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Apparatus for refrigeration treatment
Assignee: KURIO MEDIKARU KK
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Filing: 1981-06-23
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Granted: 1982-09-14
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Expires: 2001-06-23
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for refrigeration treatment is used in cryomedical treatment for applying gas of extremely low temperature onto an affected portion of a patient. In the flow system of the apparatus, there are a liquefied gas source, a temperature controlled bath and a conduit pipe having a cup at its end to be placed over the affected portion. The bath contains a liquid medium of high specific heat in which are immersed a mixing cylinder and an evaporator which are mutually connected with a plurality of tubes. The liquefied gas supplied from the source to the evaporator is vaporized and flowed through the tubes to the cylinder where the vaporized gas is mixed with a liquefied gas directly supplied from the source at an optimum gas temperature.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshima Yamauchi
- 👤 Sadao Nogami
- 👤 Kengi Sawada
- 👤 Jyunichiro Moriya
- 👤 Hiroomi Sawada
- 👤 Keizou Kobayashi
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-23 05:20
CPC Classifications
F; F17; F17C; F17C9/00; F17C9/02; A; A61; A61B; A61B18/00; A61B18/02; A61B18/0218; A61F; A61F7/00; F17C2201/00; F17C2201/01; F17C2201/0104; F17C2201/0109; F17C2201/0114; F17C2203/00; F17C2203/03; F17C2203/0304; F17C2203/06; F17C2203/0602; F17C2203/0612; F17C2203/0626; F17C2203/0629; F17C2205/00; F17C2205/01; F17C2205/0153; F17C2205/018; F17C2221/00; F17C2221/01; F17C2221/011; F17C2221/013; F17C2221/014; F17C2221/03; F17C2221/031; F17C2223/00; F17C2223/01; F17C2223/0146; F17C2223/0153; F17C2223/0161; F17C2223/04; F17C2223/042; F17C2223/046; F17C2223/047; F17C2270/00; F17C2270/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
226 words
An apparatus for refrigeration treatment comprising a liquefied gas source, an evaporator for evaporating the liquefied gas at an optimum temperature, an exhaust tube connected between said gas source and said evaporator to conduct the liquefied gas from said gas source to said evaporator, a conduit for introducing the gas vaporized by said evaporator and being connected to said evaporator by means of an outflow port, and a cup provided with a non-return expansion valve attached at the end of said conduit, said cup adapted to apply said vaporized gas to an affected portion of a patient in order to refrigerate said portion with said vaporized gas, said evaporator being provided with an evaporator chamber in which said liquid is accommodated and then evaporated by heat conduction from the wall surface thereof for evaporating the liquefied gas to a gaseous state to be blown out from the cup at a specified temperature and wherein said evaporating chamber comprises a float which floats on the surface of the liquid in the chamber in the area under the outflow port to the conduit and which blocks the outflow port when the liquid surface rises, said exhaust tube being opened below said outflow port, and being provided with a check valve between the evaporating chamber and the source which blocks the liquid from flowing back upstream toward the source.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
226 words
An apparatus for refrigeration treatment comprising a liquefied gas source, an evaporator for evaporating the liquefied gas at an optimum temperature, an exhaust tube connected between said gas source and said evaporator to conduct the liquefied gas from said gas source to said evaporator, a conduit for introducing the gas vaporized by said evaporator and being connected to said evaporator by means of an outflow port, and a cup provided with a non-return expansion valve attached at the end of said conduit, said cup adapted to apply said vaporized gas to an affected portion of a patient in order to refrigerate said portion with said vaporized gas, said evaporator being provided with an evaporator chamber in which said liquid is accommodated and then evaporated by heat conduction from the wall surface thereof for evaporating the liquefied gas to a gaseous state to be blown out from the cup at a specified temperature and wherein said evaporating chamber comprises a float which floats on the surface of the liquid in the chamber in the area under the outflow port to the conduit and which blocks the outflow port when the liquid surface rises, said exhaust tube being opened below said outflow port, and being provided with a check valve between the evaporating chamber and the source which blocks the liquid from flowing back upstream toward the source.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus for refrigeration treatment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conduit is being a flexible conduit.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
245 words
An apparatus for refrigeration treatment comprising a liquefied gas source, an evaporator for evaporating the liquefied gas at an optimum temperature, an exhaust tube connected between said gas source and said evaporator to conduct the liquefied gas from said gas source to said evaporator, a conduit for introducing the gas vaporized by said evaporator, and being connected to said evaporator by means of an outflow port, and a cup provided with a non-return expansion valve attached at the end of said conduit, said cup adapted to apply said vaporized gas to an affected portion of a patient in order to refrigerate said portion with said vaporized gas, said evaporator being provided with an evaporator chamber in which said liquid is accommodated and then evaporated by heat conduction from the wall surface thereof for evaporating the liquefied gas to a gaseous state to be blown out from the cup at a specified temperature and wherein said evaporator is provided with a first flow path having the evaporating chamber therein and a second flow path, said apparatus further comprising a mixing cylinder at the outlets of said evaporating chamber and said second flow path, the liquid and gas flowing through the respective paths being mixed in a spray in said mixing cylinder, and said exhaust tube comprises a valve for preventing the inflow of liquefied gas into said evaporating chamber when the liquid of the liquefied gas fed to said evaporating chamber reaches a specified flow rate.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
245 words
An apparatus for refrigeration treatment comprising a liquefied gas source, an evaporator for evaporating the liquefied gas at an optimum temperature, an exhaust tube connected between said gas source and said evaporator to conduct the liquefied gas from said gas source to said evaporator, a conduit for introducing the gas vaporized by said evaporator, and being connected to said evaporator by means of an outflow port, and a cup provided with a non-return expansion valve attached at the end of said conduit, said cup adapted to apply said vaporized gas to an affected portion of a patient in order to refrigerate said portion with said vaporized gas, said evaporator being provided with an evaporator chamber in which said liquid is accommodated and then evaporated by heat conduction from the wall surface thereof for evaporating the liquefied gas to a gaseous state to be blown out from the cup at a specified temperature and wherein said evaporator is provided with a first flow path having the evaporating chamber therein and a second flow path, said apparatus further comprising a mixing cylinder at the outlets of said evaporating chamber and said second flow path, the liquid and gas flowing through the respective paths being mixed in a spray in said mixing cylinder, and said exhaust tube comprises a valve for preventing the inflow of liquefied gas into said evaporating chamber when the liquid of the liquefied gas fed to said evaporating chamber reaches a specified flow rate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus for refrigeration treatment set forth in claim 3, further comprising a gas-liquid separator adjacent said mixing cylinder to separate the gas from said spray.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus for refrigeration treatment as claimed in claim 3 or 4 wherein said conduit is a flexible conduit.
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