Patient treatment apparatus including a mattress and a treatment chamber, and method for treatment of the patient
OwnerAnthony Hammettinventor
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Abstract
A method an apparatus for therapeutic treatment of a patient, wherein the patient is lowered into a therapeutic bath compartment on a waterproof mattress. The bath may be provided with water jets and a facility for blowing air into the water. The patient is dried in the bath compartment by drying air, prior to raising of the mattress to an upper position above the bath compartment.
Claims16
A treatment apparatus for a patient, comprising:
- a treatment chamber
- a mattress,
- means for moving said mattress vertically between a lower position within said chamber and an upper position above said chamber,
- means for introducing water in said chamber and removing water from said chamber, and
- means for blowing air into said chamber when said mattress is in said lower position for drying a patient on said mattress, in the absence of water in said chamber.
A treatment apparatus for a patient, comprising:
- a treatment chamber
- a mattress,
- means for moving said mattress vertically between a lower position within said chamber and an upper position above said chamber,
- means for introducing water in said chamber and removing water from said chamber, and
- means for blowing air into said chamber when said mattress is in said lower position for drying a patient on said mattress, in the absence of water in said chamber;
- and
- further comprising an air filled pillow on said mattress, and means for varying the pressure of air in said pillow.
A treatment apparatus comprising a tub, a waterproof mattress, means for moving said mattress to a lower position within said tub and an upper position adjacent the top of said tub, means for introducing heated water into said tub, means for circulating water in said tub, means for introducing air into said tub for drying a patient on said mattress, in the absence of water in said tub, and means for inhibiting said means for circulating and means for introducing air unless said mattress is in said lower position.
A method for treating a patient reclining on a mattress, comprising:
- lowering the mattress into a water filled chamber,
- circulating water in the chamber while the mattress is immersed therein, then
- removing water from the chamber and directing drying air on the patient while the mattress is still in the chamber, and then
- raising the mattress from the chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.