Patent ID: 7089608

Claim:
A targeted personal hydrotherapy spa comprising: a fluid enclosure having a floor, an upstanding sidewall, a footwell and a substantially horizontal seat adjacent said sidewall and footwell; said seat being adapted to accommodate a single person thereon in a substantially upright seated position; said sidewall and said footwell having a plurality of targeted hydrotherapy locations therein; said targeted hydrotherapy locations corresponding to body portions of said substantially upright seated person in said seat; said body portions comprising a) the neck, b) the lower back, c) the right arm, d) the left arm, e) the right thigh, f) the left thigh, g) the right calf, h) the and left calf, i) the right foot and toes, j) and the left foot and toes; a plurality of fluid jets adjacent said seat in said sidewall and said footwell; each of said fluid jets being located in said sidewall or said footwell at each of said targeted hydrotherapy locations; each of said fluid jets having a water inlet, an air inlet, at least one nozzle and a water discharge outlet; each of said fluid jets being adjustable in flow rate of water at said water discharge outlet; each of said fluid jets being adjustable in flow rate of air into said air inlet; a fluid inlet through said sidewall or footwell of said fluid enclosure; at least one fluid pump, each of said at least one fluid pumps having a suction port in fluid communication with said fluid inlet and a discharge port in fluid communication with said fluid jets; said at least one pump being adapted to move fluid from said fluid enclosure through said fluid inlet and said suction port to said discharge port and through said plurality of fluid jets into said fluid enclosure with a discharge flow rate at each of said jets of at least one horsepower, a first fluid inlet through said sidewall of said enclosure and second fluid inlet through said sidewall of said enclosure; a first fluid pump having a first suction port and a first discharge port, said first suction port being in fluid communication with said enclosure through said first fluid inlet; and a second fluid pump having a second suction port and a second discharge port, said second suction port being in fluid communication with said enclosure through said second fluid inlet; said first and second fluid pumps having a discharge capacity of at least ten horsepower; wherein said first and second discharge ports are in fluid communication with each of said water inlets in said plurality of fluid nozzles.