JP2008142171A - Thermotherapy system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermotherapy system capable of expecting a higher treatment effect that can not be attained when a person to be treated is just simply soaked in hot water and preventing a burden from being put on the person to be treated. <P>SOLUTION: The thermotherapy system comprises a treatment tub 2 and a circulation mechanism 3 for injecting the hot water or a solution for the treatment to the treatment tub 2 through a hot water supply pipe 16 which adjusts it to a prescribed temperature in a temperature adjustment circuit device 15, the hot water supply pipe 16 is successively divided into two between the temperature adjustment circuit 15 and the treatment tub 2, and the final division ends are connected to discharge nozzles 11-14 disposed on the inner wall surface of the treatment tub 2 respectively. Thus, the temperature of the hot water or the solution for the treatment supplied from the respective discharge nozzles can be made equal at all times and the temperature of respective parts inside a bathtub can be kept fixed at all times. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a hyperthermia treatment system, more specifically, by raising the living body to an optimal body temperature for the patient's condition and treatment purpose at that time, and maintaining the body temperature for a predetermined time with high accuracy, The present invention relates to a thermotherapy system for performing thermotherapy that contributes to treatment and prevention.

  Conventionally, thermotherapy is known as one of the treatment methods for cancer and HIV infection (AIDS). This treatment method is based on the fact that cancer cells or HIV viruses are less resistant to heat than normal cells, and there is a hot bath type thermotherapy device for raising the body temperature to a temperature at which cancer cells or HIV viruses are killed. It has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1).

This hot-bath type thermotherapy device includes a bathtub, a forced circulation boiler, and a control unit that controls the temperature of the hot water in the bathtub, and the hot water temperature in the bathtub and the pulse rate, respiratory rate, and electrocardiograph of the patient. The temperature of the hot water in the bathtub is maintained at an arbitrary temperature based on the information and the like.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-33626

  When performing a thermal treatment, the body temperature rises and extends to the head, so that the treatment may be hindered due to breathlessness or sympathetic nerve stimulation. In the head, when the temperature rises, the necessary amount of oxygen that must be taken in increases, leading to a relative lack of oxygen, which may cause damage to the body. Is difficult to adjust. Although the above-mentioned treatment apparatus can solve the above problem by keeping the hot water temperature constant and cooling the head, the bathtub and the boiler are only connected by a pair of tubes. There is no guarantee that the temperature of all parts of the body in hot water will be uniform. Moreover, since hot water or cold water for keeping the temperature of the hot water in the bathtub constant is supplied toward the center of the bathtub from almost the same location, there is a possibility that it may directly hit the patient and there is a problem.

  This invention solves the above-mentioned problem, and makes it the 1st subject to always keep the temperature of each part in a bathtub constant by distributing arrangement of a hot-water supply pipe, and all parts of a patient's body are always constant. A second problem is to increase the efficiency of thermal treatment so that it can be soaked in hot water of the same temperature, and a third problem is to provide a thermal treatment system that does not burden the patient to be treated by hot water supply.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 has a treatment tank and a circulation mechanism for injecting hot water or a therapeutic solution into the treatment tank through a hot water supply pipe which is set to a predetermined temperature by the temperature adjustment circuit device. The hot water supply pipe is sequentially divided into a bifurcated portion from the temperature adjustment circuit to the treatment tank, and the final divided end portions are respectively connected to discharge nozzles arranged on the treatment tank inner wall surface. To do.

  The invention according to claim 2 has a circulation mechanism for injecting a treatment tank and hot water or a solution for treatment into the treatment tank through a hot water supply pipe which is brought to a predetermined temperature by a temperature adjustment circuit device. The body holding device is provided with an open hole through which the solution passes so that the treatment solution can be distributed around the patient and hot water or the treatment solution is circulated throughout the treatment tank. Features.

  The invention according to claim 3 includes a treatment tank and a circulation mechanism for injecting hot water or a therapeutic solution into the treatment tank through a hot water supply pipe that brings the temperature adjustment circuit apparatus to a predetermined temperature, and the temperature adjustment circuit apparatus Thus, hot water or a therapeutic solution at a predetermined temperature is jetted and circulated in a flat shape in a fan shape, a radial shape or the like in parallel to the inner wall surface of the treatment tank by a nozzle or the like.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the treatment tank and the circulation mechanism are provided, and the hot water supply pipe is divided into a bifurcated portion sequentially from the temperature adjustment circuit to the treatment tank, and the final divided ends are respectively in the treatment tank. By connecting to the discharge nozzles arranged on the wall surface, the temperature of hot water or treatment solution supplied from each discharge nozzle can always be made equal, so the temperature of each part in the bathtub can be kept constant at all times. .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the body holding device for the patient is provided with an open hole for the solution to pass therethrough, so that the hot water or the therapeutic solution is distributed around the patient. It becomes possible to circulate hot water or therapeutic solution throughout the treatment tank,
All the parts of the body of the patient can always be immersed in hot water or a treatment solution having the same temperature, so that the efficiency of the thermal treatment can be increased.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the treatment tank and the circulation mechanism are provided, and hot water or a treatment solution is sprayed in a flat shape in a fan shape, a radial shape, or the like in parallel to the inner wall surface of the treatment tank by a nozzle or the like. By circulating, it can be set as the thermal treatment system which does not impose a burden on a to-be-treated person so that a to-be-treated person does not hit hot water or a therapeutic solution directly from a nozzle or the like.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a thermal treatment system according to the present invention. This thermal treatment system (hereinafter referred to as a treatment system) includes an apparatus main body 1, a treatment tank 2 connected to the apparatus main body 1, and a treatment tank 2 A circulation mechanism 3 that circulates hot water or a therapeutic solution (hereinafter referred to as “therapeutic hot water”) and a transport mechanism 4 that loads and unloads the patient to and from the treatment tank 2 are provided.

  The treatment tank 2 is a deformed rectangular parallelepiped treatment tank that allows an adult to lie down and immerse in warm water for treatment, and the upper surface is covered with an openable / closable canopy 5. A window 6 is provided to be openable and closable for communication between the patient and the person to be treated and for enabling biopsy and care processing.

  The canopy 5 can be opened and closed by operating an opening / closing cylinder 23 (see FIGS. 4A and 4B).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the circulation mechanism 3 circulates the treatment warm water in the treatment tank 2, and includes a discharge nozzle 10, a temperature adjustment circuit 15, a hot water supply pipe 16, and a pump 17 disposed on both sides of the treatment tank. The discharge nozzle 10 is composed of four sets of discharge nozzles 11a to 14a and 11b to 14b arranged to face each other, and therapeutic hot water discharged from the discharge nozzle 10 is provided. In order not to affect the subject directly as a stimulus, it is bent substantially at right angles so as to be discharged along the treatment tank wall surface (see FIG. 3A).

  The treatment warm water discharged from the discharge nozzle 10 may be diffused in parallel and radially along the inner wall surface of the treatment tank (see FIG. 3B).

  The discharge nozzle 10 is provided with a hot water supply pipe 16 that supplies hot water for treatment from a temperature adjustment circuit 15 that is maintained at an optimal treatment temperature (changed depending on illness, patient condition, and at that time) that is heated by a heating device. The start end of the hot water supply pipe 16 is connected to the temperature adjustment circuit 15 and the end is connected to the discharge nozzle 10. The process from the start end to the end is sequentially divided into two branches with the same pipe length, and the pressure of the pipe A single hot water supply pipe at the start end is configured to be separated into 8 sets of 4 sets at the end with the same loss, and the ends of each set are separated on both sides of the treatment tank and face each other. The discharge state of the treatment hot water discharged from the discharge nozzle 10 is the same as that of the discharge nozzle 10 arranged in this manner.

  The temperature adjusting circuit 15 is connected to the other end of a water intake pipe 21 having one end attached to one water intake 20 provided in the treatment tank. A pump 17 is disposed in the middle of the water intake pipe 21. ing.

  The transport mechanism 4 allows the treatment tank to take a bath (see FIG. 1) and take a bath (see FIG. 8) in a state where the patient lies on his / her back, and the transport mechanism 4 lies on the back of the patient to be treated. In this state, the treatment tank can be bathed and taken out, and the body holding device 25 can be transported with a motor 35 and the motor 35 in order to carry the body holding device 25 on which the patient is placed as shown in FIG. The gear 32 and the supporting idler roll 103 are provided, and the body holding device 25 is allowed to self-propelled on the two rails 31 provided with a rack.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the rail 31 is formed with an R so as to smoothly connect the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. A self-propelled transport unit 104 is provided with a rotating pivot 102 (FIGS. 5 and 7) so that the body holding device 25 is kept horizontal. As shown in FIG. 6, the transport unit 104 transports the body holding device 25 carrying the patient from the outside of the bathtub to the inside of the bathtub receiving treatment.

  FIG. 7 shows the transport unit 104. The transport unit 104 includes a motor 35, transmits the rotational driving force of the motor 35 to the gear 32 via a belt or the like, and travels on the rail 31 provided with a rack. Since the support frame 36 and the body holding device 25 are connected to the transport unit 104 and a load is applied, a support idler roll 103 is provided to reduce the load on the gear 32.

  In addition, a pivot 102 is provided on a support frame 36 that connects the body holding device 25 and the transport unit 104, and by rotating with the pivot 102, even if the transport unit 104 moves and changes its angle, the body holding device 25 and The angle from the horizontal position of the support frame 36 can always be kept constant.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an opening 28 is provided in the cushion portion of the body holding device 25 so that a plurality of hot waters for treatment can be circulated.

  When the person to be treated reaches the inside of the bathtub by the body holding device 25, the opening / closing cylinder 23 is operated to lower the canopy 5 to cover the upper surface of the treatment tank 2 as shown in FIG.

  Since this canopy 5 is provided with a window 6 that can be opened and closed, even after the canopy 5 is lowered, the window 6 can be opened to allow communication between the therapist and the patient, and the air in the canopy 5 can be replaced. The temperature in the canopy 5 can be adjusted.

  The treatment layer in which the patient is treated contains warm water for treatment, including the optimum temperature calculated in advance, and the temperature adjustment circuit uses the temperature adjustment circuit even after the patient has bathed and started treatment. The treatment warm water adjusted to the set temperature optimized each time is discharged from the discharge nozzle provided in the treatment tank so as not to directly touch the patient in the treatment tank, and the discharged treatment warm water is sent to the temperature adjustment circuit. After being adjusted to the set temperature, the treatment warm water that is discharged into the treatment tank is circulated again, and various added values that increase the treatment effect in the circulation process (reducing stimulation, sympathetic inferiority, parasympathy) It is more effective not only to soak in hot water, but also to increase nerve circulation, increase blood circulation, relieve the action of homeostatics to suppress deep body temperature rise, promote the target deep body temperature rise action, etc.) Healing You can receive.

  The subject can easily go down from the lowered body holding device 25, and the subject can lie down on the body holding device 25 for treatment, and can receive treatment with a simple movement that simply descends from the body holding device after treatment. Therefore, it is possible to construct a thermal treatment system that can receive a treatment that does not burden the subject.

The perspective view explaining the structure of the thermal treatment system which concerns on this invention Circulation mechanism block diagram explaining circulation of hot water for treatment (A) (b) is the top view and front view of a discharge nozzle explaining the discharge state to the treatment tank of the treatment warm water (A) (b) is a side view explaining the operating state of a body holding device and a canopy Front view for explaining the operating state of the body holding device and the transport unit Side view explaining movement of body holding device and transport unit Structure diagram of transport unit mechanism Perspective view of the carrier outside the treatment tank

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus main body 2 Treatment tank 3 Circulation mechanism 4 Conveyance mechanism 5 Canopy 10 Discharge nozzle 16 Hot water supply pipe 15 Temperature control circuit 25 Body holding device 28 Open hole

Claims (3)

A treatment tank and a circulation mechanism for injecting hot water or a solution for treatment into the treatment tank through a hot water supply pipe that is set to a predetermined temperature by a temperature adjustment circuit device;
The hot water supply pipe is divided into a bifurcated portion sequentially from the temperature adjustment circuit to the treatment tank, and the final divided ends are connected to discharge nozzles arranged on the inner wall of the treatment tank, respectively. Treatment system. A treatment tank and a circulation mechanism for injecting hot water or a solution for treatment into the treatment tank through a hot water supply pipe that is set to a predetermined temperature by a temperature adjustment circuit device;
The hot water or therapeutic solution passes through the body holding device for the patient so that the hot water or the therapeutic solution is distributed around the patient or the hot water or the therapeutic solution is circulated throughout the treatment tank. Heat treatment system characterized by having an open hole. A treatment tank and a circulation mechanism for injecting hot water or a solution for treatment into the treatment tank through a hot water supply pipe that is set to a predetermined temperature by a temperature adjustment circuit device;
The temperature adjusting circuit device is characterized in that hot water or a treatment solution at a predetermined temperature is sprayed and circulated in a fan shape, a radial shape, or the like in parallel to the inner wall surface of the treatment tank by a nozzle or the like. Thermal therapy system.

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