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US 10,813,831 B2Granted
Medical bathing device
AssigneeBSN Medical, Inc.
InventorsKarsten Hemmrich, Annahit Arshi, Christian Schulze
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical bathing equipment for the manufacture and use of a bathing solution containing an active substance and in particular a bathing solution containing NO. The invention also relates to a bathing equipment based on a multi-stage method for generating NO and the bathing equipment in its use for the treatment of diseases, in particular of diabetically caused circulatory disorders and wounds of the lower extremities.
Claims20
A medical bathing equipment comprising:
- (a) a treatment chamber having an open top for receiving one or more body extremities of a patient;
- (b) a reaction vessel for producing a liquid bathing solution containing an active substance;
- (c) a system for pumping and/or circulating the liquid bathing solution containing the active substance;
- (d) a shower device for wetting the one or more body extremities of the patient received within the treatment chamber with the liquid bathing solution containing the active substance;
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- (e) a vessel for receiving used liquid bathing solution, said vessel being a separate element from the treatment chamber that is detachably fluidly connectable to the treatment chamber;
- wherein the liquid bathing solution containing the active substance produced in the reaction vessel is transported to the shower device by the system for pumping and/or circulating the liquid bathing solution via a hose line,
- wherein the reaction vessel is a closed container, which has at least one inlet and one outlet for the liquid bathing solution and additionally one or more UV light sources for photolysis of NO donors in the liquid bathing solution, and
- wherein the shower device is a portable showerhead which is configured as a separate element from the treatment chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.