 and also of simple water steam 93 or water steam from vegetables substances or substrates 94, and times (95).
Likewise, this unit acquires data through photograms 96 or videos 97.
Figure 4 shows a series of blocks connected to the unit and acting on vessel 2, as well as an optional receiver 19, electro- pumps 4 and 18 acting on electrovalves 7, 9 as well as motorized valves 12, 17, 20, 21.
It shows also a control block for filters 11, and a control block for jets 3 ejecting water 107, water/air 108 or steam 109.
Likewise, it shows control blocks for the thermostat with thermometer 16, digital thermostat-thermometer 111, presostat 112, system for closing the vessel 113 acting thru sheets 114, curtains 115 or shutters 116, and showing also a control block for a pneumatic safety push button 117, steam generator 118, contactors 119, relays 120, and electric safety devices acting on thermic switches 121 or magnetothermic switches 122.
Block 123 controls sensors capable of acting on digital finger-prints 124, temperature 125, water levels 126, and also sensors acting on arterial pressure 127, pulse taking 128, glucemia measure, cholesterol and other blood parameters 129, as well as pH 130, salt concentrations 131, liquid density 132, electric charges 113 and liquid opacity.
Lastly, a biosensor block 135 acts on sweat 136, cells 137 and saliva 138.
Finally, Figure 5 shows how this invention contemplates the - existence of an outer PC 30 having a PC 32 incorporated, fitted with a added keyboard 140, an alphanumeric screen 141, a connection to a communication network 142, a connection to a video 143, relying on a block for cards 139 thru which the acquisition of analog-digital signals 144 is performed, fax 145, video 146, modem 147 and printer 148.
As it can be inferred from the detailed statement of the - different components acting on the installation configuring the intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, the user, when going to use the hydromassage bathtub 1 and when he has been identified, a computer acting on the whole installation starts to operate during a sequential stage to be ended once the patient treatment has finished, and the computer begins to take a series of constants thru sensors and biosensors, giving the patient free access to the vessel 2 when said computer has checked his physic and minded status, passing then to be subjected to a prefixed treatment by means of water or steam or a combination of two, starting from jets 3 located in the hydrobathtub.
During the whole sequential treatment process, the patient is watched every moment in an exhaustive way, taking his constants and parameters in an adequate manner, and checking the posssible existence of any anomaly, and giving an alarm, in the case this anomaly could be present, stopping the installation operation and emptying the water contained in the vessel 2.
During the sequential treatment, the installation is capable of taking photograms or videos of the patient, and once the treatment has ended, the data so obtained remain permanently fixed on the main central unit, and the installation can be then used again for a new patient, who will suffer the adequate treatment according to the parameters arranged by the control unit.
The central unit can be installed close to or far from the site where the control units and their corresponding installations are located, so a multiplurality of communications from different installations can be received at the same time.
It is not considered necessary to extend more this description for an expert in the art to understand the scope of the invention and the advantages derived from it.
The materials, size, shape and arrangement of the components are open to variation, provided that it does not imply any alteration to the essence of the invention.
The terms under which this specification has been described should be always taken in an ample and not limitative sense.

Claims

1.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, of those constituted by a series of elements acting in a harmonic cooperation to attain the pretended purpose, and disposing of a computer which incorporates the appropiate action program, characterized in that it is constituted starting from a hydromassage bathtub (1) which communicates with a computer or PC (32) which, in turn, is connected to a telemaintenance unit (31), and, in turn, connected to a central or remote PC or computer (30), the sending of data is from the PC (32) to a series of blocks constituted as unit (39), treatment (40), sensor (41), biosensor (42) and alarm (43) blocks, and, in turn, the PC (32) acquiring the data thru a unit (38) connected to data units (44) and photogram units (45), the unit being also communicated with a biosensor block (33) and a sensor block (34), the unit disposing also of a treatment block (35) which communicates with a hydrotherapy block with salts or vegetable substances and seaweeds (36) and steam baths (37).

2.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 1, characterized in that the unit (1) is constituted starting from a hydromassage bathtub having a vessel or basin (2) destined to receive the patient during the process, where jets (3) connected to a hydromassage pump (4) act, this hydromassage pump being communicated thru a PVC piping (5) with an emptying valve (7), and a second piping or tubing (5), which, in turn, receives water with - salts and products from an optional tank (19) provided with a filling valve (20) and an emptying valve (21) on tank (19).

3.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 2, characterized in that the unit (1), and essentially its vessel (2), is connected, in turn, by a PVC piping (8) to a filtering and filling valve (9) communicating also with a filter (11) having an outlet (14) and inlet (15) piping, this communicating, in turn, with a piping fitted with a dirt water discharge valve (17) of filter (11), communicating also with a thermostat (16) from which a PVC piping or tubing derives, connected to a filtering pump (18) in turn connected to the tank or reservoir (19).

4.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 1, characterized in that the PC unit (32) or computer has a block controlling the unit (46), a block picking up data from the unit - (47), a block obtaining data from the persons to be treated (48) and a block obtaining data of treatments (49), sending all this information to a central or remote PC by means of a block (50), receiving hints from the central or remote PC thru a block (51), having an alarm unit (52) and a telemaintenance unit (31).

5.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar,according to claim 4, characterized in that block (46) controlling the unit (1) disposes of the probability of checking date and time (54), the operation (55), the feeding voltage (56), the consumption (57), and acts on the starting of unit (58).

6.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 4, characterized in that block (47) connected to PC (32) obtaining data from the unit (1), checks and acts on the feeding voltage (59), consumption (60), pump condition (61), valve condition (62), filling (63), emptying (64), temperature (65), jets (66), air/water pressure (67) in jets (66), substance concentration (68), steam temperatura (69), partial times (70), total times (71), irregularities (72) and alarm situations (73).

7.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 4, characterized in that block (48) obtaining data from persons to be treated and connected to PC (32) acts and checks personal data (74) via a keyboard (75) or by means of digital fingerprints (76) on the user mass (77), obtaining and checking also the constants of arterial pressure (78), pulse (79), pH (80), glucemia (81), cholesterol (82) and uric acid (83); and, in turn, on cells and sweat (84) by means of biosensors (85), taking photograms (86) and videos (87).

8.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 4, characterized in that block (49) obtaining data of treatments and connected to PC (32) checks and acts on the times (95) of hydrotherapy (88) and, in turn, of salts (90), vegetable substances (91) and seaweeds (92), performing also a control and checking on the simple water steam (93) and water steam with vegetable substances (94), performing at the same time taking of photograms thru block (96) and videos with block (97)

9.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 4, characterized in that the control unit or PC (32) receives all the information by means of block (50) to a central (98) or remote (99) PC, either via telephone (100) or via network (101).

10.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 4, characterized in that the block (51) connected to the PC (32) receives hints and requests from the central (98) or remote unit (99) on the unit positions (102), controlling a unit (103), controlling persons and their pathologies (104), promoting statistics (105), correcting deviations (106) and detecting failures and absormalities (107).

11.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 4, characterized in that the alarm unit (52) connected to the PC (32) performs the emptying of the basin or vessel (2) when an alarm state in automatic action arises, disposing at the same time of a key which can be directly pushed down by the user to attain the same purpose.

12.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 4, characterized in that the telemaintenance unit connected to PC (32) receives all the information from the central unit, maintaining each units in correct operative conditions.

13.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 2, characterized in that jets (3) incorporated in the vessel (2) of unit (1) allow the water (107), water and air (108) or steam (109) to be ejected.

14.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 2, characterized in that the thermostat (16) mounted in cooperation with unit (1) has a digital thermostat-thermometer (111), a presostat (112), and a closing system of vessel (113) constituted by sheets (114), curtains (115) or shutter (116).

15.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 2, characterized in that the unit (1) is fitted with a pneumatic safety push botton (117), a steam generator (118), some contactors (119), relays (120), and several electric safety devices (110) constituted by thermic switches (121) and magneto thermic switches (122).

16.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 2, characterized in that sensors (123) act on digital fingerprints (124), temperature (125), water levels (126), arterial pressure taking (127), pulse taking (128), glucemia measure, cholesterol and other blood parameters (129), pH (130), salts concentration (131), liquid density (132), electric charges (133) and liqui opacity (134).

17.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 2, characterized in that the unit (1) has biosensors (135) acting on sweat (136), cells (137) or saliva (1368).

18.- An intelligent control and treatment unit applicable in processes for the sequential treatment and follow up of patients in hydromassage bathtubs or similar, according to claim 1, characterized in that the PC incorporated (32), connected to the - outer PC (30) has an fixed keyboard (140), an alphanumeric screen (141), a connection to the communication network (142), a connection to a video (143) and a card block (139) obtaining analog-digital signals (144), a fax (145), a video (146), a modem (147) and a printer (148).