RU44505U1 - IMMERSION BATH - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the field of medicine and can be used to carry out “dry” immersion procedures in a hospital setting in rooms with artificially controlled climatic conditions. The immersion bath is equipped with a lodgement with a hinged lever mechanism located inside the housing and configured to provide reciprocal movement of the lodgement in the vertical direction, while the hinged lever mechanism is connected by a rod with a gearbox installed in the upper part of the bathtub, a piping system for water circulation equipped with an electric heating device with automatic maintenance of water temperature, and holes are made in the tool tray.

Description

The utility model relates to the field of medicine and can be used to carry out “dry” immersion procedures in a hospital setting in rooms with artificially controlled climatic conditions.

A device is known for performing the “dry” immersion procedure used in the complex therapy of children with perinatal encephalopathy (see A.A. Mikheeva “The effectiveness of dry immersion in the complex therapy of children with perinatal encephalopathy”, dissertation abstract for the degree of candidate of medical sciences, M ., 2001, part 8). This device consists of a standard baby bath and standard sized medical compression film. The bath is filled with water at 0.75-0.8 of its volume. A compress film with an allowance for free immersion of the child spreads over the water.

The disadvantages of the known device include the lack of reliable retention of the waterproof coating on the water surface without the formation of cracks under the weight of the patient’s body through which water can flow to the patient, the absence of guaranteed patient retention in the required position on this film, the inability to maintain the required water temperature for the required time . In addition, known similar devices are not equipped with means for moving the entire bath in the desired vertical and horizontal directions. The known device is intended for pediatric patients.

Closest to the utility model is an immersion bath designed for dry immersion procedures (see A.R. Radzievsky, V.A. Rakhubovsky “Dry” immersion - an unconventional method

Weightlifter Rehabilitation ”, Science in Olympic Sports, 1998, No. 3, p. 68). To use “dry” immersion (being in water without contact with it), a large bathtub is used, the water temperature in which should be constant (not lower than 34-35 ° C) and cause the patient to feel comfortable. The patient is laid on a waterproof fabric covered with a sheet and, sinking under the weight of his body, sags in the water. The method of "dry" immersion is one of the methods of simulating weightlessness, adopted in astronautics, and which has been proposed for use in sports.

The disadvantages of the immersion bath include, as in the analogue described above, the lack of reliable retention of the waterproof coating on the water surface without the formation of cracks under the weight of the patient’s body through which water can flow to the patient, the absence of guaranteed patient retention in the required position on this film, and the impossibility of support the required water temperature for the required time. In addition, known similar devices are not equipped with means for moving the entire bath in the desired vertical and horizontal directions.

The technical result consists in eliminating the above disadvantages, as well as in improving the reliability of the device and improving ease of use.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that the immersion bath, consisting of a housing, with a piping system connected to it for supplying and circulating water, an elastic waterproof fabric, is provided with a lodgement with a pivot-lever mechanism located inside the housing and configured to provide reciprocal movement of the lodgement in the vertical direction, while the articulated link mechanism is connected by a rod to the gearbox,

installed in the upper part of the bath body, the piping system for water circulation is equipped with an electric heating device with automatic maintenance of the water temperature, and holes are made in the lodgement.

Additionally, the immersion bath is equipped with means for installing the bath in a fixed stationary position at a predetermined level relative to the supporting surface, and is also equipped with means for moving it in the horizontal direction.

Figure 1 shows an example of an immersion bath.

The immersion bath consists of a housing 1, with a system of pipelines 2 for supplying and circulating water connected to it, a lodgement 3 with a pivot-lever mechanism 4 located inside the casing 1 and configured to provide reciprocal movement of the lodgement 3 in a vertical direction, pivotally the lever mechanism 4 is connected by a rod 5 with a gear 6 installed in the upper part of the housing 1, an elastic waterproof sheet 7 is located over the lodgement, the edges of which are attached to the ends of the walls of the upper part of the housing a bathtub 1, a system 2 for water circulation piping is provided with an electric heating device with automatic maintenance of water temperature (Fig. not shown). The immersion bath is equipped with means 8 for installing the bath in a fixed stationary position at a predetermined level relative to the supporting surface, and also equipped with means 9 for moving it in the horizontal direction.

To raise (lower) the lodgement 3 inside the volume of the bathtub body 1, a hinged-lever mechanism 4 is mounted, which provides for plane-parallel movement of the lodgment 3 vertically, the hinged-lever mechanism 4 is connected by a rod 5 with a gearbox 6 installed in the upper part of the bathtub case 1 outside its internal dimensions in plan.

Rotating the knob mounted on the drive shaft of the gearbox 6 to the right or left, it is possible to raise or lower the tool tray 3. Inside the bath volume, in the immediate vicinity of the bottom, stainless steel pipelines are mounted, which are connected to a system of 2 pipelines for water circulation, equipped with electric heating device with automatic maintenance of water temperature. Water supply pipelines are mounted in such a way as to ensure uniform distribution of the coolant throughout the volume of the bath. To equalize the speeds along the horizontal section of the flow coming from the electric heating device, holes are made in the surface of the tool tray 3. Using the means 8 for installing the bath in a fixed stationary position, the bath is installed at a predetermined level relative to the supporting surface. As means 8, four jacks are used, fixed under the bottom of the body 1 of the bath. To move the bath on the floor in its design, means 9 are provided for moving it in the horizontal direction, which are four wheels mounted under the bottom of the body 1 of the bath.

Claims (3)

1. The immersion bath, consisting of a housing with a piping system for supplying and circulating water, an elastic waterproof web, characterized in that it is provided with a lodgement with a pivot-lever mechanism located inside the housing and configured to provide reciprocating movement lodgement in the vertical direction, while the articulated lever mechanism is connected by a rod with a gearbox mounted in the upper part of the casing, an elastic waterproof seal is located on top of the lodgement The proposed fabric, the edges of which are attached to the ends of the walls of the upper part of the bathtub body, the piping system for water circulation is equipped with an electric heating device with automatic maintenance of the water temperature, and holes are made in the tool tray. 2. The immersion bath according to claim 1, characterized in that it is provided with means for installing the bath in a fixed stationary position at a predetermined level relative to the supporting surface. 3. The immersion bath according to claim 1, characterized in that it is provided with means for moving it in the horizontal direction.