Pressurized gas mist bathing system

• US 9,278,204 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2012
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• 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): TREYGER, ILYA Y
• Application Number:
  US13/884,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20130226076A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,509 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2033/143 with oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2033/145 with CO2
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0207 heated
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/105 with means for delivering media, e.g. drugs or cosmetics
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1619 Thorax
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1635 Hand or arm, e.g. handle
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1642 Holding means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/165 Wearable interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1688 disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5007 computer controlled
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5082 Temperature sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/06 Arms
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/065 Hands
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/08 Trunk
• 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: A61M 37/00 Other apparatus for introducing media into the body for reproduction or fertilisation A61B17/425; apparatus for iontophoresis or cataphoresis A61N1/30; Percutany, i.e. introducing medicines into the body by diffusion through the skin salt baths A61H33/04

Abstract

The invention is to provide a pressurized gas mist bathing system, ensuring hygiene and reduction in costs, by making only one part of the system disposable. This system comprises a gas supply means 10; a gas mist generating means 30 which has a portion connecting the gas supply means 10, a liquid storage of storing a liquid, a nozzle, a liquid suction pipe of sending the liquid to the tip of the nozzle, a collision member of colliding the liquid blown up by a gas stream from the nozzle therewith, a cylindrical gas inlet supplied with the gas and leading the gas till the upper portion of the nozzle, and a donut-shaped gas mist outlet collecting and discharging the gas mist around the periphery of the gas inlet; and a pressurized living organism bathing cover 50 for covering the skin and the mucous membrane of a living organism and formed with a space for sealing inside the gas mist from the gas mist generating means; and in the gas mist generating means 30, at least the liquid storage is displaceable and replaced by another, so that liquid storage is made disposable.

Claims

1. A pressurized gas mist bathing system, which causes a gas mist to contact a skin or a mucous membrane of a living organism, the gas mist having been prepared by pulverizing and dissolving carbon dioxide or oxygen and liquid, or a gas of carbon dioxide and oxygen and liquid with concentration not less than a predetermined value, the pressurized gas mist bathing system comprising:

a gas supply;

a gas mist generator, which has

a connecting portion connected to the gas supply,

a generator main body including

a liquid storage storing a liquid,

a nozzle having a tip opening, and discharging the gas supplied from the gas supply from the tip opening, and

a liquid suction pipe forming member covering the nozzle, and forming a liquid suction pipe sucking up the liquid stored in the liquid storage up to a front end of the nozzle,

a collision member colliding the liquid blown up by a gas stream from the nozzle therewith,

a cylindrical gas inlet supplied with the gas and leading the gas till an upper portion of the nozzle, and

a donut-shaped gas mist outlet collecting and discharging the gas mist; and

a living organism cover for covering the skin or the mucous membrane of the living organism and formed with a space for sealing inside the gas mist from the gas mist generator,

wherein the generator main body is displaceable from the gas mist generator and replaced by another generator main body.

2. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising sensors for detecting measured values of air pressure, temperature, concentrations of oxygen and carbon dioxide, moisture and others in the living organism cover, and

a control device for controlling an interior of the living organism cover based on the measured values of the sensors to be within ranges of set values having been previously determined.

3. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a pressurizing member for pressurizing an interior of the living organism cover.

4. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 3, wherein the pressurizing member communicates with the living organism cover, and comprises a hollow gas storage enabling to discharge the gas mist into the living organism cover.

5. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the gas mist is supplied intermittently into the living organism cover by the control device, whereby the living organism cover is effected with interval pressurization.

6. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 4, wherein the pressurizing member intermittently discharges the gas mist into the living organism cover, thereby to carry out interval pressurization on the living organism cover.

7. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the gas mist generator has an air hole for taking in outside air.

8. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the 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 pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 8, wherein the liquid 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, propolis, ethanol, chlorhexidine gluconate, amphoteric surface active agent, benzalkonium chloride, alkyl diamino etherglycine acetate, sodium hypo-chlorite, peracetic acid, sodium sesquicarbonate, 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 pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein a size of the mist supplied from the gas mist generator into the living organism cover is not larger than 10 μ

m.

11. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the control device holds pressure at 1.02 to 2.5 air pressure within the living organism cover when taking pressurized gas mist bath.

12. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising an electric charge supply device for supplying charge to the mist from the gas mist generator.

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

14. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the gas mist generator has a gas mist supply pipe for supplying the gas mist into the living organism cover, and

the gas mist supply pipe has a filter for removing liquid drops attaching to an inside of the pipe.

15. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the gas mist generator has a gas mist supply pipe for supplying the gas mist into the living organism cover, and

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

16. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the gas mist generator has a gas mist supply pipe for supplying the gas mist into the living organism cover, and

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

17. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the living organism cover has a gas mist supply port, and

the gas supply port has a check valve.

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

19. The pressurized gas mist bathing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the generator main body is in advance sterilized.