US 8,801,651 B2Granted

Pressurized carbon dioxide bathing apparatus

AssigneesAcp Japan Co., Ltd., Shoichi Nakamura

InventorShoichi Nakamura

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Abstract

Provided is a pressurized carbon dioxide bathing apparatus for causing even a small amount of carbon dioxide to be efficiently absorbed from skin of a living body with the structure of a cover suit simplified, and the pressurized carbon dioxide bathing apparatus is to bring carbon dioxide with a concentration of a predetermined value or more into contact with skin of the human body and thereby promote the blood circulation, and is characterized by being comprised of a carbon dioxide supply means 1 for supplying a mixed gas of carbon dioxide and water vapor, a compressed air supply means 2, a first cover suit 3A which is connected to the carbon dioxide supply means 1 via a connector 6, is filled with the mixed gas supplied from the carbon dioxide supply means 1, and forms an enclosed layer 4 to bring the mixed gas into direct contact with skin of the human body, and a second cover suit 3B which is connected to the compressed air supply means 2 via a connector 7 and forms an enclosed layer 5 filled with compressed air supplied from the compressed air supply means 2 outside the first cover suit 3A, where the carbon dioxide is brought into contact with skin of the human body with a predetermined pressure value or more by the compressed air.

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Dependent claims

A pressurized carbon dioxide bathing apparatus which is to bring carbon dioxide with a concentration of a predetermined value or more into contact with skin of a human body, thereby enlarge the blood vessel and improve the blood circulation, comprising:

a carbon dioxide supply unit to supply carbon dioxide contained in water vapor;
a compressed air supply unit;
a first cover suit connected to the carbon dioxide supply unit via a connector and filled with a mixed gas of carbon dioxide and water vapor supplied from the carbon dioxide supply unit, and the first cover suit forming an enclosed layer to bring the mixed gas of carbon dioxide and water vapor into direct contact with the skin of the human body;
and
a second cover suit connected to the compressed air supply unit via another connector, the second cover suite forming another enclosed layer filled with compressed air supplied from the compressed air supply unit outside the first cover suit,
wherein the carbon dioxide supply unit has a carbon dioxide bottle with carbon dioxide, water, a carbon dioxide inserting portion to which the carbon dioxide bottle with carbon dioxide filled therein is inserted, a water-retaining portion for receiving water, and a mixed gas supply opening communicating with the connector of the first cover suit, the carbon dioxide inserting portion releasing the carbon dioxide inside the carbon dioxide bottle into water in the water-retaining portion in bubble form of fine-particle size, thereby obtaining the mixed gas of carbon dioxide and water vapor,
wherein the mixed gas of carbon dioxide and water vapor from the carbon dioxide supply unit is brought into contact with the skin of the human body with the predetermined pressure value or more by the compressed air.

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A pressurized carbon dioxide bathing apparatus which is to bring carbon dioxide with a concentration of a predetermined value or more into contact with skin of an animal, thereby enlarge the blood vessel and improve the blood circulation, comprising:

a carbon dioxide supply unit to supply carbon dioxide contained in water vapor;
a compressed air supply unit;
a first cover suit connected to the carbon dioxide supply unit via a connector and filled with a mixed gas of carbon dioxide and water vapor supplied from the carbon dioxide supply unit, and the first cover suit forming an enclosed layer to bring the mixed gas of carbon dioxide and water vapor into direct contact with the skin of the animal, and
a second cover suit connected to the compressed air supply unit via another connector, the second cover suite forming another enclosed layer filled with compressed air supplied from the compressed air supply unit outside the first cover suit,
wherein the carbon dioxide supply unit has a carbon dioxide bottle with carbon oxide, water, a carbon dioxide inserting portion to which the carbon dioxide bottle with carbon dioxide filled therein is inserted, a water-retaining portion for receiving water, and a mixed gas supply opening communicating with the connector of the first cover suit, the carbon dioxide inserting portion releasing the carbon dioxide inside the carbon dioxide bottle into water in the water-retaining portion in bubble form of fine-particle size, thereby obtaining the mixed gas of carbon dioxide and water vapor,
wherein the mixed gas of carbon dioxide and water vapor from the carbon dioxide supply unit is brought into contact with the skin of the animal with the predetermined pressure value or more by the compressed air.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/452,527Filed 8 Feb 2008
Priority: JP 2007-1793689 Jul 2007
Published: US 2010/0179470 A115 Jul 2010
Granted: 12 Aug 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A61H 9/0078
Pneumatic massage: with intermittent or alternately inflated bladders or cuffs
A61M 35/30
Devices for applying media, e.g. remedies, on the human body: gas therapy for therapeutic treatment of the skin
A61H 33/14
Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes: devices for gas baths with ozone, hydrogen, or the like
A61H 2033/145
Devices for gas baths with ozone, hydrogen, or the like: with CO2