RU119234U1 - UNIVERSAL DEVICE FOR MASSAGE AND GAS THERAPY - Google Patents

Abstract

1. A universal device for influencing the human body, containing a lounger or a chair for a patient with a back, armrests, supports for the legs and feet with massage devices placed on their outer surfaces, characterized in that the lounger or chair is placed in a closed box equipped with a heater, a gas supply system, an exhaust fan and a control unit, and the patient's head is out of the gas range due to the neck seal. ! 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that carbon dioxide is used as the main component of the gaseous medium in the box. ! 4. The device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that moisture is additionally supplied to the chamber in the form of steam from the steam generator and the parameters of the gas environment inside the chamber are regulated: composition and concentration of gas, humidity, temperature.

Description

A utility model (device) relates to medical equipment and can be used in healthcare (specifically, in the departments of physiotherapy, rehabilitation treatment) for therapeutic treatment of patients using massage devices in a gas treatment medium.

Known methods and devices for therapeutic effects on the patient’s body using hydromassage procedures - bathtubs of the “Jacuzzi” type, underwater shower massage (N. V. Manshina “Balneology for all” M. “Veche”. 2007, pp. 98-100) . In these devices, one of the main active factors is the active massage effect on the patient's body using high-pressure water jets.

There are also known methods and devices for therapeutic treatment of the patient’s body using water massage procedures, when mechanical vibrations are applied to the patient’s body through the water layer in the bath (“Technique and methods of physiotherapeutic procedures.” Reference edited by academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences V. M. Bogolyubov. M. 2009, p. 371). In these devices, the strong mechanical effect with the help of high pressure water jets is replaced by a softer massage effect through a layer of water.

In devices of both types with the help of water-thermal, as well as active massage effects on the skin and deep into the underlying tissues, irritation of the skin receptors and nerve endings, the blood vessels dilate and, accordingly, the microcirculation increases, as well as the activation of blood circulation in the skin and tissues, metabolism, stimulation and toning of tissues and muscles, weight loss.

However, the disadvantages of these devices are their limited functionality associated with hydrostatic, strong mechanical (high pressure water jets) and temperature effects of water, which do not allow the method to be used in a number of pathological conditions: skin diseases, injuries, open fractures, diseases that occur with insufficiency blood circulation, cardiac arrhythmias, severe restriction of the coronary reserve, etc.

Closest to this claimed utility model is a device for the therapeutic effect on the patient’s body using a vibration massage chair containing, a base, a seat and a backrest, which are made in the form of tubular elements with communicating cavities for coolant circulation (RF Patent for utility model No. 47741 Cl. A61H 23/00, 2005). The described method and device is adopted as a prototype.

In this device, the effect of the massage effect is enhanced by supplying warm air to the massage zone through the piping system from the fan heater.

Due to the exclusion of the aquatic environment from the treatment process, the hydrostatic and temperature effects of water, it is possible to use such devices for patients with skin diseases, open wounds and fractures, with diseases that occur with circulatory failure, cardiac arrhythmias, severe limitation of the coronary reserve, etc.

However, the disadvantages of this and similar devices are the limited scope of action (only in the area where the tissues of the human body adhere to the massaging surfaces), as well as the fundamental impossibility of expanding the range of functionality by introducing additional factors that enhance the therapeutic effect that affect the entire patient’s body (composition variation and regulation of the parameters of the treatment medium by changing the humidity and temperature of the environment as a whole, introducing treatment gases, steam, aerosols, etc.) into it.

The noted drawbacks are eliminated by the claimed utility model, which is made in the form of a chair (lounger) for a patient placed in a closed box, and the patient’s head, thanks to the neck seal, is outside the action of the treatment medium formed, for example, carbon dioxide and steam with humidity control and ambient temperature, and the inner surface of the chair (lounger) for the patient, adjacent to the body, and supports for the legs and feet of the patient are equipped with massage devices, which can be performed, for example, in the form of a vib romassagers, vibro-massagers-applicators or devices for vibro-massage with an elastic pseudo-boiling layer.

The presence in the claimed device of these elements and solutions eliminates the above disadvantages of analogues and prototype, expand the range of therapeutic effects and increase the effectiveness of the procedure by:

- expanding the functionality due to the use of the device for patients with a number of the above pathological conditions by eliminating hydrostatic pressure, strong mechanical effects of high pressure water jets, as well as temperature effects of water;

- the spread of the scope of the therapeutic effect (in contrast to the impact only on the area of contact of the massaging surfaces to the human body) entirely on the whole patient’s body through the treatment mixture circulating in a closed box;

expanding functional capabilities by applying additional factors enhancing the therapeutic effect (composition variation and regulation of the treatment mixture parameters circulating in a closed box due to changes in the humidity and temperature of the medium as a whole, the introduction of therapeutic gases, steam, aerosols, etc.) .

- the combined use of two harmoniously interacting and complementary factors - massage and carbon dioxide, the physiological and therapeutic effects of which (stimulation and toning of tissues and muscles, expansion of the blood vessels of the skin and the body as a whole, activation of blood circulation and metabolism, activation of venous and lymphatic circulation , stimulation of metabolism, breakdown of fats, reduction of body fat and cellulite, weight loss, saturation of cells and organs of the whole body with oxygen, excretion from organ mass of toxins and toxins, favorable changes in the functional state of the nervous and endocrine systems, activation of the body's defenses, immunity, acceleration of the processes of restoration of motor functions, increased mobility and increased nutrition in the joints of the limbs and spine) not only coincide in many respects, but also mutually reinforce - synergism actions;

- a significant extension of the effect of the therapeutic effect (beyond the end of the time of the procedure itself) due to the action of the so-called “carbon dioxide depot”.

The claimed utility model can be implemented, for example, in the form of a box 1 for receiving the procedure in a sitting position, and the patient’s head, thanks to the neck seal 2, is outside the action of the treatment medium, and the inner surface of the chair 3 adjacent to the patient’s body, armrests, ankle stand and the footrest of the patient is equipped with massage devices 4, which can be performed, for example, in the form of vibro-massagers, vibro-massagers-applicators or devices for vibro-massage with an elastic pseudo-boiling layer.

The treatment medium is formed in the form of therapeutic gas supplied from the outside (for example, carbon dioxide) and moisture (for example, in the form of steam supplied from the steam generator 5). Using a fan heater 6, the gas medium, the parameters of which are regulated, is evenly mixed throughout the entire volume of the box and heated. Due to the complementary effect of massage and steam, carbon dioxide more actively enters the skin and deeper into the underlying tissues, exerting its specific effect on blood vessels, tissues and organs, and after a considerable time after the end of the procedure (effect of “carbon dioxide depot”).

At the end of the procedure, the exhaust gas containing carbon dioxide residues, as well as a small amount of water condensate are discharged using an exhaust fan 7 outside the premises, for example, to the street.

Claims (3)

1. A universal device for influencing the human body, comprising a lounger or chair for the patient with a back, armrests, stands for legs and feet with massage devices placed on their outer surfaces, characterized in that the lounger or chair is placed in a closed box equipped with a fan heater, gas supply system, exhaust fan and control unit, and the patient’s head is outside the gas range due to the neck seal. 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that carbon dioxide is used as the main component of the gaseous medium in the box. 4. The device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that moisture is additionally supplied to the chamber in the form of steam from the steam generator and the parameters of the gas medium inside the chamber are regulated: gas composition and concentration, humidity, temperature.