ITME940008A1 - UNIDIRECTIONAL PULSED WHIRLPOOL BATH WITH ATTACHED "SCOTTISH SHOWER" HORIZONTALLY - Google Patents

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of the industrial invention called - Unidirectional pulsed hydromassage bathtub with horizontal "doc = eia scottese".

The invention is aimed at bringing radical changes in the hydrotherapy sector by means of an unprecedented tub to which an absolutely innovative methodology has been applied, which allows it to combine two very important hydrotherapies, interdependent and complementary, aimed at solving the problems inherent in all branches of Rehabilitation, Aesthetic and Thermal Medicine such as:

-Sportive: For strains and fatigue;

-Female: For gynecological disorders;

-Cardiocirculatory For metabolic disorders;

-Dermatology: For eczema and psoriasis;

-Psychiatry: For insomnia and mental hygiene;

-Geriatrics: For rheumatism and gout;

- Pain: For paresis, trauma and burns;

-Aesthetics: For localized imperfections;

-Thermal: For mud therapy and thalassotherapy. The current state of the art does not produce tubs that can be compared to the invention of the invention also because this, after millennia, has substantially changed the shape of the vessel-tub by applying methodological innovations such as to rediscover the value of hydrotherapy recently confused with the; balneotherapy.

the interdependence of the two hydrotherapies, which the invention allows to perform, arises from the consideration that: the "Scottish shower", by subjecting the human body to alternating contact of hot and cold water, in provoking vasodilation and vasoconstriction, causes re that "vascular gymnastics" aimed at rehabilitating the elasticity of the venous circulation, often compromised by degenerative pathologies or by the sedentary life that characterizes our society.

the hydromassage, which has the specific task of exerting a thrust on the return of the blood, will be able to fulfill this function only if it finds an adequate response in vascular elasticity.

The current state of the art produces cabins for the practice of the "Scottish shower" inside which the patient, placed in an upright position, is subjected to the rain of hot and cold water with the following results:

As a consequence of the upright position and the vasodilatation that is obtained, the force of gravity is favored, which acts in the opposite direction to the return of the blood, causing a considerable swelling of the hollows, a manifestation that highlights blood stasis. Hydrotherapy, on the other hand, should lighten the work of that wonderful pump, of that "plantar heart" which has the function of making the blood go back to the heart, making it exceed a height of ml. 1.20 and overcome the force of gravity which acts in the opposite direction.

As far as the whirlpool is concerned, currently there are a variety of models on the market which, despite being beautiful and made according to the most advanced ergonomic criteria, do not allow you to lie down in total relscf, as they need to be filled with considerable quantity of water (300-500 liters) in which the body tends to float and slides towards the feet, always remaining in muscle tension. This quantity of water, which usually reaches a height of 0.60 m, in addition to compressing the immersed body, creates considerable resistance to massaging flows, with the consequent result that the parts closest to the mouths undergo the throttling of the diameter of the veins, in addition to the traumatization of the peripheral blood and lymphatic capillaries, while the most distant parts remain excluded from the benefits of the flows. These tanks, inside which delivery spouts or nozzles scattered throughout the bottom and the internal perimeter are installed, exert on the immersed body a compression lasting equal to the operating time which certainly cannot be compared to work. of a masseur.

In fact, observing the hands of a massager we notice that they force the movement of a section of the body and then allow it to return to the initial position. This also begins the work "always" from the plantar area, to go up the whole body. wounds and insisting on parts that require targeted treatment.

Since no tub is able to reproduce, even partially, the work of a masseur, it can be safely concluded that they do not exercise any underwater massage or "hydromassage, but constitute simple equipment for balneotherapy very different from hydrotherapy to which phenomena are linked. hydro therapies of considerable importance.

Furthermore, these tanks neglect the temperature of the water which in hydrotherapy is of fundamental importance since, when it varies by just 5 ° less or more with respect to the body temperature, a process of greater or lesser molecular cohesion of the immersed fabrics.

In these tanks, the air continuously added to the water flows causes a considerable lowering of the initial temperature of 34-36 ° with the consequences described above, in addition to the unpleasant sensation of cold to which the patient will be exposed, for which the It is necessary to interrupt the treatment in order to restore the original temperature.

The invention of the invention has the purpose of obviating the shortcomings listed above in the following way:

The container-tub has a bottom placed at 50 cm from the ground which can be accessed through a watertight door. they can be transferred directly from a wheelchair without having to entrust them to mechanical lifts or to the fatigue of the workers.

The bottom of the pool, longitudinally lined with hollow-convex channels, will have a sinuous shape that will allow you to lie comfortably stretched out as on a normal physiotherapy bed, in total relaxation and in the supine, prone and side position.

Lying in these positions, it will be possible to receive the Scottish shower coming from the arch of a mobile trolley which will advance and return on special guides placed on the upper longitudinal edges of the tub. plantar area and ending in the cervical area, allows targeted treatments even to a single small portion of the trunk or leg. Still lying in the aforementioned positions, the patient can receive the hydromassage through five delivery mouths placed in line in the plantar area. This therapy will be of the pulsed type, in order to reproduce the work of the masseur, unidirectional starting from the plantar area, according to the direction of the return of the blood, it will have an angle of incidence on the human body of just 2-4 °, which can never lead to a strangulation of the diameter of the veins nor, nevertheless, the traumatization of blood and lymphatic capillaries, will occur at a constant temperature for the entire duration of the treatment, it can be aimed at the rehabilitation of only one leg or arm. from the plantar area which will stimulate such ganglia to favor the emptying of all the waste drained by the tissues, thus improving lymphatic circulation.

In the attached table of drawings fig.1 represents the services placed under the tub container; fig.2 represents the plan of the tub; fig.3 the longitudinal section made in the section a-b of the plant; fig. 4 represents the cross section made in the section c-d of the tank; fig. 5 represents the front elevation and fig. 6 the side elevation. In these drawings the numbers identify:

-1-Posts in plasticized stainless steel 25x80 m / m. -2- Base and head crosspieces in flat stainless steel 25x80 m / m.

-3-Grarages for flexible shower cord

-4- Total emptying pump equipped with solenoid valve = the clearly separated from the motor.

-5-Timed variable speed motor, clearly detached from the pump.

-6-Subaction of water supply to the tanks

-7-Water supply pipe from the tanks to the pump

-8-Pulleys for housing a rubber belt for connecting the motor to the pump. -9-Water enters the pump

10-Water outlet from the pump

11-inlet of water into the tanks with solenoid valve 12-Outlet of water from the tanks with solenoid valve.

13-Level sensors min./max.

14-Intercommunication channel between the container-tank and the underlying tank.

15-Air vent valve from the tanks.

16-Central discharge of great flow 0 50 m / m

17- If you suri who of the tub container

18-Electric resistance for water heating

19-Thermoregulator of the electric resistance.

20-Maneuvering taps of the "delivery outlets. 21-Maneuvering taps of the flexible shower hoses.

22-Water flow indicator dial

23-Air flow indicator dial

24-Holes for storing flexible hoses 25-Pump drain fitted with solenoid valve

26-Manual shower operating tap

27-0 port for the inspection and cleaning of the tanks

26 — General floor drain

29-Drain of the tank overflow in communication with the tank below.

30-Tank for containing the detergent and disinfectant with automatic dispenser.

31-Water temperature indicators in the tanks 32-Manual shower connected to the home network.

33-Watertight door for patient entry.

34-Trolley to perform the "Scottish shower" with sliding on guides placed on the upper longitudinal edges of the tub.

35-Ergonomic shape of the tank bottom

36-Pulsed delivery outlets for unidirectional massage flows.

37- Tracks or toothed guides for the advancement and return of a trolley for the practice of the Scottish shower.

38-Solenoid valve serving the water supply pipeline to the delivery outlets.

39-Solenoid valve serving the a = equal to the trolley for the Scottish shower.

40-Sense of water circulation for hydromassage 41-Tank lt. 35 in stainless steel for the repechage of the water used for the hydromassage.

42-Tank lt.110 to contain and produce hot water for filling the tub

43-Tank lt. 55 to contain and produce hot water for the practice of the Scottish shower.

44-Tank to contain cold water for the practice of the Scottish shower

45-Hollow heads of the shower trolley for housing 24 volts motors for the advancement and re * toming of the Scottish shower trolley.

45-Concave convex channels to allow the circulation of water, water-soluble muds and algae under the patient's body,

the two hydrotherapies which the invention of the invention allows to be carried out will be practiced in the following way: From the beginning of the working day, all the tanks 41-42-43-44 will be full and at the temperature programmed for the individual hydrotherapies.

On the microprocessor placed on the wall and on which all the services of the invention will depend, personalized programs will be set for each patient, both to perform a single hydrotherapy and to perform them en =. trambe.

The patient will access the tub through the watertight door, 33 and will lie down on the bottom of the tub · 35 / assuming the most suitable position to receive the prescribed hydrotherapy.

-THE SCOTTISH SHOWER-

The rain of hot water alternating with cold water will come from the arch of a mobile trolley 34 which will advance and return to the part of the body concerned, delivering the water only on the outward journey.

The microprocessor will give the inputs for the closing of the solenoid valves for the water outlet from the tanks 12, of those placed in the intercommunication channels 14, of the one placed to close the whirlpool spouts 38, it will open the drains of the tub 17, will open the solenoid valves serving the Scottish shower 39 and simultaneously start the motion = re-pump 4-5 and the movement motors located in the hollow heads of the trolley 45.

The solenoid valves 12 of the tanks 43 and 44 will open alternately, each time the trolley returns to its original position, to allow the pump to withdraw the hot water once and then the cold one.

If the hydrotherapia will affect the whole body

of the patient, both operating cocks 21 of the flexible hoses will remain open, otherwise the one on the part of the body not interested in hydrotherapy will be closed and in this case the shower will only come from halfway, as this has been face in two sectors fig. 4.

Naturally, the trolley will advance and return to the part to be treated, which may be a portion of the trunk, a leg, an arm, with the possibility of excluding from the treatment the areas affected by vague veins, capillary fragility, wounds.

Once the Scottish shower program has been completed, the microprocessor will give the inputs to stop the motors located in the hollow heads of the trolley 45, after it has returned to the foot of the tub, it will stop the motor-pump 4-5, it will open the solenoid valves 11 to allow the filling of the tanks 43-44, subsequently providing to reactivate the electric resistances 18 in both the tanks in order to prepare them for the subsequent treatment.

-The WHIRLPOOL-It will take place as follows:

The two drains of the tub 17 will be closed, the solenoid valves serving the Scottish shower 39 will be closed, the one serving the hydromassage spouts 38 will be open, the solenoid valves located in the intercommunication channels 14 will be open and, at the same time, that for the water 12 outflow from the tank 42.

Once the pump motor 5e4 is started, all the water content of the 110 liter tank 42 will be brought inside the tank container and, as a consequence of the fact that the intercommunication ducts 14 have been opened, this will become one with that contained in the tank 41.

If the quantity of 110 liters of water is not sufficient to cover the patient's body as a result of his height, the necessary amount will be added deriving from the manual shower 32.

The water inlet 11 in the tank 42 will be immediately opened and the electric resistance 18 will be reactivated in order to prepare the subsequent treatment.

Always at the same time the electro = outlet valve 12 from the tank 41 was opened, from which the pump will draw water for the entire duration of the hydromassage.

The water will make a complete revolution according to the length of the tank 40 and will be kept at a constant temperature by the electric resistance 18 which will remain active for the entire duration of the treatment.

The massaging flow, pulsed every 25-30 seconds, a = v will originate from the plantar area to go up the whole body, according to the right direction of the return of the blood circulation. facilitated by the suction coming from the intercommunication ducts 14 placed at the head of the tank.

The flow massaggiarte, meeting the human body to = so relaxed and in total relaxation, will affect, with its mechanical action, all the lymphatic ganglia located at the ankles, at the knee bend, in the groin, in the armpits, carrying out an action altamen. stimulating their emptying thus allowing a progression of peripheral lymphatic ciculation.

If you want to perform a treatment aimed at a single leg, proceed as follows: Two of the five dispensing outlets 36 will be closed by means of the corresponding taps 20 located on the dashboard of the container; leaving the three operational in correspondence of the affected limb. The central of the three outlets will act on the plantar area, while the remaining two will reach the inside and outside of the leg with an angle of incidence of just 2-4 °, exerting an "accompanied caress" similar to If you want to overturn the patient, again to treat the same leg, the mouths previously excluded will be opened = mind excluded and the last two of the three used before will be closed and proceed as before.

If you want to perform hydrotherapy aimed at the rehabilitation of only one arm, you will work as follows:

four of the five delivery outlets 36 and one of the two intercommunication ducts 14 will be closed, leaving those corresponding to the affected limb operative. It is understood that the whole arm and the axillary area will be exposed to the massaging flow , channeled between the trunk and the wall of the tank, which will act according to the return of the blood as well as stimulate the axillary lymphatic ganglia totally exposed to the mechanical action.

Once the hydromassage cycle is completed, the microprocessor will stop the motor-pump 5-4, will deactivate the electric resistance 18 in the tank 41, will open the drains 17 from which all the water contained in the container will flow rapidly.

After the patient has got out of the tub, the door 33 will be closed again and the motor-pump will be restarted to completely empty the tank 41, the duct 7 and the pump 4 by opening the solenoid valve 25. which it is equipped with.

Immediately after emptying, consent will be given for the filling of the tank 41 into which the predetermined dose of detergent and disinfectant necessary for the purpose and contained in the tank 30 has been dropped.

Once the motor-pump 5-4 has been started, the tank 41, the tubing 7, the delivery outlets 36 of the tank and the pump will be cleaned and sterilized.

Once this operation has been completed, the "chi drains 17 will be opened and, subsequently, the solenoid valve of the pump 25 will be opened for the total emptying of the water used for washing and sterilization.

Immediately afterwards, the microprocessor will give the consent for the filling of the tank 41, for the reactivation of the electric resistance 18 in order to prepare the subsequent treatment.

At this point the next patient will be able to access the tank as the first two tanks used 43-44 have had all the time necessary to heat lt. 55 of water to 34-36 ° and lt. 55 of water to 8-10 ° . The invention, by virtue of the dissected use of the services it will be equipped with, will allow a patient to be treated every 30 minutes with both hydrotherapies, while just 20 minutes will be enough to perform only one, consequently undermining the work of those structures. you yourself to serve a considerable number of daily users.

Claims (1)

CLAIMS 1 -On all whirlpool tubs and the like, which have the bottom 35 of the container placed at about 50 cm from the ground, shaped in the longitudinal direction, so as to re-produce the curvatures of the human body, during the supine stitching on a soft surface 35 fig. 6, lined with convex-convex channels 4-6 arranged along the length of the tank, in order to allow the circulation of water even under the human body lying on it, which allows you to lie down in the prone, supine position and on your side as on a normal bed for physiotherapists; which have access consisting of a hermetically sealed door 33 fig. 6; which have the upper side of the longitudinal edges intended to contain or constitute a track or guide on which to advance and return a trolley, from which the shower or the Scottish shower fig. 4 and 5- 34 will flow; which have five delivery outlets 36 placed in line 36 fig . 2 and 36 fig. 4, at the foot of the tank itself and two repechage nozzles 14 placed at the head and equidistant from the edges with the first and fifth delivery nozzle 36; which allow you to practice a shower and the "Scottish shower" horizontally as an alternative to the hydromassage or associated with it, always allowing the patient to lie in the same positions permitted for the hydromassage. 2-On all the tanks, as in point 1, which have the container placed over a metal structure, fig. 3J that use the space below to contain steel and thermoplastic tanks equipped with heat-regulating electrical resistance 18 (19 ), of level sensors, solenoid valves placed at the inlet (II) and at the outlet 12 of the water from the tanks, of a vent valve 15 of the air from the tanks themselves, capable of containing and producing the hot water necessary for the whirlpool and the "Scottish shower". 3-On all the tanks, as in point 1-, which by means of a water repechage tank 41 equipped with a thermoregulable electrical resistance 18 (19), which remains active for the entire duration of the hydrotherapy, allow to perform treatments at temperature constant imitating the water circulation system in radiator heating systems as shown in fig. 3. 4-On all the tubs, as in point 1, which allow you to perform the hydromassage aimed at a single leg or a single arm or, making use of the operation of the delivery outlets 36 and of the repechage nozzles 14, in order to guide the massaging flow on the affected limb and according to the direction of the return of the blood. 5-On all the tubs, as in point 1, which allow you to also practice the shower or the "Scottish shower" through the arch or the arm of a car and the furniture whose forward and return movement may affect the whole body of the patient, starting from the plantar area and ending at the cervical one, as well as it can be limited to a single small portion of the trunk or leg, making use of the fact that the rain can come from the entire arch or arm or simple = halfway as shown in fig. 4, acting on the taps 21 of the flexible hoses and setting the duration and progression on the microprocessor. -On all the tanks, as in point 1, which using the sectioned operation of the tanks 41-42-43-44 and the predetermined programs on the microprocessor, allow to perform the "Scottish shower" and the hydromas = test on the same patient, as well as limiting him to a single complete and other targeted hydrotherapy. -On all whirlpool tubs, as in point 1 which, by means of operational measures allowed by the sectioned use of tanks 41-42-43-44 and by the maneuvers of the taps 20 corresponding to each of the delivery outlets, allow those treatments to be carried out targeted up to now practiced in the "va schette a cells" for the rehabilitation of the upper and lower limbs. -On all the tanks, as in point 1, which using the sectioned use of tanks 41-42-43-44 allow a succession of patients without interruption of continuity throughout the day 9-On all the tubs, as in point 1, that used in the Spa, they allow you to cover the patient with mud, to let him stay for the necessary time on the sinuous bottom of the tub and to drain him without having to transfer him to the appropriate mud removal booths usual. 10- On all the pools, as in point 1, which will be able to use sea water by putting it directly into the tanks and hydromassage circuits in order to reproduce the beneficial effects of the sea wave on the body of the bather lying on the shore at the sea. Thalassotherapy can be practiced there as the tub container will be in fiberglass, the pipes in non-toxic plastic, the pump in Noryl and the mouths in porcelain steel, while the electrical circuit will be highly protected to prevent any corrosion caused by oxidizing agents. .