Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1977-03-16
1978-05-23
Trapp, Lawrence W.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
4182, A61H 900
Patent
active
040905071
ABSTRACT:
A hydrotherapy tank has a sloped bottom for elevating the extremities of a user's limbs improving the blood circulation therein. Fluid introduced into the tank bottom by a pump, through an inlet aperture which is located between the limbs near their extremities, expands outwardly over the top surfaces of the limbs, and an outlet aperture connected to the suction side of the pump and located in the bottom of the tank between the limbs away from their extremities, draws the fluid back downwardly over the outside surface of the legs and out of the tank. A heater connected to the pump warms the fluid as it is circulated. Thus the heated fluid is spiraled upwardly around the limbs away from their extremities further improving blood circulation. In a variation of the invention a deflector is located in the tank between the limbs above the inlet aperture for deflecting fluid entering the tank sideways against the inner surfaces of the limbs.
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