EP3920871A1 - Dispositif d'hydrothérapie - Google Patents
Dispositif d'hydrothérapieInfo
- Publication number
- EP3920871A1 EP3920871A1 EP19832869.2A EP19832869A EP3920871A1 EP 3920871 A1 EP3920871 A1 EP 3920871A1 EP 19832869 A EP19832869 A EP 19832869A EP 3920871 A1 EP3920871 A1 EP 3920871A1
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Definitions
- Hydrotherapy is an ancient simple and harmless method of natural care, which is declined in many forms of application to the body or parts thereof with thermal and/or mechanical stimuli. It helps to improve circulation, strengthen the tissues, make the skin elastic, improve the immune system, promote diuresis, reactivate metabolism and prevent diseases such as varicose veins and more.
- thermal stimuli hydrotherapy when the thermal stimulus of the water is applied hot relatively to the body, the surface blood vessels expand, the circulation increases, facilitating the drainage of toxins and refuse toward the external.
- the physiological actions of mechanical stimuli are produced by the impact of water on the surface of the body, thanks to greater or lesser pressure and/or friction generated on tile skin, and they have benefits comparable to those of massages with reference to the treated body parts.
- thermal and/or mechanical hydrotherapy treatments are earned out using tubs for the whole body or parts thereof, with wateijets and hydroturbines, and or showers which impact the body with water in a falling or jet fashion.
- pressure therapy is one of the systems for lymphatic drainage, which obviates or supports the natural movement of the flows with regard to venous and/or lymphatic diseases, consisting of a massage of the lower limbs in a distal- proximal direction, from the sole of the foot to the root of the thigh, draining, thus promoting the flow of fluids.
- the equipment for performing the pressure therapy uses particular pneumatic structures (blisters) which, guaranteeing the maximum anatomical correspondence, wrap the limbs swelling; generally, the blisters are fed by an electronically controlled compressor so as to fonn a peristaltic wave, in a distal- proximal direction (from the sole of the foot, to the root of the thigh), thus promoting the flow of fluids.
- blisters pneumatic structures
- the blisters are fed by an electronically controlled compressor so as to fonn a peristaltic wave, in a distal- proximal direction (from the sole of the foot, to the root of the thigh), thus promoting the flow of fluids.
- the pneumatic structures consist of parallel segments which are inflated and deflated sequentially, ensuring a one-way flow, without interruptions or stagnation.
- the main object of the present invention is to provide a device suitable to carry out hydrotherapy on the lower limbs both in terms of thermal stimuli, as well as in terms of alternating thermal stimuli and mechanical stimuli.
- Another object of the present invention is to attain the aforementioned object by means of a device which, in addition to providing thermal and mechanical hydrotherapy actions, also allows to provide lymphatic drainage pressure therapy massages.
- Another object of the present invention is to attain the aforementioned objects by also providing an innovative pressure therapeutic method that can be implemented using the device.
- a further object of the present invention is to attain the aforementioned objects through a device as feasible, modular and polyvalent as possible.
- a further object of the present invention is to attain any one of the aforementioned objects through a tool that is simple and efficient, safe to use and relatively inexpensive considering the actual results attained therewith.
- the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device with additional therapeutic value, of the portable monobloc type for lower limbs comprising at least one anatomic tub with at least one upper portion or tubular leg, preferably with walls close to the limb to form a vase preferably internally shaped as a boot, provided inside and on the walls of:
- a plurality of air blowing means or air insufflator nozzles distributed at the base, radially and on several levels suitable to also selectively impact the leg, foot and foot sole, preferably with relative compression means incorporated in the monobloc;
- plastic-elastic stockings preferably made of gel, wrapping adherent to the limb or part thereof, interchangeable and possibly removably adjustably fixed at the top part to the inlet of the tub;
- Figures 1 and 2 schematically show respective lateral sectional views of a first embodiment of the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device according to the present invention
- Figure 2A schematically shows a lateral sectional view of a second embodiment of the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device according to the present invention
- FIGS 3 and 4 schematically show respective cross-sectional views of the first embodiment of the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device according to the present invention
- Figure 5 schematically shows a lateral sectional view of the first embodiment of the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device according to the present invention, in a further function thereof, to supplement the third embodiment
- a first embodiment of the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device consisting of monobloc 1A of an anatomic tub, indicated in its entirety with 2, with an upper portion or tubular leg 3, having walls 6 close to the only lower limb 10 of the user, which is intended to contain, and constituting a vase 2 entirely shaped as a boot, with a lower shoe compartment 4 defined by a bottom or sole 5, is indicated in its entirety with
- the cold water system 11 comprises a pump 14, connected to a tank (not shown) incorporated in the monobloc 1, which in turn may be connected or connectable to a fixed water system in a known fashion;
- pipes 15 and 16 branching from the cold water pump 14 are pipes 15 and 16 for delivery and return to/from respective supply valves 17 and 18 for the supply and discharge of the cold water on the bottom 5 of the tub 2;
- branch pipes 19 for supplying cold water to the plurality of cold water waterjet and/or water turbojet nozzles 7 distributed at the base, radially and on several levels.
- the hot water system 12 comprises a pump 19, connected to a tank (not shown) incorporated in the monobloc 1, which in turn may be connected or connectable to a fixed water system in a known fashion;
- pipes 21 and 22 branching from the hot water pump 20 are pipes 21 and 22 for delivery and return to/from respective supply valves 23 and 24 for the supply and discharge of the hot water on the bottom 5 of the tub 2;
- branch pipes 25 for supplying hot water to the plurality of hot water waterjet and/or water turbojet nozzles 8 distributed at the base, radially and on several levels.
- FIG. 2A shows a second alternative embodiment IB of the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device according to the present invention, wherein:
- the pipes 19 for supplying the waterjet and/or water turbojet nozzles 7 terminate in a first interspace 26 which surrounds the anatomic tub 2, connected thereto by means of the cold water waterjet and/or water turbojet nozzles 7; in the hot water system 12, the pipes 25 for supplying the waterjet and/or water turbojet nozzles 8 terminate in a second interspace 27 which surrounds the first interspace 26 and the anatomic tub 2;
- FIG. 5 shows a third alternative embodiment 1C of the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device according to the present invention, supplemented by a further function thereof, for example performed by the device in the first embodiment thereof.
- the pneumatic system 13 comprises a compressor 29 incorporated in the monobloc 1; branching from the compressor 29 are branching pipes 30 for supplying compressed air in the tub 2 to the plurality of air nozzles 9 distributed at the base, radially and on several levels.
- the third exemplifying function / alternative embodiment 1C of the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device according to the present invention is illustrated with the limb 10 of the user covered by a stocking 31, designed to be applied adherent to the limb 10, contingently elastic and made of plastic material, preferably latex, gels or the like, for the functions outlined hereinafter.
- the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device according to the present invention is to be considered as provided with an electronic control unit (not shown), connected through wired or wireless means, individually and/or in pairs, to panels and/or control devices (not shown) to activate and adjust - with computerised logic possibly also communicating with applications of portable electronic devices - the functionalities and the interpolations of the operating units;
- the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device 1 according to the present invention can be used individually, for a single limb 10, or in pairs, for both lower limbs 10 of the user;
- the pair is not comprised in a single monobloc, this entailing a monobloc with two separate tubs or joined in a single tub shaped/enlarged for the two limbs, but in separate monoblocs 1 (see figure 4): two identical separate monoblocs 1, one for each limb 10;
- tub 2 preferably having an elliptical or tendentially elliptical cross-section, can be rotated axially with respect to the reference limb 10, in order to bring the arcs of the wall 6 closer to portions of the limb 10 which require a more intense treatment or vice versa;
- the elliptical or tendentially elliptical cross-section is imparted so as to allow the introduction of the limb 10; to the same end, the lower shoe compartment 4 is designed to develop for an angular extension, up to 360°, in order to facilitate the positioning of the foot in the axial rotation of the tub 2.
- the hydrotherapy device according to the present invention may have multiple and interpolatable functionalities.
- a first functionality consists in the alternating bath of the limb 10 in cold water and in hot water, earned out by means of the cold water 11 and hot water 12 systems which, by means of the respective delivery pipe 15, 21 and return pipe 16, 22, altematingly fill and empty the water tub 2 at temperatures lower and higher than the temperature of the limb, for temperature excursions, times and levels adjustable by means of the electronic logic to which all the actuators are interlocked.
- Another functionality independent or integrable with the previous one, consists in the whirlpool bath, which - in the operation thereof integrated with the previous functionality - provides, as the level of cold or hot water progressively rises in the tub 2, for the activation of the cold water waterjet/turbojet nozzles 7 when the level of cold water rises in the tub 2, as well as the activation of the hot water waterjet/turbojet nozzles 8 when the level of hot water rises in the tub 2;
- the wateijets/turbojets 7 and 8 are supplied by the same cold water 12 and hot water 13 systems that control the alternating thermal bath, respectively by means of the branched pipes 19 and 25 and, in the illustrated alternative embodiment thereof IB, by means of the interspaces 26 and 27; contingently by adjusting temperatures, flows, pressure and level activations by means of the electronic logic to which all the actuators are interlocked.
- a further function - independent or integrable with the preceding ones - consists in the whirlpool implemented in pneumatic mode by the pneumatic system 13 through the nozzles 9 on the walls 6 of the tub 2; simultaneously or non-simultaneously with the aforementioned waterjet hydromassage actuated by the waterj ets/turboj ets 7 and 8.
- another functionality of the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device 1 according to the present invention also supplements an embodiment of the innovative automatic pressure therapy method according to the present invention, to be carried out preferably in dry form, or with the water tub 2 empty, by the pneumatic system 13 by means of the nozzles 9 provided on the walls 6, serving as pressure therapy lymphatic drainage of the limb 10, which can be contingently covered with the elastic stocking; in this application, the air flowing out ftom the nozzles 9 impacts the stocking 31, generating on the limb 10 a pressure concentrated in an annular manner, but damped and locally diffused by the interposition of the stocking 31, which - by activating and deactivating the nozzles 9, controlled by computerised logic in all its parameters - is variable and therefore translatable with a downward-upward trend; therefore, this allows to create - around the stocking 31 and the limb 10 enclosed therein - a sequential annular air jet, supplementing a succession of peristaltic waves, which performs a massage with a direction and lymphatic-drainage functionality.
- the peristaltic wave pressure therapy generated by the execution of sequential fluid jets arranged annularly can also be implemented through other damping and diffusion means on the limb, such as water, in a manner such that the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device according to the present invention can be used for pressure therapy purposes by creating, using the computerised logic that controls it, peristaltic jets/waves of water and/or air flowing on the limb in a distal proximal direction.
- the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device and method with added therapeutic value according to the present invention may be materialised as concerns device and implemented as concerns the method through equivalent technical and mechanical means, i.e. with further supplementary solutions, same case applying to all shapes of the relative components that can be varied to suit the purpose;
- the boot-type vase has a tendentially ellipsoidal section and the bottom seat for the foot forms a disc-shaped cavity, in a manner such to be able to rotate the device around the leg and to allow the walls and the diffusers carried by them to approach specific portions of the epidermis of the leg.
- the systems for supplying fluids to the means for spraying, turbine motion, bubbling and blowing of the tub can be of any type suitable for the purpose, in any case structured, intercalated and interpolated; in this context, provided for can be diverter valves which use the same water] et and/or water turbojet nozzles means or linear and/or cyclonic diffuser nozzles for cold water and hot water.
- the hot water and cold water interspaces where provided, can be inverted and - furthermore if duly volumetric - can act as tanks.
- Air discharge means can be conceived outside the tub should the pressure- therapeutic diffusion stocking be conceived fully or partly associated with or associable with the top part of the tub.
- the polyfunctional hydrotherapy device and method with added therapeutic value according to the present invention offer advantages corresponding to the attainment of these and other pre-set objects:
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