Abstract: A device for applying therapeutic or analgesic pressure quantitatively which includes a sensor for continuously measuring the pressure on a patient's skin and underlying tissue. The instrument includes a hand-held force sensitive transducer having a blunt tip extending therefrom. When the blunt tip of the device is pressed against the skin thereby compressing the underlying tissue, the transducer yields an electrical signal proportional to the applied pressure. This signal is then fed to a resettable digital display. When the pressure applied to the skin reaches a threshold value, an actuator switch is actuated starting a timer which measures the elapsed time period during which the skin and underlying tissue is exposed to the measured pressure. An optional alarm indicates when the combination of pressure and elapsed time has reached a previously determined level.

Abstract: A nebulizer for use in administering medication to a patient includes a tubular body having opposed ends, a central portion defined by one-way valves and having a vial attached thereto, a nebulizer jet device disposed in the vial and including a multiple baffle arrangement configured to deliver a substantial amount of optimally-sized aerosol particles to a patient through inhalation at one of the tubular ends.

Abstract: A breathing apparatus of the kind having a water chamber in which a heating element is immersed, the temperature of said element being controlled so that air drawn over the heated water is maintained at or close to a required humidity and temperature at an outlet, the volume of the air passing through the apparatus being substantially greater than that required for breathing and being directed into a face mask connectable to the outlet which is formed with vents through which excess moist/heated air together with air exhaled by a user can pass to atmosphere, is characterized in that the casing for the apparatus is in two parts, comprising a base and a removable housing, in that the base accommodates a water tank, and has a column extending upwards therefrom which defines an air path from the water tank in that the face mask is connected to the upper, outlet end of the column, and in that the heating element is carried by and projects from said removable housing such that it is immersed into the water of said

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a recirculating respirator for positive pressure operation, in which it is possible to switch off the elements generating the over pressure in case of excessively high oxygen consumption.A flow-measuring device is provided in the oxygen supply line, which is connected to a control unit. A warning device 36, and a switching device, for switching off the over pressure is also provided.

Abstract: A tracheostomy tube assembly comprises a tracheostomy tube and a separate collar member which can be removably attached to the tube. The collar member is fastenable around a patient's neck by flexible fastening means. The collar member can be removed from the tube for attaching the flexible fastening means thereto.

Abstract: A device for applying compressive pressures against a patient's limb comprising a stocking having circumferentially elastic boot portion which applies a compressive pressure against the limb which decreases from the ankle to a top of the stocking, an elongated pressure sleeve for enclosing a length of the patient's limb over the stocking, said sleeve having a plurality of separate fluid pressure chambers progressively arranged longitudinally along the sleeve from a lower portion of the limb to an upper portion of the limb proximal the patient's heart relative to said lower portion, a device for intermittently forming a plurality of fluid pressure pulses and a device for connecting the pressure pulses to chambers in the sleeve to apply a compressive pressure against the patient's limb by the sleeve which decreases from the lower to upper portions.

Abstract: An apparatus for full length and localized massage of a user's body includes a bed structure having a housing defining an interior chamber, a liquid reservoir basin beneath the chamber, and an upwardly-facing opening horizontally across which a resiliently flexible membrane is sealingly affixed in tensioned condition to form a user body support surface. The reservoir basin contains a quantity of a massage liquid, preferably water, with the remainder of the chamber being filled with air. A massage head having multiple liquid emission openings therein is disposed within the chamber for lengthwise traversing travel with the emission openings facing the membrane. A pump communicates with the reservoir basin and with a downstream series of conduits connected to the massage head for withdrawing the massage liquid from the reservoir basin and supplying the liquid under pressure to the massage head for emission against the underside of the membrane to transmit a massaging effect to the body of a user laying thereon.