Abstract: An apparatus and method for obtaining a treatment solution containing reactive oxygen species includes generating an ozone water solution and feeding it into a first of two apertures of a container at a predetermined pressure. The container including a passage body comprising a plurality of passageways having a predetermined passage-section size, so that the ozone water solution flows through the passage body generating the treatment solution in which the ozone is converted to reactive oxygen, and so that the treatment solution then flows through a nebulizer device and is released in the form of small droplets immediately after it has been generated, in which, the reactive oxygen species interact with the biological system before they can decay, or can incorporated into a gel. The traversing body may be a bundle of fibers, a porous body with a percolable open-cell lattice, or a bed of a loose mineral particulate material.

Abstract: A device for treating cutaneous blemishes and dermatologic diseases that includes an application bell operatively connected to a feeding assembly is described. The bell is shaped to be removably leant on a cutaneous surface to be treated and with which it defines a treatment chamber. The feeding assembly includes, in its turn, a pump which realizes—in the treatment chamber—an environment having a pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure, and an oxygen delivering device activated subsequently to the pump, to deliver—in the treatment chamber—an oxygen flow. The feeding assembly provides for a controlling unit to selectively activate, in time sequence, the pump and the oxygen delivering device.

Abstract: An equipment for rehabilitative respiratory physiotherapy is described, comprising a mask or mouthpiece, supplying means to supply air to the mask or mouthpiece, a pressure gauge arranged in fluidic connection with the mask or mouthpiece and means for producing pneumatic vibrations in the air supplied to the mask or mouthpiece. The supplying means supply an air flow rate lower than 250 cm3/s, or lower than 15 liters/minute, at a pressure substantially equal to the atmospheric pressure. The pressure gauge is designed to detect the depression the self-sufficient patient generates in the mask or mouthpiece when he/she starts inhaling air and to generate a corresponding activation signal of the means for producing pneumatic vibrations.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for non-invasive mechanical ventilation comprises a fan (2) of Bi-level type, or BiPAP, for generating an air flow according to a succession of inspiration steps, or IPAP, and exhalation steps, or EPAP. The flow is conveyed in the aerial ducts of a patient (25) by means of a flexible tube (3) connected to a nasal mask (4). A flexible air reservoir (5) is provided pneumatically connected to the duct (3) and the nasal mask (4) in order to subtract from the inspiration flow a certain air amount before that it reaches the patient (25) at the beginning of an IPAP step. During the exhalation EPAP step, since the air flow pressure decreases automatically, there is the emptying at least partial of the flexible air reservoir (5), whereas the air exhaled by the patient exits through an opening (14) made on the nasal mask (4).

Abstract: A ventilation apparatus (1) for pulmonary scintigraphy, having an inhalation collector (10) to which an element of inhalation (20), a feed duct (31), defining a flow of marked aerosol (55), and an outlet duct (32), for disposal of exhaled flow and any aerosol surplus, are connected. The feeding air may be of bi-level type, whereby the air flow rate when breathing out is low, even if always positive. The collector (10) has a first interposition element (21) located at the connection with the air feeding tube (31) that only allows inlet flow towards the patient. A second interposition element (22) is located at the connection with outlet duct (32). The presence of one-way valve(s) (21, 22) allows breathing of the marked aerosol in the bronchial branches of the patient (20) in a completely natural manner following physiologic respiration and avoiding hyper-accumulation of marker in the largest bronchial branches.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for non-invasive mechanical ventilation comprises a fan (2) of Bi-level type, or BiPAP, for generating an air flow according to a succession of inspiration steps, or IPAP, and exhalation steps, or EPAP. The flow is conveyed in the aerial ducts of a patient (25) by means of a flexible tube (3) connected to a nasal mask (4). A flexible air reservoir (5) is provided pneumatically connected to the duct (3) and the nasal mask (4) in order to subtract from the inspiration flow a certain air amount before that it reaches the patient (25) at the beginning of an IPAP step. During the exhalation EPAP step, since the air flow pressure decreases automatically, there is the emptying at least partial of the flexible air reservoir (5), whereas the air exhaled by the patient exits through an opening (14) made on the nasal mask (4).

Abstract: A ventilation apparatus (1) for pulmonary scintigraphy, having an inhalation collector (10) to which an element of inhalation (20), a feeding duct (31), defining a flow of marked aerosol (55), and an outlet duct (32), for disposal of exhaled flow and any aerosol surplus, are connected. The feeding air may be of bi-level type, whereby the air flow rate when breathing out is low, even if always positive. The collector (10) has a first interposition element (21) located at the connection with the air feeding tube (31) that only allows inlet flow towards the patient. A second interposition element (22) is located at the connection with outlet duct (32). The presence of one-way valve/s (21,22) allows to breath the marked aerosol in the bronchial branches of the patient (20) in a way completely natural following the physiologic respiration and avoiding hyper-accumulation of marker in the largest bronchial branches.