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Device for performing therapeutic treatments

  • US 4,679,551 A
  • Filed: 02/22/1985
  • Issued: 07/14/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for moistening a body area of a patient, comprising:

  • holding means to hold a supply of a liquid;

    ultrasonic spray means having an activated state to spray the liquid onto the body area, and a deactivated state wherein the spray means does not spray the liquid onto the body area;

    liquid conducting means connected to the holding means and to the ultrasonic spray means, and having an open position to conduct liquid from the holding means to the ultrasonic spray means, and a closed position to prevent the liquid from passing from the holding means to the ultrasonic spray means; and

    control means connected to the liquid conducting means to regularly move the liquid conducting means between the open and closed positions a plurality of times during a pre-determined interval, and further connected to the ultrasonic spray means to regularly change said ultrasonic spray means between the activated and deactivated states a plurality of times during the predetermined interval, the control means maintaining the ultrasonic spray means in the activated state for a brief period each time after the liquid conducting means is moved from the open position to the closed position during the predetermined interval, to inhibit the accumulation of fluid in the ultrasonic spray means when said ultrasonic spray means is in the deactivated state.

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