NL9001211A - EQUIPMENT FOR INACTIVATING NUTRIENTS IN THE FLUIDIZATION THERAPY. - Google Patents

Abstract

With the presence of a continuous dehydration device, the relative humidity degree of the air fluidized therapy will be as low as < 40 % to inactivate and to avoid culture of microorganisms. The application made the therapy accessible to all parts of the world, also those with a high humidity degree and temperature, to achieve optimum therapeutical depth for all tissue defects without risk of contamination or crossinfection, with an existing subcapillary closing pressure. To mobilize the patient, the unit has been adapted with a pulse and petrissage therapy, to modulate the enclosure of tissue and body with a remaining sequence of active dehydration and temperature control. For patient and nursing comfort, the therapeutical basin has been provided with an electric lifting system.

Description

Equipment for inactivating culture media in fluidization therapy.

The invention relates to the basic principle derived from the air fluidization therapy as developed by Thomas S. Hargest and Artz. With a study on this topic, Victor G. Ryhiner has further perfected fluidization therapy, as currently marketed under the name "Redactron Fluidized Therapy" and registered under patent number NL8800792, Prime Minister's deposit 29-3-1988. By this manner it is already possible to extract moisture from one or more bodies.

However, in order to make the therapy fully accessible to all areas of the world, including those with high humidity and temperature, it is important to achieve a development in which a continuous dehydration system is present, so that under all climatic conditions a relative humidity of the flotation medium is obtained below 40%. After all, through an earlier study on the behavior of micro-organisms, it has been confirmed that at the limit of RH 40%, there is no longer a breeding ground for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

The equipment is not only used for therapeutic purposes, but can also be used for industrial and / or agricultural products. However, the primary objective is to treat patients with severe tissue deformations ranging from eczematous to gangrenous lesions therapeutically and sterile, without risk of contamination or cross-infection.

Optimal therapeutic depth through this equipment is achieved in the indication of burns 1-3 degree, skin and own skin transplants, intensive care and coronary units, atrophy and in older people suffering from arterosclerosis and many other applications, including very fragile tissue.

The equipment is based on the principle that the incoming air, as well as the vapor pressure from the absorbent soda lime glass, are continuously extracted from moisture. This creates an air inlet that is lower than RH 40% at a temperature that is adjustable from 26 ° C (thus lower than body temperature) to 38 ° C (thus higher than body temperature), regardless of the ambient temperature. The viscosity is, partly due to the low Sg of the soda lime glass, 2.2 and brought in a fluidising form, comparable to dry water, with an RH lower than 40%. The body is almost completely enclosed in its shape by the soda-lime glass, which promotes therapy, partly due to the sub-capillary pressure of + 8mm / HG and the bubbling effect of the fluidising mass. When the flotation medium is heated, the heat released from the condensing unit will be utilized, so that a recirculation of the heat will hardly affect the ambient temperature. In addition, all moisture that is extracted from the environment and the contents of the equipment will again be returned to the environment, so that the atmosphere in which the patient is treated will become pleasant and not too dry. The ambient temperature will practically not rise.

The equipment of the invention can be divided into 3 main components, viz .: 1. An evaporator with a constant temperature of 5 ° C with an attached vacuum condensation storage chamber and atomizer. The evaporator is controlled by a condensing unit, consisting of a compressor section with a direct expansion, modulating, and a running pressure, depending on the ambient temperature from 17 ° C to a maximum of 45 ° C. Freon or another substitute is used as the cooling medium.

2. The air chamber, equipped with a two-stage compressor for building up the fluidization pressure (preferential pressure P = 500mm / H20). An air valve is installed in the suction line, which is controlled by a thermostatic regulator and is connected to the condensing fan housing. 3. Therapeutic basin filled with 600 to 700 kef soda lime glass, in which the patient is treated and which is covered with a loosely tensioned polycon filter sheet or other similar material, with a permeability of 35 microns.

The operation of the invention is based on the following principle: See figure 1. The ambient air will pass the evaporator F2 after passing through the dust filter F1. Since the evaporator is brought to a temperature of 5 ° C, all water particles will be deposited on the evaporator and condensate. The evaporator chamber F2 communicates with the vacuum chamber F3 by means of a reference leak. The vacuum chamber F3 is connected to a vacuum pump or other venturi mechanism to achieve the desired negative pressure. Due to the creation of a vacuum pressure averaging 0.1mm / H2O, the boiling point of water will be lowered, and then sprayed into the environment again. After the air treatment, the air from which the water particles have been extracted is fed to a two-stage air compressor F4, where the air will reach a pressure of 500mm / H20 under the fluidization board, as mounted in F5. The fluidization pressure of 500mm / H20 is sufficient to "boil" the mass (+ 650 kg soda-lime glass) in the basin F5 with a viscosity of 1.0-1.2. If moisture is released in the absorbent soda-lime glass, as a result of the second law of thermodynamics, a vapor pressure is created to the F2 evaporator, which has a temperature of 5 ° C.

Here again the vapor pressure will condense in water particles and be discharged through the vacuum chamber. When heating the flotation medium is required, dm.v. air valve F7, which is opened, the air flow is mixed with the heat of the condensation heat discharge. In this way recirculation of the absorbed and released ambient heat is achieved. To simplify nursing procedures and improve patient comfort, the basin F5 is adjustable in height from 60cm to 80cm, measured from the floor surface by means of a hydraulic or otherwise applied lifting system.

Claims (9)

1. Equipment for the constant extraction of moisture from the incoming air stream, characterized in that the application is based on an air fluidization therapy for carrying bodies in an absorbent soda lime glass mass. 2. Equipment for inactivating nutrient media, characterized by preserving the therapeutic basin from micro-organisms. Equipment according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the device is specially intended for patients with severe tissue deformations in which the patient is carried with a minimal subcapillary pressure in an air-permeable and bubbling surface and wherein the temperature can be adjusted as required in the margins 26 ° C and 38 ° Cf and that with a thermostatic demand for heating the soda-lime glass, the released heat generated by the direct expansion of the condensing unit will be utilized, with the result that a recirculation of the absorbed and released heat from the environment is reached. Equipment according to claim 3, characterized in that body fluid from the patient is discharged to a condensing element, where it is brought to a boiling point in a vacuum chamber at normal ambient temperature, and is then atomized in the room. 5. Equipment as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that air and mass of moisture are extracted, comprising a condensing unit and an evaporator, connected to a vacuum chamber by means of a vacuum chamber. a reference leak, to be sprayed into the environment. Equipment according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the filling consists of partially hollow soda-lime glass granules, with a diameter greater than 100 i * - y with an Sg less than 2.2. Equipment according to claim 6, characterized in that the granules are not solid, in order to get to a lower Sg per mass. Equipment according to claim 3, characterized in that the therapeutic basin is provided with a hydraulic or other system, in order to vary the lying height to the floor surface from 60 to 80 cm. Equipment according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the applications are not limited solely to medical therapeutic actions, but are also used in bed systems for household use. Supplement to page 2 after line 37: ..... with a permeability of 35μ. The therapeutic basin can also be filled with soda-lime glass which has a hollow structure and if possible with a grain diameter of 100μ and larger. By means of pressure adjustments with a differential pressure of at least & P = 200mm / H20, an equivalent viscosity of the flotation medium will be obtained. The major advantage of using the soda-lime glass with a hollow core is that the total weight of the soda-lime glass is reduced by a factor of 5. This allows the fluidization unit to be placed on wooden floors without support and is therefore accessible for installation in every conceivable space. Supplement to page 3 after line 30: ..... otherwise applied lifting system. The therapeutic basin is equipped with a molecular polyethylene fluidization plate with a surface area of 5 to 20μ and a pressure drop of 20.5mBar (see figure 2 sketch C). Due to the rigid behavior of the polyethylene, uniform and even fluidization is only possible with an absolute horizontal arrangement of the unit (see figure 2 sketch B). By modulating the arrangement of the basin within a degree with respect to the horizontal position (see figure 2 sketch A), the fluidization is evenly converted into an alternating liquid and solid mass of the soda-lime glass. This not only provides an enclosure of both the tissue and the body, but also creates a petrissage therapy, which, in part due to the dehydration system, will promote blood circulation and reduce pain. 1 The modulating rotation system of the assembly is coupled to the existing lifting system and is an electronic control set in the time values from 10 minutes to £ 0 minutes. With constant fluidization therapy, the basin is kept in a horizontal arrangement of 90 degrees <see figure * 2 sketch B). Supplement to conclusions on page 5 after line 8: ..... are used for domestic use. Equipment according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the basin can be modulated at an angle of 4 degrees to the horizontal Plane to effect intermittent enclosure of body and tissue. »