IL26754A

IL26754A - Apparatus for use in the treatment of bronchiectasis and other ailments

Info

Publication number: IL26754A
Application number: IL26754A
Authority: IL
Original assignee: Russell A
Priority date: 1965-10-28
Filing date: 1966-10-25
Publication date: 1970-09-17
Also published as: NL6615102A; DE1491591A1; GB1138564A; SE322599B; DK111632B; DE1491591B2; DK111632C; US3455297A; DE1491591C3

Description

PATENTS AND DESIGNS ORDINANCE SPECIFICATION APPARATUS FOR U8E IN THE TREATMENT OF BRONCHIECTASIS ANO OTHE AILMENTS tmtiR m ncai nl a iDD'on ripVra iD»oa «>ID»B* tpnn I/We ALAN REIO RUSSELL, AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN, OF OOLWILL PLACE, LUTWYOE ROAO, WIN080R, B ISBANE IN THE 8TATE OF QUEENSLAND, OOMMONWELTM OF AUSTRALI . do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the ■following statement:- ■ This invention relates to a new and improved apparatus for use in the treatment of bronchiectasis and other ailments.

Bronchiectasis, being a dilation of the bronchial tubes, leads to accumulation of mucus which is particularly difficult to dislodge. The present invention has been devised with the general object of providing apparatus by means of which this may be quickly and easily accomplished.

Other objects of the inventio are to provide such apparatus which may be used in dielodgment of other foreign bodlee, or water, for example, from the lungs.

Accordingly, the invention resides broadly in apparatus for the treatment of bronchiectasis and other ailments including a mounting frame, direction on said frame, means io support a patienty rone on said table in said one line against movement relative to the table, and reciprocating means to impart reciprooatory movement to said table and said patient in said one line to cause ejection of foreign matter from the lungs of the patient, said movement comprising a successive retraction, advance and sudden stoppage of the table in each cyole of reciprocation.

Other features of the invention will become apparent from the following description.

In order that a pre erred embodiment of the invention may be readily understood and oarried into practical effect, reference is now made to the accompanyin drawings, wherein:- Fig. 1 Is a side ©levational view of apparatus according to the invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus, PIG, 3 is a rear end elevation of the apparatus, and PIG. 4 is a plan view of the apparatus with the table removed.

The apparatus shown in the drawings includes a base frame indicated generally at 10 and consisting of a pair of parallel longitudinal box section members 11 which at their ends are secured to a pair of transverse tubular end members being a front member 12 and a rear member 13. The front and rear members are fitted at their ends with somewhat resilient caps 14 on which the apparatus normally rests.

A pair of normally vertical box section standards 15 have their lower ends secured between the longitudinal members 11. Each of these standards is transversely divided at the top to receive the middle part of a semi-elliptic spring 16, which is secured firmly in place, and which consists of two or more leaves. The two springs 16 support, in longitudinally movable manner, a table frame indicated generally at 17.

The table frame is a rectangular structure built up of angle iron and other members, and including a pair of parallel side members 18 rigidly interconnected at their ends by end members 19, and at intermediate, positions by cross -members 20, 21 and 22. The ends of each of the two springs 16 are engaged in a pair of brackets 23 secured to the side members 18, in such a way that the ends of the springs are permitted a degree of slidable movement through the brackets, but are The table frame is braced by oblique stays 24 between the cross-member 2 and the rear spring brackets 23, and the oblique stays 24 are interconnected by a cross-member 25. A box-like bracket 26 is secured to the upper part of each standard 15, and the table frame .17 is restrained against lateral movement relative to the base frame 10 by guide rods 27 extending from the cross-members 21 and 25 and slidable in the said brackets 26, The table frame 17 may be moved rearwardly, relative to the base frame 10, against the action of. the springs 16, and permitted to move forwardly under the action of these springs. To reciprocate the table frame, an electric motor 28 is mounted on the base frame 10, and acts through a gear box 29 to rotate a vertical camshaft 30 on which is mounted a cam 31, which co-acts with a cam follower roller 32 rotatably mounted under a bracket 33 secured in longitudinally adjustable manner to the cross-member 22. The parts are so made and arranged that the springs 16 are at all times . flexed and, on the rotation of the cam 31, the table frame 17 is moved fairly slowly towards the rear, and then permitted to move rapidly forward under the action of the springs 16, and so on.

The force with which the table frame is advanced may be adjusted, and for this purpose an adjustment lever 34 is pivoted at one end to one of the side members 18, and is engaged with any selected one of a number of notches in a rack 35 on the other side "■ member of the table frame, a handle 36 being' hinged Two rubber or like bands 37 are- secured to the lever 34> one being stretched to the front and made fast to an arm 38 extending from the box bracket 26 on the front standard 15, the other being stretched to the rear and secured to an L-shaped arm 39 extending from the box bracket 26 on the rear standard.15, When the adjustment lever 34 is engaged in the middle notch of the rack 35, as shown, the two bands 37 more or less counter-balance each other? but if the lever 34 is engaged in a forward notch, the rear band 37. is tensioned to augment the action of the springs 16, and if the lever is engaged in a rearward notch, the front band 37 is tensioned to diminish the effect of the springs 16.

A table 4G is ..mounted. οη·; the table-frame 117, the table consisting of a rectangular box-like structure, open at the bottom, and upholstered and covered with a flexible material.

The adjustment lever 34 extends through a slotted plate 41 on one side of the table, and which is calibrated in accordance with the rack 35 and the increased or diminished effect obtained by advancing or retracting the lever in relation to the rack.

So that a person may be supported firmly, face down, on the table, there are provided an adjustable foot rest 42 and a pair of adjustable shoulder supports 43. The foot rest 42 is mounted on a carrier 44 slidable on a pair of guide rails 45 mounted longitudinally on the rear part of the table, and engaged by an adjustment screw 46 mounted rotatably, but restrained against longitudinal movement, between the guide rails 45. The Each of the shoulder supports 43 consists of an upwardly extending bow at the front end of a metal arm 48 pivoted at its reav end to the crocs member 21, and a strip 49 of flexible material connecting the ends of the metal bow* The shoulder supports extend upwardly from the table frame 17 through the sides of a face opening 50 formed through the table near to its front. A person to be treated may lie on the table face down, his feet against the foot rest 42, his shoulders against the resiliently mounted strips 49 of the shoulder supports 43, his face partly in the face opening 50, his forehead supported by the part of the table in front of this opening. A roll (not shown) of tissue 51 is mounted under the front part of the table-, the tissue being brought through the opening 50 and held by a clip 52 over the part of the table supporting the patient's head.

In use, the patient supported on the table, as described, may be subjected for a period to the reciprocatory movement of the apparatus, and it will be found that the rapid advance and sudden halting of the table, with each cycle, will cause mucus in the bronchial tubes, in the case of a sufferer from bronchiectasis, or foreign matter in the lungs, to be dislodged so that it may be ejected by the patient into a receptable 53 removably held by a clip 54 on the base frame 10 under the face opening 50 in the table 40.

The number of cycles to be completed for a specific treatment may be pre-set on a counter device 55 on a carrier 56 mounted on the base frame 10 the completion of the pre-set number of cycles the apparatus will automatically be brought to re3t.

A further counter device 57 is mounted on the front part of the table, and near to it there are provided a switch 58 which the patient may operate to stop the operation of the apparatus if necessary, and a switch 59 which the patient may operate to cause an electric alarm bell 60 to ring.

To facilitate the movement of the apparatus from place to place, the front member 12 of the base frame 10 is fitted with two brackets 61, each mounting a wheel 62 on which' the apparatus may be rolled when its rear end is lifted by grasping a pair of handles 63 secured on the pear member 13 of the base frame. 26754/2 - :

Claims

CLAIMS Apparatus for the treatment of bronchiectasis and other a mounting a table mounted for movemen in lime direction said means to support a patient pron on table said one line against movement relative to the and reciprocating means reciprocatory movement to table and said patient in said one line to cause ejection of foreign matter from the of the said movement comprising successive and stoppage of the table in each cycle of Apparatus according to Claim 1 in which said reciprocating means means for advancing the retract the table against the action said and to release it for relatively rapid movement by said loading and a stop to bring said table to a sudden Apparatus according to Claim 2 wherein the include a pair of longitudinally spaced transverse type springs each medially mounted the mounting its ends engaged with supportin the Apparatus according to either of Claims 2 or wherein adjust ment means are provided for adjustably increasing or decreasin the force applied to table by the Apparatus accordin to Claim 4 wherein the means Includes a adjustmen lever mounted on the secondar means extending orwardly and rearwardly the adjustment lever to the mounting and means forreleasably holding the lever in any selected one of a number of positions to cause the secondary means to augment or decrease the Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the reciprocating means includes a cam mounte on the mountin follovrer on the table and engaging the and means Jo r rotating the Apparatus according to any one of the preoeding claims wherein the means fo supporting patient prone on the table a footrest mounted in longitudinally adjustable manner on the Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the means for supporting a patient prone on the table includes a pair of laterally adjustable resilient shoulder supports extending upwardly from the Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims wherein there is formed through the table a face opening into which the face of a patient prone the table may extendi and a receptacle ejected foreign matter is mounted removably below the said Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims wherein there is mounted on the table switch whereby a patient o the table may discontinue the operation of the Apparatus according to any one of the preoeding claims wherein there is provided an audible and a on the table whereby a patien on the table may bring the alarm into insufficientOCRQuality