Gas mist pressure bathing system

• US 9,005,156 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2012
• Issued: 04/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2011
• 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): FLICK, JASON E
• Application Number:
  US14/125,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20140107563A1
• Time in Patent Office: 894 Days
• Field of Search: 604/24
• US Class Current: 604/24
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2033/068 Steam baths
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2033/143 with oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2033/145 with CO2
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0157 portable
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0207 heated
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1614 Shoulder, e.g. for neck stretching
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1619 Thorax
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1623 Back
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1635 Hand or arm, e.g. handle hand-held, A61H2201/0153; fore-arm support, A61H2003/006
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/164 Feet or leg, e.g. pedal
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/165 Wearable interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5082 Temperature sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 33/028 Means for producing a flow of gas, e.g. blowers, compressors
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 33/14 Devices for gas baths with ozone, hydrogen, or the like production of ozone or hydrogen C01B, C25B1/02

Abstract

A gas mist pressure bathing system, which integrates a gas introduction part for increasing the supply pressure of a gas mist with a gas mist generator and enables the structure to be simplified and costs to be reduced, is provided. The gas mist pressure bathing system is provided with a gas supply means (10), a gas mist generating means (30), and a living body cover member (50). The gas mist generating means (30) is provided with, in an integrally formed manner: a connection part that connects to the gas supply means (10); a branched part that forces the gas flow from the connection part to branch off; a liquid storage part; a nozzle that discharges one of the gas flows that branched off at the branched part; a liquid-suctioning tube that transfers the liquid to the nozzle tip; a collision member that generates a gas mist by causing the liquid blown upwards by the gas flow discharged by the nozzle to collide; a merging part that merges the gas from above with the gas mist that was generated; a gas introduction part that guides the other gas flow that branched off at the branched part to the merging part; and a gas mist discharge part that collects and discharges the gas mist and gas that were generated.

Claims

1. A gas mist pressure bathing system, which causes a mist (called as “

gas mist”

hereafter) to contact the skin or the mucous membrane of a living body, the mist having been prepared by pulverizing and dissolving carbon dioxide or oxygen and liquid, or a mixed gas (called as “

gas”

hereafter) of carbon dioxide and oxygen and liquid of concentration being not less than predetermined value, comprising

a gas supply means for supplying the above gas,

a gas mist generation means for generating the gas mist of the gas supplied from the gas supply means and the liquid stored inside, and supplying the gas mist under a condition of mixing with the above gas, and

a living body cover member for covering the skin and the mucous membrane of the living body and formed with a space for sealing inside the gas mist and gas supplied from the gas mist generation means,

wherein the above mentioned gas mist generation means is integrally provided with

a connection part to the gas supply means;

a diverging portion of branching a gas flow from the connection part;

a liquid storage of storing the liquid;

a nozzle of discharging one-side gas flow branched by the diverging portion and a liquid suction pipe of sending the liquid to a front end of the nozzle;

a collision member of generating the gas mist by colliding the liquid blown up by the gas flow discharged from the nozzle with this collision member;

a confluent part of joining the generated gas mist with the gas from an upward side;

a gas inlet of leading the other-side gas flow branched by the diverging portion until the confluent part; and

a gas mist discharge part of collecting and discharging the generated gas mist and gas.

2. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein, in the gas mist generation means, at least the liquid storage is made removable and exchangeable with another liquid storage.

3. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 1, further provided with

sensors for detecting measured values of air pressure, temperature, concentrations of oxygen and carbon dioxide, and moisture within the living body cover member and

control means for controlling the interior of the living body cover member based on the measured values of the sensors to be within ranges of the set values having been in advance determined.

4. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 1, further provided with a pressurization means for pressurizing the interior of the living body cover member.

5. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 4, wherein the above mentioned pressurization means communicates with the living body cover member, and consists of a hollow gas storage enabling to discharge the gas mist into the living body cover member.

6. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 3, wherein the above mentioned control means supplies the gas mist intermittently into the living body cover member, so that the living body cover member may be effected with interval pressurization.

7. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 5, wherein the pressurization member intermittently discharges the gas mist into the living body cover member to carry out the interval pressurization on the living body cover member.

8. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the above mentioned liquid is any one or plural combination of water, ionic water, ozone water, physiological salt solution, purified water, or sterilized and purified water.

9. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 8, wherein the above mentioned liquid further contains any one or plural combination of menthol, vitamin E, vitamin C derivative, retinol, anesthetic agent, cyclodextrin, photo catalyst, complex of photo catalyst and apatite, hyaluronic acid, coenzyme Q10, seed oil, propolith, citric acid, ethanol, chlorhexidine gluconate, amphoteric surface active agent, benzalkonium chloride, alkyl diamino etherglycine acetate, sodium hypochlorite, peracetic acid, sodium sesqui-carbonate, silica, povidone-iodine, sodium hydrogen carbonate, carbonate spring agent of high concentration, anti-allergic agent, anti-inflammatory agent, anti-febrile agent, anti-fungus agent, anti-influenza virus agent, influenza vaccine, steroid agent, anti-cancer agent, anti-hypertensive agent, cosmetic, or trichogen.

10. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein a size of the mist supplied from the gas mist generation means into the living body cover member is not larger than 10 μ

m.

11. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the control means holds pressure at 1.01 to 1.4 air pressure within the living body cover member when taking the gas mist pressure bathing.

12. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein an electric charge giving means is provided for giving an electric charge to the mist supplied by the gas mist generation means.

13. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 12, wherein the electric charge is preferably minus.

14. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth claim 1, wherein the gas mist generation means has a gas mist supply pipe for supplying the gas mist and gas into the living body cover, and

this gas mist supply pipe is furnished with a filter for removing liquid drops attaching to the inside of the pipe.

15. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the gas mist generation means has a gas mist supply pipe for supplying the gas mist and gas into the living body cover, and

the gas mist supply pipe is composed of a cornice shaped pipe over a whole or at one part of the gas mist supply pipe.

16. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 15, wherein the cornice shaped pipe is formed inside with a groove in an axial direction of the pipe.

17. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the gas mist generation means has a gas mist supply pipe for supplying the gas mist and gas into the living body cover, and

this gas mist supply pipe is provided with a check valve.

18. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the living body cover member is furnished with the check valve at the gas mist supply port.

19. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the control means stops gas supply from the gas supply means when the pressure value becomes more than the predetermined value.

20. The gas mist pressure bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the gas mist generation means is in advance sterilized.