DE2936924A1 - DEVICE FOR EASIER TRANSFER OF PATIENTS - Google Patents

Description

Facility to facilitate patient transfer

The invention relates to a device for ErIeA * preventing the transfer of patients between a patient carrier, e.g. a bed and a trolley-carried Patient lying plate, which is to rest on a lying part of the patient support device by lowering the patient bed and / or elevation of the patient support device is provided. When transferring a patient from a bed to a transportable cradle is to be placed, the trolley is placed next to the bed and with the bed on the bed part of the Lying on the bed. Uleil the bed part and the Bed plate usually have different inclinations, in most cases only one end part of the Bed plate come to rest on the bed surface, while the bed plate is more or less high above the rest of the lying part is located. This means that the patient comes into contact with the edge of the bed plate during the transfer, which is very painful and in many cases it can cause skin damage.

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The object of the present invention was to provide the above-mentioned Eliminate patient transmission problems with a simple, self-acting facility. This is according to the invention achieved with the aid of a hinge device that swivels the patient bed from a patient transport and / or patient shower position to a patient transfer position allowed if the patient bed relative to the bed surface of the patient support device runs obliquely when the patient bed and the bed surface are in contact with one another come.

The invention is discussed in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, which show:

1 shows a device according to the invention in a perspective illustration;

Fig. 2 in side view and in a schematic representation part of the device according to the invention with a patient bed in a patient transport and / or patient shower position drawn;

3 with the same part of the device according to the invention the patient bed in a transfer position in cooperation with a bed;

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4 schematically shows the rear end part of the patient bed ;

5 schematically shows the front end part of the patient bed, and

6 shows a joint device for the patient bed.

The patient transport unit 1 shown in FIG. 1 has an underframe 2 equipped with running wheels with a So-called lifting column 3, which consists of two telescopically displaceable with one another connected parts 4 and 5, the upper column part 5 by means of a lower column tail 4 provided lifting device can be raised and lowered. Lifting devices in connection with lifting columns are well known and are therefore withdrawn from a more detailed description.

The lifting column is intended to carry a patient bed 6, which in the illustrated embodiment, except for patient transport, can also be used to carry the patient while washing and showering. To be effective Ensuring underground drainage is known in and of itself Place the patient bed with recesses (not shown) equipped with a drain hole 7 in communication.

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To transfer a patient, the patient transport 1 is placed next to a "patient carrier ^{11 of a} suitable type, for example a bed 8, in such a way that a large part of the one edge portion 10 (see FIG. 5) of the patient bed plate 6 is above the bed portion 9 of the Bed β is located, ie above that part of the bed 8 on which the patient lies. Thereafter, the patient bed 6 is lowered by means of the lifting device of the lifting column 3 until the patient bed 6 rests on the bed part 9 of the bed 8. The patient bed 6 can also thereby brought to rest on the lying surface 9 that instead the lying part 9 of the bed 8 by means of a previously known (not shown) lifting device, or possibly by the fact that the lying part 9 of the bed 8 is lifted simultaneously with the lowering of the patient plate 6. To ensure that the patient lies comfortably during transport and that the water is effective / drained while (hash) and showering flows, the patient support plate 6 has an Abiuärtsneigung against its foot end containing the drain hole 7. The patient bed 6 inclining in this position θ will move against the horizontally oriented bed part 9 of the bed 8 with smaller parts at its foot section, while its remaining parts, above all the opposite end section of the patient bed 6, high above the bed section 9 (see Fig. Fig. 2) are located, which means that the patient in the transfer to the patient support plate 6 a painful

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Procedure is suspended because the longitudinal edge of the patient plate 6 stands in his way and forms an obstacle.

In principle, this object was achieved with the aid of an articulated device 11, which swivels the patient bed 6 from a patient transport and / or patient shower position A to a patient transfer position B allowed when the patient bed 6 is relatively to the lying surface 9 of the patient support device 8 obliquely runs when the patient support plate 6 and the Liacjufläche 9 come into contact with each other. With this arrangement, an automatic one can be achieved with simple means Adjustment, whereby the differences between the inclination of the patient bed 6 and the inclination of the bed surface 8 can be completely balanced or at least greatly reduced.

In order to operate the patient bed 6 in in different ways and with the smallest possible number of parts To enable the joint device 11 also suitably allows a lateral tilting of the patient bed 6 to a cleaning position in order to clean the underside 12 of the patient bed 6 after releasing a preventing the patient bed from tipping sideways, but swiveling it between the patient transport and / or patient shower position A on the one hand and the patient transfer position B, on the other hand, permitting blocking

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direction 13.

LJm to eliminate any risk of "turning inside out" when the patient bed plate 6 is between the patient transport and / or patient shower position A and the transfer position B is a movement limiting device 14 is provided to limit this movement.

An extremely simple and robust joint construction results from the fact that the joint device 11 has a pivot axis 15 has to which the patient support plate 6 at the side Tilting swivels, with the patient support plate 6 around a pivot axis 16 running transversely relative to this pivot axis 15 when pivoting between the patient trans- port and / or patient shower position A and the transfer position B is pivoted.

The actuation of the patient bed 6 is simple LYlasshaben facilitated by the fact that the locking device 13 has a locking member 17 which when tilting the Patient bed 6 from the cleaning position C to Patient transport and / or patient shower position A is released against the action of a return organ that the Locking member 17 is intended to automatically return to engagement with the patient bed 6 to prevent lateral tilting to prevent this plate automatically.

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ORIGINAL INSPECTED

To get a construction that is only mean Parts below the patient bed 6 blocked and this when transporting patients and showering in a strong Holds handle, the articulation device 11 has a yoke-shaped transport carriage upper part 19 and interacting therewith Fittings 20,21 on the patient bed 6, with both fittings 20,21 with the yoke-shaped upper part 19 for the purpose lateral tilting of the patient bed 6 are articulated and one fitting 20 with some play cooperates with the yoke-shaped upper part 19 to pivot the patient bed 6 between patient transport and / or patient shower position A and transfer position B while the other fitting 21 is on Movement limiting organ to limit the aforementioned Forms pivoting movement. The yoke-shaped transport trolley top 19 has a tube 22 with a spindle bolt 23, on which one fitting 20 of the patient bed 6 partly to enable the patient bed to be tilted sideways 6 is rotatably mounted, is partly mounted with such a game that the patient bed 6 in sufficient IYIa ße can be swiveled. The pipe 22 wej-st a second spindle bolt 24 on which the other fitting 21 of the patient bed 6 is rotatable and displaceable is stored, and the trolley top 19 has a second tube 25, wherein one of the lateral tilting the patient bed 6 preventing locking device

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is provided in that a locking member contained therein 17 in the end part of the tube 25 outside of a return element is displaceably mounted in the form of a helical spring 18, where the other tube 25 also has a Support for the other fitting 21 of the patient bed 6 or its area adjacent to this fitting 21 when this plate 6 is in the patient transport and / or Patient shower position A is located. The yoke-shaped trans- portujagen top 19 is preferably attached with an incline, around the patient bed 6 in a tilting patient transport and / or patient shower cover A. hold, wherein the transport carriage upper part 19 is advantageously attached to the lifting column 3 by means of screws 26 so that it can be dismantled, and he can possibly in different inclinations depending be mountable as required.

The patient bed 6 can be tilted to the side be designed by more than 90, so that they are in one Cleaning position C can be adjusted obliquely upwards and outwards from the patient couchette 8, whereby the Accessibility for cleaning the underside 12 is facilitated.

To create a "smoother transition" between the lying surface 9 and the patient bed 6 when transferring the To reach patients, that edge area 10 of the

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Patient bed 6, which is on the bed 9 Patient support device 8 should rest, made of an elastic Material exist or such a material can be contained therein, so that the edge region 10 is then deformed after the lying surface, man lies on it and / or if the patient opposes during the transfer the edge area 10 presses. This is achieved simply in that the edge area 10 of the patient bed is elastically deformable in that it has no stiffening parts has while the middle parts of the patient bed plate 6 are equipped with stiffeners.

Apart from the above-mentioned arrangements, mostly the one drawn Patient transport stomach 1 and its bed plate 6 some Details that lack inventive character, but are important for fulfilling necessary functions. So the journal of the joint device 11 consists of a bolt 23 which is screwed into the tube 22. The fitting 20 het a hole 27 for the bolt 23 and this hole 27 is wider than the bolt 23, so that the game mix the fitting 20 and the bolt 23 is large enough so that lq Patient bed 6 from their patient transport and / or Patient shower position A (with full lines in 6) to a mainly horizontal transfer position B (with dot-dash lines in dci r Fig. 6) or a sloping transmission part lumj L) '

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(shown in phantom in Fig. 6 and Fig. 3) pivoted can be. To effectively hold the fitting 20 on the bolt 23, it can be positioned between the head 29 of the bolt 23 and the fitting 20 have a plate 28.

The journal 24 can also consist of a screw screwed into the tube 22 Bolts consist of a movement-limiting Long hole 30 of the fitting 21 protrudes through it, which is supported on the end of the tube 25 when the patient bed 6 is in position A.

The locking member 17 of the locking device 13 has a release handle 31, which protrudes through an elongated hole (not shown) of the tube 25 from this. The release handle 31 is to actuate the locking member 17 from a hole 32 of the fitting 20 for the purpose of releasing the fitting 20 and thus the patient bed 6 to tilt this sideways Plate provided. The locking member 17 consists of a piston with a beveled end surface 33, such that this can be automatically moved away from the fitting 20 when the patient bed 6 from position C to Position A is tilted back.

Finally, it should be mentioned that the tube 22 has stops 34 to limit the lateral tilting movement of the patient.

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has bed plate 6, and that the patient bed plate 6 U / asserabf lußka channels 35, which simultaneously give a Μβτ- strengthening of the central parts of the plate. The details shown on the drawing can of course be varied in number as well as in design.

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Claims (10)

Reference: Applicant: Hans Arne Valentin Johansson Trehäradsvägen 36, S-241 00 Eslöv / Schuedsn Claims ί 1./Device to facilitate patient transfer between a patient support device (8), e.g. a bed, and a transport-supported patient bed (6) to lie on a bed part (9) of the patient support device (8) by lowering the patient bed (6) and / or raising the patient support device (8) is provided, characterized by a hinge device (11)> the one pivot the patient bed (6) from a patient transport and / or patient shower position (A) to a patient Farnaprectwr: Lindau (083 82) 6917 130Ö08 / 0S69 Telegraph: Office hours: Bank accounts: 054374 by agreement Bayer. Vereinsbank Lindau (B) No. 1208578 (BLZ 735 200 74) Hypo-Bank Lindau (B) No. 6670-278 920 (BLZ 736 206 42) Volksbank Lindau (B) No. 51720000 (BLZ 73590120) Postal checking account Munich 295 2f> -009 transfer position allowed when the patient bed (6) relative to the lying surface (9) of the patient support device (8) runs obliquely when the patient bed (6) and the bed surface (9) are in contact with one another come. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the joint device (11) also tilting the patient bed to the side (6) to a cleaning position to allow cleaning of the underside (12) of the patient bed plate (6) after release to allow a locking device (13) that prevents lateral tilting of the patient bed (6), but you Pivoting between the patient transport and / or patient shower position (1) on the one hand and the patient transfer position (θ) on the other. 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by a movement limiting device (14) to limit the movement of the patient bed (6) when it is pivoted between the patient transport and / or patient shower position (A) and the transmission position (B). 4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the 13ÖÖÖ8 / O569 Joint device (11) has a pivot axis (15) in order to which is the patient bed (6) at the side Tilting v / pivoted, whereby the patient bed (6) anc, aorts when swiveling between the patient transport and / or patient shower position (a) and the transfer position (b) about a relative / to the named pivot axis (15) to pivot transverse pivot axis (16). 5. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the locking device (13) has a locking member (17) which, when the patient bed (6) is tilted from the cleaning position (c) to the patient transport and / or patient shower position (A) is released against the action of a return element (18), which Organ automatically restores the locking member (17) for engagement with the patient bed (6) to prevent lateral tilting this plate to v / prevent automatically. 6. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the articulation device (11) has a yoke-shaped upper trolley part (19) and associated fittings (20,21) on the Has patient bed (6), both fittings (20, 21) are articulated to the yoke-shaped upper part (19) for lateral tilting of the patient bed (6) are, and wherein the one fitting (20) under play with the 130008/0569 ~ ⁴ " yoke-shaped upper part (19) cooperates to the pivoting movement the patient bed (6) between the patient transport and / or patient shower position (A) and the transfer position (b) to allow, while the other fitting (21) a movement limiting device to limit the forms called pivoting movement. 7. Device according to claim 6, characterized in that the yoke-shaped transport carriage upper part (19) has a tube (22) with an axle bolt (23) on which one fitting (20) of the patient bed plate (6) is partly rotatably mounted in order to enable the lateral tilting of the patient bed (6), partly is mounted with play to the pivoting movement of the patient bed (6) between the patient transport and / or Patient shower position (A) and the transfer position (B) to enable the tube (22) to have a second axle bolt (24) on which the other fitting (21) of the patient bed plate (6) is rotatably and displaceably mounted so that the upper part of the trolley (19) has a second tube (25), in which a locking device (13) preventing the patient bed (6) from tilting sideways it is effective that a locking member (17) contained therein in the end part of the tube (25) outside of a restoring member in slidably mounted in the form of a helical spring (18) is, and that the second tube (25) also provides a support for 130008/0569 " ⁵ " the second fitting (21) of the patient bed (6) or for its parts adjacent to this when the patient bed is in its patient transport and / or Patient shower position (A). 8. Device according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the yoke-shaped Transpcrtwagen top part (19) is inclined to support the patient bed (6) in an inclined patient transport and / or to hold patient shower position (A), the The upper part of the transport trolley (19) can be attached and possibly mounted in different inclinations. 9. Device according to one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the Patient bed (6) is designed such that it more than 90 can be tilted to the side in order to be able to be set in a cleaning position (c), in which it inclines obliquely upwards and outwards from the patient couchette (8). 10. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least an edge part (10) of the patient support plate (6), the to rest on the lying surface (9) of the patient support device (8) is provided, made of elastic material 130008/0569 ORIGINAL INSPECTED exists or contains such a material in such a way that it is the edge part (10) when applied against this and / or luenn the patient is against the edge part during the transfer (10) is supported, after the lying surface (9) v / deformed. 1 30008/0569