Abstract:
A pump apparatus for supplying water and air via suitable respective feeding apparatus to a swimming pool or similar facility, with an electric motor for driving the pump apparatus comprising channel sections surrounding, at least partially, the electric motor by forming an annular gap, the air being feedable through the channel sections to a collecting chamber which is connected to a supply member for delivering air to said water feeding apparatus and/or to said swimming pool.
Abstract:
A hydrotherapy apparatus is provided with agitating air being preheated by the pump motor to avoid cooling the heated water, by confining the agitating air in thermal exchange relationship with the waterpump motor.
Abstract:
An improved vibratory therapy device is provided for use in relieving muscular and/or joint discomfort, stress, and the like. The vibratory therapy device comprises a lightweight portable housing encasing a heater/vibrator assembly for imparting vibratory action to a massage head together with heated air flow. A plurality of interchangeable massage heads are disclosed, including, for example, smooth or roughened surface textures, single or multiple roller balls, and the like. Other massage head forms may include a medicant applicator or a nasal inhalator unit. A flexible carrying bag is also provided and optimally can be mounted onto the housing to define a depending skirt for concentrating heat flow against a selected region of a person's body receiving massage therapy.
Abstract:
A therapeutic device for applying structures in direct contact with the skin of the human body to heat and to cool the same. A hot plate and a cool plate are provided on opposite sides of conventional electrical means to produce the heating and cooling. A plurality of vanes normal to the hot plate are fixed thereto and extend to an auxiliary plate to which they are also fixed. The vanes and the auxiliary plate aid in reducing the temperature of the hot plate and thereby aid in reducing the temperature of the cold plate. A fabric sock having differently weighted swatch portions for different thermal insulation surrounds the cold and auxiliary plates. A fan cools the vanes. A tray shaped body support is provided with holes to permit the escape of warm air produced by the fan.
Abstract:
A pressure generating device for applying compressive pressures from a compressor against a patient's limb through means of a flexible, pressurizable sleeve which encloses the limb having an overpressure circuit which causes venting of the pressurizable sleeve and termination of power to the compressor in the event of the pressure assuming an excessive value. The sleeve has a ventilation chamber and a controller which generates electrical signals to actuate a solenoid controlled valve to periodically connect the compressor to the ventilation chamber during cooling cycles.
Abstract:
A device for applying compressive pressures against a patient's limb from a source of pressurized fluid. The device has an elongated pressure sleeve comprising a pair of flexible sheets of fluid impervious material having a pair of side edges, and a pair of end edges connecting the side edges. The sheets are connected together along lines defining a plurality of separate laterally extending inflatable chambers disposed longitudinally along the sleeve, and defining a pair of opposed flaps adjacent one of the side edges extending longitudinally along the sleeves. The flap of one of the sheets has a plurality of openings spaced longitudinally along the flap of the one sheet. The sleeve has a plurality of conduits, and a plurality of connectors secured to the one sheet and connecting the conduits in fluid communication with the chambers, with the conduits extending from the connectors through the flap openings of the one sheet and between the flaps toward one end edge of the sheets.
Abstract:
A protective compression sleeve for applying compressive pressures against a patient's limb from a source of pressurized fluid. The sleeve has first and second surfaces, a pair of end edges, a pair of side edges connecting the end edges, and at least one fluid pressure chamber. The sleeve has a fastening device having a first fastening strip on one of the surfaces extending substantially the length of the sleeve adjacent one of the side edges, and a plurality of second fastening strips on the other of the surfaces and extending laterally along the sleeve toward the other side edge, with the second strips being located at spaced intervals substantially the length of the sleeve. The first and second fastening strips releasably engage to secure the sleeve about the patient's limb and release at a predetermined pressure in the chamber to prevent application of excessive pressures against the patient's limb.
Abstract:
A therapeutic table having a stationary support and a top mounted to the support for reciprocation longitudinally between limit positions cooperates with traction apparatus mounted to the support for periodically applying traction to a patient lying on the table. The table is reciprocated by a motor which is powered through a timer switch capable of being preset to various time intervals. In one embodiment, a control circuit having a selector switch and a pair of limit switches cooperates with the timer to arrest motion of the table at one or the other of its limit positions at the completion of a time period so that the patient is not under traction at the completion of a period of treatment. In another embodiment, a pair of limit switches are connnected to auxiliary timers which operate to arrest motion of the top for relatively short periods of time within a longer period as determined by a master timer so that the patient undergoes sustained traction and/or relaxation for short time intervals within the overall period of treatment. The table top has an elongated aperture through which a series of rollers protrude for engaging the patient to effect a therapeutic action as the table reciprocates. The therapeutic action is augmented by a heating element which is mounted below the rollers for applying heat through the aperture and to the patient. In addition, there is provided means to vibrate the top as it reciprocates. An elongated filler block is provided for insertion in the aperture to convert the top into a manipulating surface. A pair of brackets are mounted on opposite sides of the support, and each bracket has a series of sockets for receiving leg roller stanchions so that the position of the leg rollers may be adjusted longitudinally of the table.