RU2334493C2 - Device for performing sweat secretion procedure, massage and tempering - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: device contains horizontally located metal reservoir supplied with external heat-insulating covering, deck-chair entering reservoir on horizontal plane of symmetry, exhaust pipe with shutter, and system of air heating. Deck-chair is made from two parallel side-frames fixed together on edges, between which, at distance of 10-15 cm from each other, transversal axes are fixed. Massaging rollers capable of free rotation around axis are placed on transversal axes of deck-chair. Rollers are made in the form of discs, cylinders, or sphere-shaped elements and supplied with smooth or grooved surface. Each deck-chair side-frame is supplied with handle at the level of patient's hands.

EFFECT: wider potentialities and increased performances of the device.

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Description

The invention relates to medicine, in particular to devices for treating diseases of the musculoskeletal system such as arthritis, arthrosis, polyarthritis, obliterating endarteritis, radiculitis, swelling of the legs, etc., by conducting complex procedures of perspiration, massage and hardening of the body.

There are various physiotherapeutic devices for the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system (RU 28824 U1, 04.20.2003; SU 766599 A, 09/30/1980; US 5188099 A, 02/23/1993; FR 2673837 A1, 09/18/1992; Ariev T.A. Thermal defeats .-- L .: Medicine, 1966, p.14-17).

Known devices do not fully provide a dosage of perspiration, which often leads only to a temporary therapeutic effect.

The closest in technical essence to the claimed object is a device for carrying out the sweating procedure, which consists of a horizontally located metal cylindrical tank mounted on legs, with an external heat-insulating coating and a lounger that enters the tank along a horizontal plane of symmetry, and an air heating system. The tank contains a drain and an exhaust pipe with a shutter, and the bottom is equipped with two wooden, parallel to each other, cylindrical stops for legs. The lounger enters the tank by 50-100 mm and is fixed by the edge to the tank support rod parallel to the stops. The second support is the legs, located at a distance of 250-400 mm from the second edge of the sunbed. A conical-shaped sleeve, 1000-1100 mm long, made of dense fabric, such as tarpaulin, with a tightening rubber band fixed to the other end, is attached to the edge of the tank without a bottom, and the air heating system includes one gas burner located on the lower generatrix of the tank, symmetrically at the popliteal grooves of the patient and the second gas burner located in the center of symmetry of the bottom of the tank, while natural gas is supplied to the burner through a hose and control valves located in the reach of the patient’s hand and during the procedure (RU 2269333 C2, 02/10/2006, prototype).

The disadvantages of the known device include the low efficiency of exposure to heat on such an important department as the lower back. This is primarily due to the fact that this part of the body, from the lower back to the knees, is almost closed by the base of the sunbed on which the patient lies, and attempts to heat the lower back by turning from back to stomach leads to extreme inconvenience.

Another serious disadvantage of the known device is its limited functionality. In fact, the known device implements only one procedure associated only with sweating, and does not carry another functional load.

Given these shortcomings, the technical result of using the claimed technical solution is to expand the functionality of the device and increase its effectiveness.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that in the known device for carrying out the sweating procedure, comprising a horizontally located metal tank provided with an external heat-insulating coating, a sunbed included in the tank along the horizontal plane of symmetry, an exhaust pipe with a damper and an air heating system, the sunbed is formed of fastened together along the edges of two parallel sidewalls, between which at a distance, mainly 10-15 cm from each other, transverse axes are fixed, on which are placed freely rotatable about the axis of massage rollers are formed as discs, cylinders, or spherical elements of spherical shape, the massage rollers provided with smooth or corrugated surface.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that in the known device massage rollers located on adjacent transverse axes are placed relative to each other in a checkerboard pattern.

The technical result is also achieved by the fact that each sidewall of the sunbed at the level of the patient’s hands is equipped with a handle.

The proposed technical solution allows to significantly expand the functionality of the device and increases its effectiveness due to the ability to simultaneously implement procedures such as sweating, massage and hardening of the body.

Figure 1 schematically shows a device for carrying out the procedure of sweating, massage and hardening of the body; figure 2 is a fragment of the tank with a guide and a lounger; figure 3 - layout of the massage rollers on the sunbed.

A device for the procedure of sweating, massage and hardening includes a metal tank of cylindrical shape 1 with thermal insulation (hereinafter referred to as the tank). The tank 1 is installed on the floor with the help of legs 2 and contains a nozzle 3 in the lower part, as well as utensils placed under it for draining and accumulating sweat 4. In the upper part of the tank 1 there is an exhaust nozzle 5 with a shutter 6, as well as a thermometer 7 for temperature control in the tank. The open part of the tank 1 contains a sleeve 8 made of a dense but flexible material, for example rubberized fabric, one end of which tightly surrounds the inlet part and is attached to it with a clamp 9, and the second free end is provided with a tightening ring rubber 10 The device comprises a system for heating the air in the tank 1, consisting of a tee 11, a plug valve 12 of which is connected to a hose 13 for supplying gas from a main or a cylinder. The control valves 14 and 15 of the tee 11 are connected with burners 18 and 19 to the burners 18 and 19, which are installed under the lower pipes 20 and 21 of the tank 1. The device also includes a lounger 22, which enters the tank 1 along the guides 23 attached from the inside to its side surfaces in the horizontal plane. Lounger 22 (FIGS. 1 and 2) is formed from two parallel sidewalls 24 fastened to each other along the edges, between which transverse axes 25 are fixed at a distance of mainly 10-15 cm, on which massage rollers 26 are freely rotated around the axis this massage rollers located on the adjacent axes of the deck 22, placed relative to each other in a checkerboard pattern (see figure 3). Massage rollers 26 can be made in the form of discs, cylinders, or spherical elements of spherical shape, while they can have a smooth or corrugated surface. Figure 1-3 shows as an example massage rollers 26 having a spherical shape with a smooth surface.

The lounger 22 enters the tank 1 until it stops with its bottom, as shown in figure 1. The part of the lounger 22 protruding from the reservoir contains a flat base 27 on which a pillow 28 is placed at the head of the bed. In order to prevent the lounger 22 from falling out of the reservoir 1, when it extends outward, each sidewall 24 at the end thereof has a protrusion 29 that abuts at the outlet of the reservoir 1 on the restrictive finger 30, which is threaded and attached to the body of the tank 1 using a winglet 31. Each sidewall 24 of the lounger 22 contains a handle 32 at the level of the patient’s outstretched arm. The tank has a slight slope, allowing sweat to form and through the pipe 3 into the dishes for the accumulation of sweat 4.

The device operates as follows.

The air heating system in the tank 1 is preliminarily activated. For this, the burners 18 and 19 are lit, and then they are installed under the lower pipes 20 and 21. The temperature level in the tank 1 and sleeve 8 is regulated by means of control valves 14 and 15, as well as by a flap 6, located on the exhaust pipe 5. Temperature control is carried out according to the reading of the thermometer 7. After that, the lounger 22 is brought out of the tank 1 to the end. In this case, the protrusions 29 located on the sidewalls 24 of the deck 22, abut against the restrictive fingers 30 (see figure 2) located at the outlet of the reservoir 1, which eliminates the possibility of falling out of the edge of the deck 22 from the guides 23 of the reservoir 1. Then the patient is laid on the deck 22 , which then slides into the tank 1 until it stops with its bottom. After that, depending on the prescribed course of treatment, a sleeve 8 is fitted to the lower back, the level of its sternum or neck, equipped with a tightening ring elastic band 11, which covers the patient from above and at the same time lounger 22 from below along its flat part. After that, the maintenance staff brings the temperature of the air inside the tank 1 to a predetermined mode and begins the phase of wellness massage and sweating procedure. Massage is performed directly by the patient himself, who, holding his hands on the handles 31, begins to move his body along the lounger 22 in opposite directions (shown in figure 2 by an arrow), thereby providing intensive body massage and stimulation of the sweating process. During the procedure, the resulting sweat flows down the pipe 3 into the dishes for the accumulation of sweat 4.

The design of the massage rollers 26 and their staggered arrangement in the plane of the plank bed 22 provide warming up and at the same time effective body massage, as well as the necessary amenities for self-service. The duration of the thermal procedures and massage is determined in strict accordance with the doctor's prescriptions, taking into account the patient's sensations.

The proposed device also allows you to simultaneously implement the procedure of hardening the body. For this, the body is heated up to the moment of perspiration, which requires an average of 15-20 minutes. After that, the patient is released from the reservoir and exposed to a cold shower for 3-5 minutes. Then the cycle of subsequent heating and exposure to a cold shower is repeated several times. As practice shows, the greater the difference between heat and cold (contrast), the faster the ebbs and flows of blood to the surface of the body, which increases the tone of blood vessels and muscles. Hands and feet become light and fast, and the head is fresh. The problems associated with deep lack of sleep also disappear. In this case, the body manages to adapt to environmental conditions and stress does not occur. With repeated ebbs and flows of blood with the help of heat and cold, gymnastics of vessels and capillaries is done. The stronger the contrast between heat and cold, the more trained is the cardiovascular system, in particular the capillary network of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.

The method of heating, massage and hardening in the proposed device is one of the gentle and easily tolerated methods of physiotherapy and can be successfully used for patients of different sex and age.

The proposed technical solution allows to significantly expand the functionality of the device and increases its effectiveness due to the possibility of carrying out complex procedures for sweating, massage and hardening of the body. It can be widely used in medical practice not only for the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system, but also for weight correction.

Claims (1)

A device for carrying out the procedure of sweating and massage, containing a horizontally located metal reservoir equipped with an external heat-insulating coating, a plank bed that enters the reservoir horizontally, and an exhaust pipe with a shutter, and an air heating system, characterized in that the plank bed is made up of the edges of two parallel sidewalls, between which transverse axes are fixed at a distance of 10-15 cm from each other, on which are placed with the possibility of free rotation around the axis massage rollers made in the form of discs, cylinders or spherical elements, while the massage rollers are provided with a smooth or corrugated surface, and each sidewall of the sunbed at the level of the patient’s hands is equipped with a handle.

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