Title:
RECONSTRUCTIVE VASCULAR TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004000193
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A vascular treatment apparatus, comprising a chair, a horizontal housing and a retractable cover. The cover has hot and cold fluid dispensers whereby alternating and pulsating sprays of hot fluid and cold fluid treat a patient. The housing section also includes hot and cold fluid dispensers. The temperature, pulse strength and pulse rate are controlled by a central processing unit. The central process unit also correlates patient information for observing patient progress and comparing with other patients. Skin conditioner and disinfectant dispensers are included. The chair swivels for easy patient entry. The inventive method includes alternating pulsing streams of hot and cold fluid, preferably alternating 3 seconds of hot fluid with 3 seconds of cold fluid. The hot fluid is between 32 degrees centigrade and 41 degrees centigrade, and the treatment duration is approximately 25 minutes. Preferably, before treatment, the temperature of the hot fluid is gradually raised.
Inventors:
LOFGREN GUNNAR TORBJORN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/019223
Publication Date:
August 26, 2004
Filing Date:
June 18, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AQUAPULSE INTERNATIONAL L L C (US)
LOFGREN GUNNAR TORBJORN (US)
LOFGREN GUNNAR TORBJORN (US)
International Classes:
A61F7/00; A61H9/00; A61H35/00; (IPC1-7): A61H21/00; A61H33/00
Foreign References:
| US6623511B1 | 2003-09-23 | |||
| US5441529A | 1995-08-15 | |||
| US5241953A | 1993-09-07 |
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