JP2006026293A - Nurse call apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nurse call apparatus in which a nursed person is made to check easily by the sense of touch of a call grip button that a call to a nursing person from a nursed person is performed normally and a response is performed by the nursing person, respectively. <P>SOLUTION: By actuating a vibrating motor 100 built in the call grip buttons 1a-4a, 1b-4b, ... in which call operation is performed by control from any one among passage lamps 20a, 20b, ..., a nurse call master unit 30 and a nurse call control machine 40 which carry out call detection, the nursed person is made to check easily by the sense of touch that the call to the nursing person from the nursed person is performed normally. The nursed person is made to check easily by the sense of touch that a call is informed from the nursed person to the nursing person and a response is performed with the nurse call master unit by the nursing person who checks this by actuating the vibrating motor built in the call grip buttons by a different oscillating pattern from an oscillating pattern for a call check by control from any one among passage lamps, the nurse call master unit and the nurse call control machine which carry out call detection. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call device installed in a facility such as a hospital or a welfare facility for the elderly, and in particular, a nurse call device provided with a call confirmation function and a response confirmation function on a call grip button that is called by a nurse. About.

  Conventionally, in a hospital or a welfare facility for the elderly, a nurse in the hospital room informs the nurse of a malfunction or termination related to the usual nurse call, toilet call requiring toilet assistance, or intravenous administration. When a nurse in the vicinity of the above-mentioned nurse makes an emergency call such as a staff call that asks other nurses for assistance, a call used to perform a predetermined call operation that differs depending on the call type As the device, a call grip button or a hand slave unit formed integrally with the call grip button is preferable, and each of the call devices is set as a bed in a hospital room, a predetermined position, a wall surface in the hospital room, It was connected to a plate slave unit fixed to one of the hospital room consoles (medical consoles) provided on the wall surface (for example, Patent Document 1, Non-Patent Document) See Document 1, respectively).

JP-A-8-173487 (paragraph numbers 0010 to 0018, FIG. 1) Aiphone general catalog 2004/2005 edition (pages 368-369, 380-384, etc.)

  However, the call grip button applied as a call device in the conventional example has only an operation function that differs depending on the call type, so that the call from the caregiver to the nurse was performed normally. The person could not confirm using the call grip button.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned difficulties, and the call grip button tactile sense indicates that the call from the nurse to the nurse was successful and the response was made by the nurse. It is an object of the present invention to provide a nurse call device that can be easily confirmed by a nurse.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the nurse call device of the present invention detects a call grip button for calling a nurse from a caregiver and a call from the call grip button, and blinks or lights an indicator light to provide nursing care. A hall call light to inform the nurse, a nurse call master unit for notifying the nurse of a call from the call grip button detected by the hall light, and a nurse to control the hall light and the nurse call master unit, respectively. A call control unit, and the call grip button is driven by a call confirmation signal generated in response to detection of a call in any one of a corridor lamp, a nurse call master unit, and a nurse call control unit Built-in vibration motor.

  Further, the nurse call device of the present invention has a response generated in response to detection of a response in any one of the corridor lamp, the nurse call master device, and the nurse call control device when the nurse call master device answers the call. The vibration motor is driven with a vibration pattern driven by a confirmation signal and different from the vibration pattern of the call confirmation signal.

  Further, the nurse call device according to the present invention responds to detection of a call in any one of the corridor lamp, the nurse call master unit, and the nurse call control unit during day shift among the nursing work zones set by the nurse call master unit. Is output from the speaker as a call confirmation sound by the call confirmation signal generated and the vibration motor is driven by the call confirmation signal during night shift.

  According to the nurse call device of the present invention, it is detected from any one of the corridor lamp, the nurse call master unit, and the nurse call control device that detected the call that the call from the nurse to the nurse was performed normally. By driving the vibration motor built in the call grip button on which the call operation has been performed by the control, it is possible to make the caregiver easily confirm by touch.

  In addition, according to the nurse call device of the present invention, the call is notified from the nurse to the nurse, and the nurse who has confirmed this has responded at the nurse call master unit, the corridor lamp that has detected the response, the nurse The vibration motor built in the call grip button is driven by a vibration pattern different from the vibration pattern for call confirmation by control from any one of the call master and the nurse call controller, and the nurse is touched by touch It can be easily confirmed.

  In addition, according to the nurse call device of the present invention, the nurse work zone is set by the nurse call master unit, and when this setting is a day shift, the call from the nurse to the nurse is normally performed. It is possible to make the caregiver easily check by hearing by outputting from the speaker as a call confirmation sound under the control of any one of the corridor light, nurse call master unit and nurse call control device that detected the call. Can do. On the other hand, if the nursing work zone is set to night shift, the call from the caregiver to the nurse has been successfully performed, and the corridor light, nurse call master unit, and nurse call control unit that detected the call The vibration motor built in the call grip button can be driven by the control from any one so that the patient can be easily confirmed by touch.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments to which a nurse call device of the invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a system showing a configuration example of a nurse call device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The nurse call device shown in the system explanatory diagram of FIG. 1 is used in a facility such as a hospital or a welfare facility for the elderly, such as “room A”, “room B”,. The patient in the room relates to a normal nurse call, a toilet call requiring toilet assistance, and infusion administration to a nurse, for example, a nurse in the nurse station (hereinafter referred to as an in-room nurse). When notifying a malfunction or termination, or when a nurse in the vicinity of the patient mentioned above (hereinafter referred to as a nurse in the hospital room) makes an emergency call such as a staff call requesting assistance from another nurse, A plurality of call grip buttons for performing predetermined call operations that differ depending on the call type, here, four call grip buttons 1a to 4a, 1b to 4b for each patient room, and each bed in the patient room, In place As described above, each of the call grip buttons 1 a to 1 a is fixed to any one of a wall surface in a hospital room or a hospital room console (medical console) provided on the wall surface or the like and has an individual handset number (not described in detail). 4a, 1b to 4b,... Are detachably connected, and a microphone 110 and a speaker 111 are used for a caller and a nurse at the hospital room to talk to each other with the nurse at the caller. Are installed in each hospital room, for example, in the vicinity of the entrance / exit of a hospital room or in a corridor, for example, 4 child machines 11a to 14a, 11b to 14b,... Plate slave units 11a to 14a in self-sick rooms that have been installed and have individual corridor lamp numbers (not described in detail) and are connected via respective slave unit lines L1a to L4a, L1b to L4b,. , 11b to 14b, ... A different call is detected for each type, and the detected call information is sent to a nurse call controller 40, which will be described later, via the corridor lamp line L10, and for each of the plate slave units 11a to 14a, 11b to 14b,. Hallway lamps 20a, 20b,... Having display units 200 such as a plurality of assigned LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes), and the like, are installed in the nurse station. Informs that there is a call from the previous nurse in a different pattern for each call type, and the in-room nurse responds to this by calling each other with the calling patient and the previous nurse, For example, a nurse call master 30 that can be set for day shift and night shift, and a plurality of hall lights 20a, 20b,... It is installed in a nurse station or a common part of a hospital as a repeater for connecting the nurse call master unit 30 via the nurse call control unit 40 for controlling each of these connected devices. ing.

  In the nurse call device configured as described above according to the embodiment of the present invention, a specific operation will be described below.

  Among the call grip buttons 1a to 4a, 1b to 4b,... Shown in the system explanatory diagram of FIG. 1, here, the plate slave unit 11a is fixed to the hospital room console (medical console) in the room A. The patient performs a specific call operation that differs depending on the type of call, such as calling a normal nurse call to the resident nurse in the nurse station, calling a toilet that requires toilet assistance, or informing about a deficiency or end of drip administration. In the corridor lamp 20a connected to the plate slave unit 11a via the slave unit line L1a, the indicator lamp 200 assigned to the plate slave unit 11a is blinked or lit in a predetermined pattern different for each call type, Notify nurses in the vicinity of the entrance / exit of room A and in the hallway, as well as the corridor lamp number and plate child 11a handset number, generates the call information by adding the call type data. This call information is appropriately sent as a call signal subjected to signal processing from the corridor lamp 20a to the corridor lamp 20b via the corridor lamp line L10 (excluding the corridor lamp 20a), and the nurse call controller 40. Each is transmitted.

  In other corridor lamps 20b (excluding the corridor lamp 20a), the call signal from the corridor lamp 20a is not an output signal from the nurse call controller 40, so that the call signal is normally invalid. Judgment and no action is taken.

  The nurse call controller 40 is assigned to the slave unit number of the plate slave unit 11a, the call type data, and the corridor lamp number among the call information added to the call signal from the corridor lamp 20a, and is sent to the nurse call controller. Based on the room number stored in advance, it is detected together with the call type that there is a call from the call grip button 1a by the patient whose plate slave unit 11a is fixed to the hospital room console (medical console) in the room A. In addition, it is determined whether the time zone in which this call is made is a nursing work zone set in advance in the nurse call parent device 30 and stored in the nurse call parent device, that is, whether it is a day shift or a night shift. .

  Here, the nurse call controller 40 that determines that the call from the call grip button 1a by the patient whose plate slave unit 11a is fixed to the hospital room console (medical console) in the room A is a call during day shift. And the call notification information to which the room number of the detected room A, the corridor lamp number of the corridor lamp 20a, the slave unit number of the plate slave unit 11a and the call type data are added, and the corridor lamp number of the corridor lamp 20a, Call confirmation information is generated by adding the child machine number of the plate child machine 11a and nursing work zone data indicating the day shift. Of these call notification information and call confirmation information, the call notification signal is appropriately transmitted from the nurse call control device 40 to the nurse call parent device 30 via the parent device line L11 as a signal processed call notification signal. . On the other hand, the call confirmation information is appropriately signal-processed as a call confirmation signal (hereinafter referred to as a day call confirmation signal), from the nurse call controller 40 through the corridor lamp line L10, to all the corridor lights 20a, 20b, Is transmitted to ...

  On the other hand, the nurse call controller 40 that determines that the call from the call grip button 1a by the patient whose plate slave unit 11a is fixed to the hospital room console (medical console) in the room A is a call at night shift, Along with the detected room number of the room A, the corridor lamp number of the corridor lamp 20a, the slave unit number of the plate slave unit 11a and the call type data added, the corridor lamp number of the corridor lamp 20a, the plate Call confirmation information to which the child machine number of the child machine 11a and nursing work zone data indicating the night shift are added is generated. Of these call notification information and call confirmation information, the call notification signal is transmitted to the nurse call parent device 30 as appropriate as a call notification signal subjected to signal processing, in the same manner as the above-mentioned call during day shift. On the other hand, the call confirmation information is appropriately sent from the nurse call controller 40 through a route similar to the above-mentioned daytime call confirmation signal as a call-processed call confirmation signal (hereinafter referred to as a nighttime call confirmation signal). Are transmitted to the corridor lamps 20a, 20b,.

  In the nurse call master unit 30, the plate slave unit 11a is fixed to the hospital room console (medical console) in the room A based on the call notification information added to the call notification signal from the nurse call controller 40. When a call from the call grip button 1a is detected by the patient together with the call type, a notification lamp (not described in detail) assigned to the caller's plate slave unit 11a is displayed for each call type. Blinks or lights up in different predetermined patterns and / or displays specific call information (room number, handset number, call type) as text or picture data, and outputs a predetermined ring tone or voice message In addition to notifying the nurses in the nurse station of the call, the nurse call Nursing service band that has been set in advance in the machine, that is, to determine whether it is during the day shift or during night shifts.

  In all the corridor lights 20a, 20b,... To which the day call check signal from the nurse call controller 40 has been input, the corridor light number added to the day call confirmation signal and the corridor light number of the own corridor light. If the corridor lamp number is matched, the call sub-type from the call grip button 1a by the patient whose plate slave unit 11a is fixed to the hospital room console (medical console) in the room A during day shift The call is confirmed from the speaker 111 of the plate slave unit corresponding to the slave unit number added in the same manner as the call confirmation signal during day shift. Output sound. Here, only the corridor lamp 20a has the same corridor lamp number, and a call confirmation sound is output from the speaker 111 of the plate slave unit 11a connected to the corridor lamp 20a via the slave unit line L1a. The patient whose plate slave unit 11a is fixed to the hospital room console (medical console) in the room A in which a predetermined call operation different for each call type is performed using the call grip button 1a during day shift is It can be easily confirmed by hearing that the call to the nurse in the room is normally made and the call is notified.

  On the other hand, in all the corridor lamps 20a, 20b,... To which the night call confirmation signal from the nurse call controller 40 is input, the corridor of the corridor lamp number and the own corridor lamp added to the night call confirmation signal. If the corridor lamp number matches, the call from the call grip button 1a by the patient whose plate slave unit 11a is fixed to the hospital room console (medical console) in the room A during night shift It is detected that a call that is different for each type is normally notified by the nurse call master unit, and can be freely attached to and detached from the plate slave unit corresponding to the slave unit number added to the night call confirmation signal. The vibration motor 100 built in the connected call grip button is driven in a vibration pattern for call confirmation. Here, only the corridor lamp 20a has the same corridor lamp number, and the vibration motor incorporated in the call grip button 1a detachably connected to the plate slave unit 11a connected to the corridor lamp 20a via the slave unit line L1a. By driving 100 with a vibration pattern for call confirmation, as a nursing work mode, the plate slave unit 11a in the room A in which a predetermined call operation different for each call type is performed using the call grip button 1a during night shift. Patients who are fixed to the hospital room console (medical console) can easily confirm by tactile sense that the call to the nurse in the nurse station was made normally and the call was notified. There is no output of a ringing confirmation sound like the confirmation means, and quietness in the vicinity of the surroundings is ensured.

  In the above description, the plate slave unit 11a in the room A in which a predetermined call operation is performed for each call type using the call grip button 1a regardless of whether the nurse work mode is a day shift or a night shift. In order to confirm that the call to the nurse in the nurse station was performed normally and the call was notified to the patient who was fixed to the hospital room console (medical console), the call confirmation signal (call confirmation on day duty) Signal, night call confirmation signal) is generated by the nurse call master unit 40, but the signal generation source is not limited to the nurse call control unit 40, and the plate slave unit 11a is used as a hospital room console (medical console) in the room A. Corridor lamp 20a, nurse call master 30 and nurse that detected different calls for each call type from call grip button 1a by a fixed patient The call confirmation signal (call confirmation signal for day shift, call confirmation signal for night shift) can be generated by any one of the loop controllers 40, and the vibration motor 100 built in the call grip button 1a is any of It is driven with a vibration pattern for call confirmation based on a call confirmation signal (call confirmation signal for day shift, call confirmation signal for night shift) from one.

  Next, regardless of whether the nurse work mode is a day shift or a night shift, the nurse in the nurse station in the nurse station who has confirmed the call notification responds, for example, the handset of the nurse call master unit 30 The nurse call master unit 30 that has detected this response operation generates response confirmation information to which the corridor lamp number of the corridor lamp 20a, the slave unit number of the plate slave unit 11a, and response data are added. . This response confirmation information is appropriately transmitted to the nurse call controller 40 through a route similar to the above-described call confirmation signal as a signal-processed response confirmation signal.

  The nurse call control device 40 detects that there is a response from the nurse in the nurse station based on the response confirmation signal from the nurse call master device 30, and the nurse call controller 40 detects that the corridor light line L10 and the parent device line L11 The response confirmation signal is sent to all the corridor lamps 20a, 20b,... Via the corridor lamp line L10.

  All the corridor lamps 20a, 20b,... Collate the corridor lamp number added to the response confirmation signal from the nurse call master unit 30 via the nurse call controller 40 with the corridor lamp number of the own corridor lamp. If the corridor lamp numbers match, it is detected that there is a response from the nurse in the nurse station, and the plate child corresponding to the slave unit number added to the response confirmation signal in the same manner. The vibration motor 100 built in the call grip button detachably connected to the machine is driven with a vibration pattern for response confirmation different from the vibration pattern for call confirmation described above. Here, only the corridor lamp 20a has the same corridor lamp number, and the vibration motor incorporated in the call grip button 1a detachably connected to the plate slave unit 11a connected to the corridor lamp 20a via the slave unit line L1a. By driving 100 with a vibration pattern for confirming the response, a predetermined call operation different for each call type was performed using the call grip button 1a, regardless of whether the nurse work mode was a day shift or a night shift. A patient whose plate slave unit 11a is fixed to a hospital room console (medical console) in the room A can easily confirm by touch that the response has been made by the nurse in the nurse station.

  Further, in the corridor lamp 20a having the same corridor lamp number, the indicator lamp 200 assigned to the plate slave unit 11a blinks or lights in a predetermined pattern indicating the call state, and the slave unit line L1a and the corridor lamp line By forming a communication path between L10, the microphone 110 and the speaker 111 of the plate slave unit 11a used by the calling source patient, the slave unit line L1a, the corridor lamp 20a, the corridor lamp line L10, and the nurse call controller 40 A call path is formed by forming a communication path with the handset (not provided with a code) of the nurse call master unit 30 used by a nurse in the nurse station as a call destination via the master unit line L11. When voice signals are transmitted and received through the road, it is possible to talk with each other.

  In the above description, the plate slave unit 11a in the room A in which a predetermined call operation is performed for each call type using the call grip button 1a regardless of whether the nurse work mode is a day shift or a night shift. In order to confirm that the patient is fixed to the patient room console (medical console) and that the response is made by the nurse in the nurse station, the nurse call master 30 generates a response confirmation signal. The signal generation source is not limited to the nurse call master unit 30, but the corridor lamp 20a, the nurse call master unit 30, and the nurse call control unit 40 that detect that a response has been made by a nurse in the nurse station. Any one of them can generate a response confirmation signal, and the vibration motor 100 built in the call grip button 1a is based on the response confirmation signal from any one of them. It is driven by the vibration pattern for the acknowledgment.

  Further, in the nurse call device according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the system explanatory diagram of FIG. 1, the plate slave unit including the call grip buttons 1 a to 4 a, 1 b to 4 b,. 11a to 14a, 11b to 14b,... Are connected to each other in a detachable manner. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and as shown in the system explanatory diagram of FIG. 1a to 4a, 1b to 4b, etc. are detachably connected to each other and have portability to the bed, and like the call grip button, have different operation functions depending on the type of call, A plurality of hand slaves provided with the speakers 511, here, four hand slaves 51a to 54a, 51b to 54b,... 54a, 51b to 54b,... Are detachably connected to the above-described plate slave units 11a ′ to 14a ′, 11b ′ to 14b ′,. Application of the apparatus is also suitable.

  In the nurse call device according to the embodiment of the present invention, each of four hand buttons, plate slave units, and hand slave units installed in a hospital room such as “Room A”, “B Room”,. However, it is not limited to this number, and when using a hospital room as a private room or when using a hospital room as a large room, an arbitrary number can be installed for each hospital room.

  Further, in the nurse call device according to the embodiment of the present invention, one nurse call parent device installed in the nurse station is provided. However, the number is not limited to this number, and when there are a plurality of nurse stations, a plurality of the corresponding nurse call devices are provided. Nurse call master can be installed.

  Moreover, in the nurse call device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the cordless handset line is installed as a corridor lamp installed in each hospital room, for example, in the vicinity of the entrance / exit of the hospital room or in the corridor and having an individual corridor lamp number (not detailed). From plate slaves 11a-14a, 11b-14b,... (11a′-14a ′, 11b′-14b ′,...) Connected via L1a-L4a, L1b-L4b,. The corridor lamps 20a, 20b,... Having the indicator lamps 200 that flash or light in a predetermined pattern different for each call type and flash or light the call state in a predetermined pattern are applied. It is not limited to the corridor lamps, but the plate slave units 11a to 14a, 11b to 14b,... (11a ′ to 14a, respectively connected via the slave unit lines L1a to L4a, L1b to L4b,. LCDs (Liquid Crystal Display), which display the call status with characters and picture data, and display the call status from “, 11b” to 14b ′,. Application of the corridor lamp having EL (Electroluminescence) or the like is also suitable.

  Furthermore, in the nurse call device according to the embodiment of the present invention, only the nurse call parent device 30 installed in the nurse station is applied as a device that performs call notification under the control of the nurse call controller 40. Not limited to the call master unit 30, a plurality of wireless terminals (portable terminals) controlled by the nurse call controller 40, a base station, and an exchange are provided, and are carried by nurses traveling around the hospital that handles the caller's patient. The call notification can be performed by a wireless terminal (portable terminal), and the nurse call master unit is configured as a board type in which a call notification function and a call function (not detailed) are integrally configured. The nurse call base unit 30 is not limited to the nurse call master unit 30. The nurse call unit as shown in FIG. The application of the parent unit are also suitable.

The system explanatory view showing the example of composition of the nurse call device by the example of the present invention. The system explanatory view showing other examples of composition of the nurse call device by the example of the present invention.

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1a to 4a, 1b to 4b,... ...... Call grip button 100 ... Vibration motors 20a, 20b, ... ...... Hallway light 30 ... Nurse call master 40 ... Nurse call controller 111 ... ( Speaker for plate slave unit 511 …… Speaker for hand slave unit

Claims (3)

A call grip button (1a to 4a, 1b to 4b,...) For calling a nurse from a caregiver and a call from the call grip button are detected, and the indicator light (200) flashes or lights up. Hallway lights (20a, 20b,...) For notifying the nurse and a nurse call master (30) for notifying the nurse of a call from the call grip button detected by the hallway light. ), And a nurse call controller (40) for controlling the corridor lamp and the nurse call master unit,
The call grip button includes a vibration motor (100) driven by a call confirmation signal generated in response to detection of the call in any one of the corridor lamp, the nurse call parent device, and the nurse call control device. ) Built-in nurse call device.   When the nurse call master unit responds to the call, it is driven by a response confirmation signal generated in response to detection of the response in any one of the corridor lamp, the nurse call master unit, and the nurse call controller. The nurse call device according to claim 1, wherein the vibration motor is driven with a drive pattern different from the drive pattern in the call confirmation signal.   Calls generated in response to detection of the call in any one of the corridor lamp, the nurse call master unit, and the nurse call control unit during day shifts among the nursing work zones set by the nurse call master unit The nurse call device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a call confirmation sound is output from the speaker (111, 511) by a confirmation signal and the vibration motor is driven by the call confirmation signal during night shift.

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