Hyperthermic conditioning capsule
AssigneeVisibelle Derma Institute, Inc.
InventorSteven J. Daffer
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Abstract
A self-contained, hyperthermic conditioning unit and selectively controllable environment for exercising. The unit comprises a base portion having a bed therein and a removable cover connected to the base portion to enclose a personal compartment within the unit. One or more heating elements provide heat to the personal compartment and one more pieces of physical exercise equipment are provided within the personal compartment.
Claims17
A self-contained, personal exercise unit configured to provide a selectively controllable environment therein, the unit comprising:
- a base portion having a bed component therein and configured to receive a user, the bed component being a user platform secured to the base portion and wherein the user platform is transparent to lights of different wavelengths and wherein surfaces of the bed portion are positioned at various angles such that the bed portion comprises an upper body portion, a lower back portion and a leg panel;
- a removable cover hinged connected to the base portion and which provides a substantially enclosed personal compartment within the unit when secured to the base portion and wherein the cover operably supports one or more of a LED light panel, infrared light panel, a source of cooled air, a showerhead, a steam outlet, and a display panel for providing the selectively controllable environment within the substantially enclosed personal compartment;
- one or more heating elements configured to provide heat to the personal compartment to selectively control a temperature within the personal compartment;
- a removable pull up bar attached to the base and configured for use when the cover is removed;
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- one or more pieces of physical exercise equipment secured within the enclosed personal compartment,
- wherein the base portion operably supports at least one of the one or more piece of physical exercise equipment operably secured to the bed;
- wherein the unit is configured to provide a temperature controlled conditioning environment within the enclosed personal compartment for the user;
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- wherein the enclosed personal compartment has dimensions sufficiently large to allow the user to move within the personal compartment when utilizing the one or more pieces of physical exercise equipment operably secured to the bed.
A personal hyperthermic conditioning capsule having a base of a size configured to receive a human patient therein, the conditioning capsule configured with two independently controllable chambers to provide one or more selected environments for the human patient therein and the capsule having a plurality of exercise or fitness equipment pieces provided within the capsule and configured for use by the human patient within the capsule, wherein the base comprises a bed and a cover, the cover having a hood and dome, and the cover operably supporting at least two of a heating mechanism, a cooling air source, an infrared light source, an LED light source, a humidity source, and a display screen, and a removable pull up bar attached to the base and configured for use when the cover is removed and the bed being a user platform transparent to one or more wavelengths of light and secured to the base portion and wherein surfaces of the bed portion are positioned at various angles such that the bed portion comprises an upper body portion, a lower back portion and a leg panel and wherein the infrared light source may be targeted to one or more of the upper body portion, lower back portion or leg panel of the bed portion and the bed portion supporting at least two different pieces of physical exercise equipment operably secured thereto and wherein the capsule has dimensions sufficiently large to allow the human patient to move within the capsule when utilizing the at least two different pieces of physical exercise equipment provided within the capsule and wherein an air curtain separates the two independently controllable chambers to maintain the selected environment within at least one of the chambers wherein the air curtain comprises a directed air flow.
A method of hyperthermic conditioning comprising:
- providing a capsule comprising a base and a cover forming a temperature controlled personal compartment therein and a removable hood, the cover being hingedly connected to the base and a removable pull up bar attached to the base and configured for use when the cover is removed;
- controlling a temperature of the personal compartment with one or more heating elements configured to elevate the temperature within the personal compartment;
- providing one or more pieces of physical exercise equipment within the personal compartment for hyperthermic conditioning wherein at least one of the one or more pieces of physical exercise equipment are operably secured to a bed portion of the capsule wherein the bed portion is secured to the base portion and is transparent to lights of different wavelengths and wherein surfaces of the bed portion are positioned at various angles such that the bed portion comprises an upper body portion, a lower back portion and a leg panel;
- wherein the capsule supports one or more of a LED light panel, infrared light panel, a source of heated air, a source of cooled air, a showerhead, and a steam outlet for further controlling an environment within the personal compartment;
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- wherein the capsule has dimensions sufficiently large to allow a user to move within the personal compartment when utilizing the one or more pieces of physical exercise equipment secured to the bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.