IP Library Granted Patent US 8,720,867
Granted Patent B2
US 8,720,867 · App. 12/352,151 · Granted May 13, 2014

Microbubble therapy method and generating apparatus

Inventors: Jeffrey L. Cunningham (Cabot, AR); Eric Jackson (Conway, AR); Remo C. Jacuzzi (Little Rock, AR)
Assignee: Jason International, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,720,867
App. No.
12/352,151
Granted
May 13, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A micro bubble generating system includes a shell having a well for retaining a first liquid to immerse an object. A micro bubble apparatus is provide to the shell for providing a pressurized mixture of a second liquid and a dissolved gas into the well so as to create a plurality of micro bubbles within the first liquid for engaging the object.

Claims (24)

1. A liquid therapy system for a human body, comprising:

a shell having a well for retaining a first liquid to immerse a human body therein and;

a micro bubble apparatus attached to the shell for providing a pressurized mixture having a second liquid and a dissolved gas, into the well so as to create a plurality of micro bubbles within the first liquid; wherein the micro bubble apparatus includes a velocity chamber configured to receive a fluid therein, the velocity chamber being frustoconical in cross-section; the velocity chamber being fluidly connected to at least two discharge outlets at a distal end thereof; wherein the micro bubble apparatus comprises a body enclosing the velocity chamber, the body for preventing receipt of ambient air prior to said discharge outlets.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the micro bubble apparatus extends through a thickness of the shell.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the micro bubble apparatus includes multiple passages at an angle with respect to each other for producing micro bubbles.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the micro bubble apparatus includes a replaceable cartridge that releases a plurality of micro bubbles.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the micro bubble apparatus includes an orifice that releases bubbles of a first size from the pressurized mixture into a wall to create a plurality of micro bubbles, wherein a bubble of the first size is larger than a micro bubble.

6. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a light source attached the shell for directing light in the well for use with the plurality of micro bubbles.

7. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a jet operable with the first liquid and the jet being attached to the shell.

8. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising an air jet attached to the shell.

9. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a gas channel having openings for releasing a gas into the first fluid.

10. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a saturation vessel for providing the pressurized mixture of a second liquid and a dissolved gas.

11. A liquid therapy system for a human body, comprising:

a shell having a well for retaining a first liquid; and

an apparatus fluidly attached to the shell and having discharge outlets; wherein the apparatus includes a velocity chamber configured to receive a fluid therein, the velocity chamber being frustoconical in cross-section and fluidly connected to the discharge outlets, the apparatus for providing a pressurized mixture of a second liquid and a dissolved gas into the well so as to create a micro bubble cloud within the first liquid for engaging a human body; wherein the apparatus is sealed from receiving ambient air between the velocity chamber and the discharge outlets.

12. The system according to claim 11 , further comprising a saturation vessel for providing the pressurized mixture of a second liquid and a dissolved gas.

13. The system according to claim 11 , further comprising an electronic controller for controlling the creation of the micro bubble cloud.

14. The system according to claim 11 , further including a means for illuminating a micro bubble cloud by using the first liquid.

15. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the apparatus includes multiple passages at an angle with respect to each other for producing micro bubbles.

16. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the apparatus includes a replaceable cartridge that releases micro bubbles that form the cloud.

17. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the apparatus includes an orifice that releases bubbles of a first size from the pressurized mixture into a wall to create the micro bubble cloud.

18. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the first liquid includes a plurality of air bubbles.

19. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the apparatus includes sleeve defining a liquid chamber for the micro bubble cloud.

20. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is configurable to be fluidly connected upstream of a fitting attached to the shell.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2022
From: JASON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL BRANDS, LLC
Reel/Frame 059174/0896 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2009
From: CUNNINGHAM, JEFFREY L.; JACKSON, ERIC EUGENE; JACUZZI, REMO C.
To: JASON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 022537/0966 →
Continuity (1)
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