Apparatus for treating a patient by means of water sprays
AssigneeAntoinette van Zyl
InventorAndries C. Weideman
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Abstract
Apparatus for treating a patient by means of water sprays which includes a horizontal cylinder (10) which is open at one end and closed at the other. Nozzles (20,30 and 34) are provided for directing sprays of water and/or steam into the interior of the vessel. A pump (78), a water heater (80) and a steam generator (82) are provided and are connected to the nozzles by tubing. The patient lies on a trolley (40) which has a wheeled base (46). Vertical columns (44) at one end of the base support two elongate side members (42) which overlie the base and between which a mesh (52) or synthetic plastics sheet extends to support a prone patient. The trolley is oscillated horizontally to move the patient relatively to the nozzles by means of a crank arrangement (60,62) driven by an electric motor (56).
Claims10
Apparatus for treating a patient by means of water sprays comprising
- a horizontally elongate vessel which is open at one end and which is adapted to receive a patient in a prone position;
- a plurality of water nozzles for directing water jets at a patient lying within the vessel;
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- a trolley on which the patient is movable into and out of the vessel and having a mesh support for the patient, the trolley comprising two elongated side members with said mesh support extending between them, a wheeled base, and vertical columns at one end of the base for supporting said side members, the arrangement being such that when said trolley is wheeled up to the vessel, said side members and the mesh support enter the vessel and the wheeled base passes underneath the vessel.
Apparatus for treating a patient by means of water sprays, comprising
- (a) a horizontally elongate vessel which is open at one end and which is adapted to receive a patient in a prone position;
- (b) a plurality of water nozzles for directing water jets at a patient lying within the vessel;
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- (c) a trolley on which the patient is movable into and out of the vessel, the vessel comprising a wheeled base;
- a vertical column at one end of the base;
- and a patient support extending horizontally from and supported cantilever-fashion by the vertical column, the arrangement being such that when said trolley is wheeled up to the vessel, the patient support enters the vessel and the wheeled base passes underneath the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.