Gas mist pressure bathing system

• US 8,961,478 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2010
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Acp Japan Co., Ltd., Shoichi Nakamura
• Original Assignee: Acp Japan Co., Ltd., Shoichi Nakamura
• Inventors: Nakamura, Shoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Zalukaeva, Tatyana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mensh, Andrew J
• Application Number:
  US13/138,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20120022432A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,718 Days
• Field of Search: 604/289, 604/290, 604/303, 604/305, 251/205, 251/208
• US Class Current: 604/289
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/00 Bandages or dressings radioactive dressings A61N5/1029; Absorbent pads
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 15/008 Appliances for wound protecting, e.g. avoiding contact between wound and bandage corn plasters A61F13/063
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2033/141 with ionised gas, e.g. ozone
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2033/143 with oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2033/145 with CO2
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/165 Wearable interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/06 Arms
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/08 Trunk
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/10 Leg
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/106 for the lower legs
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/108 for the upper legs
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/12 Feet
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 33/14 Devices for gas baths with ozone, hydrogen, or the like production of ozone or hydrogen C01B, C25B1/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 35/00 Baths for specific parts of the body electric circuits therefor A61H33/005; specific components therefor A61H33/60
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/90 Negative pressure wound therapy devices, i.e. devices for applying suction to a wound to promote healing, e.g. including a vacuum dressing
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3344 Measuring or controlling pressure at the body treatment site

Abstract

The present invention is to provide a gas mist pressure bathing system enabling to cause a gas mist to be absorbed into the skin and the mucous membrane of the living organism under an optimum condition of controlling the amounts of gas and liquid. The system comprises a gas supply means 11 for supplying carbon dioxide, oxygen, otherwise a mixed gas of carbon dioxide, oxygen or air at a density of not less than a predetermined value, a liquid supply means 21, a gas mist supply means 31 which sucks up the liquid by negative pressure owing to gas flow for causing the liquid to collide with the gas for generating the gas mist prepared by pulverizing and dissolving the gas and the liquid, a living organism covering member 51 which forms a space for sealing inside the gas mist supplied from the gas mist supply means 31, wherein a gas mist supplying pressure regulating means 41 provided for controlling supplying pressure of the gas mist in such a manner of changing communicating conditions between the inside and the outside of the gas mist supply means 31 as well as regulating an amount of taking in outside air by changing.

Claims

1. A gas mist pressure bathing system, for directly contacting a gas mist prepared by pulverizing and dissolving a gas including carbon dioxide, oxygen, or a mixed gas of carbon dioxide and oxygen or air, and a liquid to a skin and mucous membrane of a living organism at a density of not less than a predetermined value, comprising:

a gas supply device for supplying the gas,

a liquid supply device for supplying the liquid,

a gas mist supply device connected to the gas supply device and the liquid supply device, which sucks up the liquid by a negative pressure owing to gas flow from the gas supply device to collide with the gas for generating and supplying the gas mist prepared by pulverizing and dissolving the gas and the liquid,

a living organism covering member which covers the skin and mucous membrane of the living organism and forms a space for sealing the gas mist supplied from the gas mist supply device therein, and

a control device,

wherein the gas mist supply device has a gas mist supply pressure regulating device for regulating a supply pressure of the gas mist to the living organism covering member,

the gas mist supply pressure regulating device includes a base part provided with an engaging hole having an outer opening at an outer end thereof and an inner opening which leads to inside the gas mist supply device, said inner opening being defined by a partial closure plate across the engaging hole and having a flat bottom surface, and also a rotatable cylindrical part having an inlet opening at one end and an outlet opening at another end thereof, said outlet opening being defined by a partial closure plate across the cylindrical part and having a flat outer end surface,

the cylindrical part is fittedly received in the engaging hole of the base part to rotate axially therein with the outer end surface of the partial closure plate of the cylindrical part being in contact with the bottom surface of the partial closure plate of the base part, and to enable to communicate an inside and an outside of the gas mist supply device with each other through the inlet opening of the cylindrical part and the inner opening of the base part, and,

the control device controls rotation of the cylindrical part within the engaging hole, so as to change a rotational position of the partial closure plate thereof relative to that of the base part, thereby varying an amount of gas, air or gas mist flowing from the outside through the inlet opening and the inner opening into the gas mist supply device to regulate the supply pressure of the gas mist to the living organism covering member.

2. A gas mist pressure bathing system according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor or sensors for measuring supply conditions of the gas, liquid and gas mist, and measured values of the sensor or sensors are fed to the control device for controlling supply of the gas, air and/or gas mist, and/or the rotation of the cylindrical part of the gas mist supply pressure regulating device.

3. A gas mist pressure bathing system according to claim 1, wherein the gas mist supply device includes at least one pored plate placed inside thereof near an outlet to the living organism covering member for refining the gas mist to be supplied thereto, and a liquid discharge portion provided below the outlet to the living organism covering member and connected to the liquid supply device for returning excessive liquid inside the gas mist supply device thereto.

4. A gas mist pressure bathing system according to claim 1, wherein the gas mist supply device includes a vertical gas nozzle connected to the gas supply device at a top end thereof for discharging the gas downward therefrom, and a vertical liquid nozzle connected to the liquid supply device at a bottom end thereof;

the liquid nozzle has an upper horizontal liquid sucking pipe with an opening near a discharge opening of the gas nozzle, and a lower baffle projecting to be disposed below the discharge opening of the gas nozzle; and

the inner opening of the gas mist supply pressure regulating device is located on an opposite side to an outlet to the living organism covering member with the gas nozzle and the liquid nozzle disposed therebetween.

5. A gas mist pressure bathing system according to claim 3, wherein the gas mist supply device includes two pored plates including an upper plate and a lower plate disposed near and below the outlet to the gas mist supply device and vertically apart from each other, the upper plate has pores of a smaller diameter than that of the lower plate, and the pores of the upper plate and the pores of the lower plate are out of alignment with each other.

6. A gas mist pressure bathing system according to claim 1, wherein the control device controls the rotation of the cylindrical part within the engaging hole of the base part, so that the gas mist is supplied intermittently into the living organism covering member to perform interval pressurization.

7. A gas mist pressure bathing system according to claim 1, wherein the gas mist supply pressure regulating device further includes a gas storage which is connected to the inlet opening of the cylindrical part for supplying gas, air or gas mist contained therein to the gas mist supply device through the inlet opening and the inner opening of the gas mist supply pressure regulating device.

8. A gas mist pressure bathing system according to claim 7, wherein the gas storage is in the shape of a bag formed of a soft material.

9. A gas mist pressure bathing system according to claim 1, wherein the partial closure plate of the rotatable cylindrical part and the partial closure plate of the base part have a semicircular shape, and

the gas mist supply pressure regulating device is structured so that the partial closure plate of the rotatable cylindrical part and the partial closure plate of the base part partially overlaps each other to control the communication between the inside and outside of the gas mist supply device.