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 for treating one or more body extremities of a patient with a liquid bathing solution containing an active substance, the equipment comprising:
- (a) a treatment chamber having an open top for receiving the one or more body extremities of the patient;
- (b) a reaction vessel for producing the bathing solution containing the active substance;
- (c) a system for pumping and/or circulating the bathing solution containing the active substance;
- (d) a shower device;
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- (e) a vessel or device for receiving used bathing solution that is detachably fluidly connectable to the treatment chamber;
- wherein the 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 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 bathing solution and additionally one or more UV light sources for photolysis of NO donors in the bathing solution, and
- wherein the shower device is a portable showerhead which is configured as a separate element from the treatment chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.