US 12,274,666 B2
Wound and infection care bath systems and devices
S. D. Filip To, Mississippi State, MS (US); and Jeffrey Clark, Madison, MS (US)
Filed by Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS (US); and Jeffrey Clark, Madison, MS (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/691,828.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/159,294, filed on Mar. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287911 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61H 33/06 (2006.01); A61H 33/00 (2006.01); A61H 33/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 33/063 (2013.01) [A61H 33/08 (2013.01); A61H 33/6005 (2013.01); A61H 33/6068 (2013.01); A61H 2033/061 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0242 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5082 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for treating wounds and skin infections and for promoting hygiene, comprising:
a heater-blower apparatus having a housing comprising an impeller-assembly and a heating-element, wherein the impeller-assembly comprises an intake pipe and an output pipe coupled thereto and is configured to move air into the intake pipe, across the heating-element, and out of the output pipe, wherein the heating-element is configured to heat air that moves across the heating-element;
a basin having a floor, a sidewall, a bottom surface, and an air-channel configured to receive the output pipe;
a stopper proximate the output pipe and configured to substantially stop liquid from moving out of the basin and into the heater-blower apparatus when the heater-blower apparatus is off, wherein the stopper is a rubber sphere configured to move up under the force of air-pressure when the heater-blower apparatus is on and to move down under the force of gravity when the heater-blower apparatus is off; and
at least one nozzle-strip having one or more nozzle-holes and configured to attach to the floor of the basin and to substantially cover the air-channel.
 
14. A device for treating wounds and skin infections and for promoting hygiene, comprising:
a heater-blower apparatus for heating air and for moving air, wherein the heater-blower apparatus has a heater-blower housing comprising a heating-element and an impeller-assembly, the impeller-assembly having an intake pipe and an output pipe coupled thereto, wherein the impeller-assembly is configured to move air into the intake pipe, across the heating-element, and out of the output pipe, wherein the heating-element is configured to heat air that moves across the heating-element;
a switch coupled to the heater-blower apparatus and configured to turn the heater-blower apparatus on and off;
a basin for holding a liquid, the basin comprising a floor, a sidewall, a bottom surface, and at least one air-channel, wherein the air-channel is a recess in the floor and has an output-pipe hole coupled to the output pipe;
a stopper proximate the output pipe and configured to substantially stop liquid from moving out of the basin and into the heater-blower apparatus when the heater-blower apparatus is off, wherein the stopper is a rubber sphere configured to move up under the force of air-pressure when the heater-blower apparatus is on and to move down under the force of gravity when the heater-blower apparatus is off;
at least one nozzle-strip having one or more nozzle-holes and that is coupled to the floor of the basin and substantially covers the at least one air-channel; and
a bottom-cover having an intake-pipe hole, wherein the bottom-cover is coupled to the basin and substantially contains the heater-blower apparatus, and wherein the intake-pipe hole is coupled to the intake pipe.