RU61132U1 - WATER APPLICATOR - Google Patents

Abstract

The paraffin warmer applicator consists of a sealed elastic shell (for example, rubber or latex), made in the shape of the shoulder, elbow and other joints and soft tissues or in the form of a flat tape (bandage) with double walls, inside the sealed shell is an active element - paraffin. The applicator is placed in a water bath and heated to the required temperature (for example, 52-53 ° C), then wiped dry and applied to the body for local heating of tissues. The heating pad applicator is distinguished by hygiene, the possibility of multiple use and ease of use, especially in field and field conditions.

Description

The invention relates to medicine, is intended to stimulate the physiological systems of the body.

At present, the Kuznetsov applicator (TU 42-2-500-87) is quite widely known, which is applied to individual parts of the body in order to stimulate the blood circulation of this area by the action of needles on individual points of nerve endings.

The applicator is applied to the body area with needles to the body and tightly bandaged to create a painful sensation of a tolerable level. But sometimes people have a skin condition such that even a light touch causes a feeling of pain, not to mention the fact that some people can not stand pain at all, even with normal skin condition. In addition, the distance between the needles is much greater than the size of the acupuncture points, and if the needle does not reach the desired point, then the treatment result is not achieved. In everyday household and clinical treatment, rubber water heaters GOST 3303-82 are widely used to warm up individual parts of the body.

Another way to stimulate certain parts of the body with heat is a paraffin application, which means that paraffin heated in a water bath to a temperature of 45-52 ° C is superimposed on the body area in a continuous layer. Having a large specific heat capacity and low thermal conductivity, paraffin retains heat for a long time and warms up the body area under it well, stimulating biological processes in this area. However, when paraffin is heated, droplets of water remain inside the paraffin mass in a water bath (boiling water). Since the thermal conductivity of water is much higher than the thermal conductivity of paraffin, water drops cause a burn at a temperature of 100 ° C [1]. In addition, in contact with the body, it is contaminated by the release of sweat and sebaceous glands of the previous patient, which is not hygienic for the subsequent patient.

There are many ways to locally warm tissues, the most improvised of them, for example, applying a compress, which is widely used in everyday life, especially for colds of children. However, this method is quite painstaking and, moreover, children react poorly to odors of alcohol or camphor oil and therefore actively resist treatment. In addition, it is not hygienic, as soiled baby clothes and bed.

For the prototype, we took the "Hot-water bottle rubber" water - GOST 3303-82.

In order to improve and simplify the treatment methodology, especially in field and field conditions, the authors developed an original design of a heating pad combining ease of use and hygiene of a water heating pad and a continuous area of heat exposure over the entire area where the paraffin application is applied.

The hot-water applicator (Fig. 1) includes an elastic tight seal (1 ') (for example, rubber, plastisol, latex) inside which there is an active element - paraffin (2). The shape of the applicator, depending on the purpose, can copy the shape of the shoulder, elbow and other joints or soft tissues of the body, which provides a snug fit to the body, or the shape of a bandage, i.e. flat, double-walled tapes between which there is a paraffin mass. Figure 1 shows the applicator for the throat.

The applicator is heated in a water bath, then wiped dry and applied to a portion of the body. Water cannot get into paraffin, as it is protected by a shell, i.e. the possibility of burns to the body with drops of water is excluded. Thermal expansion during heating of paraffin is compensated by the elasticity of the shell. The amount of accumulated heat in the paraffin applicator is much higher than in separately heated paraffin due to an increase in the heating temperature (up to 100 ° C). If during paraffin application paraffin is heated no higher than 52-53 ° C (until a creamy mass is obtained), because Since liquid paraffin drains and cannot be applied in a thick layer, paraffin does not flow out of the applicator at higher temperatures (up to 100 ° C).

For the treatment of gynecological and proctologic diseases, the authors developed a paraffin warmer in the form of a cylindrical capsule (Fig. 2), in which there is a hermetic shell (1) filled with paraffin (2), inside which there is a through channel (3) for introducing the treatment fluid into the organ. In order to prevent the channel (3) from sticking when the capsule is heated in a water bath (boiling water), it is reinforced with a rigid element (4) made of heat-resistant material.

References:

1. E.M. Pasyuk, Ya.M. Fedorov, V.M. Modylevsky "General physiotherapy and balneology" - (a textbook for students of medical universities) - Lviv, 1990

2. TU 42-2-500-87 "Applicator Kuznetsova"

3. GOST 3303-82 "Rubber heating pad"

4. No. 93052505 - technical conditions "Delta-term" - salt hot-water bottle.

Claims (2)

1. Paraffin burner-applicator, including a sealed elastic shell, inside which is a coolant, characterized in that the shell is made with the possibility of tight fit to the joints or soft tissues of the body, and the coolant is paraffin. 2. Paraffin warmer according to claim 1, characterized in that the sealed shell is made in the form of a cylindrical capsule with a through channel along the axis of the cylinder, reinforced with a rigid element made of heat-resistant material.