Patent Application
20080039753
The present invention consists of five major components as such;
When and how a need for the present invention is sensed by general public?
Signs and symptoms that can alert a person and trigger the need for the present invention may include the following.
OA of the wrist, ankle, and/or knee joint manifests with swelling, pain, limited motion and weakness. These symptoms are usually limited to the wrist, ankle, and/or knee joint itself.
RA of the wrist, ankle, and/or knee joint usually manifests with swelling, tenderness, limited motion and decreased grip strength or mobility. In addition, hand and foot functions may be impaired and there may be pain in the knuckle joints (metacarpophalangeal or MP joints).
Joint swelling may also put pressure on the nerves that travel through the wrist. This can cause a lesion to develop (compression neuropathy) or lead to carpal tunnel syndrome.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome usually begins gradually without a specific injury. Numbness, tingling and pain in the hand are common. One may experience an electric-like shocking feeling. The thumb side of the hand is usually most involved. Symptoms at night are common and may awaken one from sleep. During the day symptoms frequently occur with holding a phone, reading or driving. Symptoms may occur at any time. Moving or shaking the hands often helps decrease symptoms. Sometimes strange feelings and pain will travel up the arm. Initially symptoms come and go, but over time they may become constant. A feeling of clumsiness or weakness can make delicate motions like buttoning buttons difficult and may cause the inflicted person to drop things. If the condition is very severe, muscles in the palm may become visibly wasted.
And of course, leisure, sport, or work related injuries happen that can significantly affect one's quality of life.
In general, early treatment is non-surgical and designed to help relieve pain and swelling. Several therapies can be used to treat RA, OA, and/or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome including:
Physician may prescribe other therapies, depending on the type of arthritis you have. For example, additional therapies for patients with rheumatoid arthritis include antimalarial drugs, antimetabolites, gold, immunosuppresive drugs (both non-steroidal and corticosteroids) and newer genetically-engineered medications.
When such conservative methods are no longer effective, or if extremities' functions decrease, surgery may become an option. The goal of the present invention in such cases is to prevent the need for surgery.
Most patients have improvement following surgery, but recovery may be gradual. Three powerful hydraulic factors underpin the effectiveness of post surgical treatment:
1—heat,
2—buoyancy, and
3—massage.
These create a relaxing and soothing experience, which relives pain thereby, improves the quality of life.
Immersion of hands, wrists, elbows, knees, and/or feet in hot fluid raises the body temperature in a focused and isolated fashion causing the blood vessels to dilate, increasing blood circulation in immersed area. Better blood circulation has a known healing power hence the existence of anti-inflammatory medication including Aspirin. The buoyancy of the fluid reduces weight by approximately 90%, which relieves pressure on joints and muscles and creates the relaxing sensation of weightlessness and eases impaired movement.
The massaging action of the present invention is created by sending a mixture of warm fluid and air through jet nozzles. This “energized” stream of fluid loosens tight muscles and stimulates the release of endorphins, the body's natural pain killers.
