Therapeutic whirlpool unit with temperature contrast
US5241958A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 9, 1991 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61H2205/06
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A whirlpool bath unit and more particularly a therapeutic whirlpool unit providing a container to receive a quantity of water and a portion of the human anatomy immersed in the water combined with air circulating bottom member in the container to provide a whirlpool bath and sequentially introducing and removing water having contrasting temperature levels in relation to the container while monitoring and controlling the temperature level and duration that water of a particular temperature occupies the container. The container is communicated with a pair of water reservoirs through a pump system with the water in each of the reservoirs being maintained at contrasting temperatures with the pump system removing water from the container into one of the reservoirs and introducing water into the container from the other reservoir which contains water of a contrasting temperature.
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