EP0957726A1 - Veefahren und vorrichtung zum stützen eines körpers, insbesondere eines patienten, mit einer von der steuervorrichtung unabhängigen stützvorrichtung - Google Patents

Veefahren und vorrichtung zum stützen eines körpers, insbesondere eines patienten, mit einer von der steuervorrichtung unabhängigen stützvorrichtung

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EP0957726A1
EP0957726A1 EP97952970A EP97952970A EP0957726A1 EP 0957726 A1 EP0957726 A1 EP 0957726A1 EP 97952970 A EP97952970 A EP 97952970A EP 97952970 A EP97952970 A EP 97952970A EP 0957726 A1 EP0957726 A1 EP 0957726A1
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filling
control device
chamber
support
support device
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Jean-Louis Viard
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Hill Rom Industries SAS
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/05—Parts, details or accessories of beds
    • A61G7/057—Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G2203/00—General characteristics of devices
    • A61G2203/30—General characteristics of devices characterised by sensor means
    • A61G2203/32—General characteristics of devices characterised by sensor means for force

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  • Method and apparatus for supporting an element to be supported in particular the body of a patient, having a support device independent of the control device
  • the invention relates essentially to a method and an apparatus for supporting an element to be supported, in particular the body of a patient, comprising a support device proper and a control or command device independent and physically separate from the device. support.
  • the invention finds a particularly advantageous application in the prevention and treatment of complications related to bed rest and prolonged immobilization, in particular pressure sores.
  • a measuring device comprising a first element integrated into the support device, which complicated the manufacturing technology and had the consequence of exposing it to damage likely to be inflicted on the element of support itself.
  • the control and command means were arranged outside, which increased the space requirement and generated connection and installation difficulties.
  • this prior device had the drawback that technical elements were mixed with the therapeutic surface, which increased the difficulty of managing the therapeutic surface, in particular with regard to interchangeability.
  • the present invention aims to solve the new technical problem of providing a solution which allows to completely dissociate the means of control and command means support and in particular of the mattress constituting the prevention and therapeutic treatment surface in the case of the body of a patient to be supported.
  • the main object of the present invention is also to solve the new technical problem consisting in providing a solution which makes it possible to simplify the technology for manufacturing the support element, and in particular a mattress in the case of the support. a patient's body, and to make it independent of the control and command technology of this support element, while maintaining a simple structure, with a minimum of connection (s) and in particular avoiding that these connections can be involuntarily accessible or damaged.
  • the present invention also aims to solve the new technical problem consisting in providing a solution which allows easy replacement of the support element, in particular a mattress in the event of damage or contamination, without affecting substantially the means of control and / or control.
  • the present invention provides a method of supporting an element to be supported, in particular the body of a patient, comprising the provision of at least one support device comprising at least one closed or controlled, flexible exhaust, means for filling or discharging a filling fluid from said chamber, as well as means for controlling these filling or evacuation means, characterized in that said support device is provided with essentially only at least said closed chamber or with controlled exhaust, as well as means for input or output of the filling fluid, and that in that there is provided an independent control device disposed under the support device, said control device comprising the means for filling or evacuating the filling fluid from the chamber as well as the actual control means for filling or evacuating n of the filling fluid.
  • this method is characterized in that the independent control device also comprises means for measuring the driving distance of the element to be supported in the support device, said independent control device comprising means control of the filling or evacuation means present in said independent control device, to control the filling or evacuation of the filling fluid from said chamber of the support element as a function at least of the driving distance measured.
  • the invention provides a method characterized in that the measurement device present in the independent control device provides information reflecting the depression of the element to be supported in the support device and comprises a metallic foil associated with a spacer element of predetermined thickness and compressible as a function of the driving-in distance of the element to be supported in the chamber of the support device, said metallic foil cooperating with an impedance variator element whose position is fixed and substantially opposite to said metal sheet, in particular under the external surface of the spacer element of variable thickness, thus generating an electrical signal which is a function of the driving distance of the element to be supported in the device medium which is transmitted to the control system.
  • the spacer element with variable thickness is itself disposed on a fixed spacer element.
  • a shielding element in particular a shielding induction reactor, disposed on the opposite face of the spacer element fixed relative to the variator element d above impedance interposed between the spacer element of variable thickness and said fixed spacer element.
  • the aforementioned support device is incorporated into an individual cover, the independent control device is itself incorporated into a second independent individual cover, the support device and the device independent control device comprising coupling means allowing the control device to control the filling or evacuation of the filling fluid from the chamber of the support device.
  • control device occupies an area at most equivalent to the area intended to receive the support device.
  • the element to be supported is the body of a patient and the support element is constituted by a mattress comprising one or more closed or exhaust chambers flexible control mentioned above, said mattress constituting the prevention or treatment surface, and the independent control device having all of the means for controlling and controlling the therapeutic surface.
  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for supporting an element to be supported, in particular the body of a patient, comprising at least one support device comprising at least one closed chamber or with controlled, flexible exhaust, means for filling or evacuating a filling fluid from said chamber as well as means for controlling these filling or evacuating means, characterized in that the support device essentially comprises only at least said closed chamber or at controlled exhaust, the support device also comprising an independent control device disposed under the support device, said control device comprising the means for filling or evacuating the filling fluid from the chamber as well as the control means themselves filling or discharging the filling fluid.
  • the present invention makes it possible to resolve the new technical problem previously stated well.
  • the support element in particular a mattress, which is entirely conventional in the context of the support of bedridden or immobilized patients for periods of time extended and especially in the context of the treatment of these patients, the invention allows ideal interchangeability since the element to be supported or the mattress is independent, simple and inexpensive construction, it does not include any technical element.
  • this support element in particular a mattress, serves as a sort of protective surface for the independent control device which is, in addition, itself protected by an individual protective cover.
  • the invention provides a decisive technical improvement making it possible to lower the cost of manufacture and especially of operation, which constitutes a major concern for the management of equipment, in particular in a hospital environment.
  • the invention is very versatile since it can be adapted to any structure of the support device, in particular mattresses, in particular single-chamber mattresses or mattresses with multiple non-communicating or communicating chamber (s), surfaces whose operating modes are different, in particular support surfaces in mono continuous mode - or multi-rooms, surfaces with alternating or rotating pressures or pulsations or percussions, without limitation.
  • the single figure shows in longitudinal section a support device according to the present invention comprising a support device comprising a support device itself and an independent control device according to an embodiment currently preferred according to the present invention.
  • This support apparatus 10 comprises a support device proper having a general reference number 20 which comprises at least one closed chamber 21 or with controlled, flexible exhaust, having an upper face 22 and a lower face 23, said chamber being enclosed in an individual protective cover 24.
  • the chamber 21 comprises interconnection means 26 connected by connection means represented by the general reference number 30 with corresponding interconnection elements 28 integrated in an independent control device represented by the general reference number 40 which will now be described.
  • This independent control device 40 advantageously comprises an individual protective cover 43 inside which are arranged the control and command members 50, 41, 42 which will now be described.
  • the control member 50 preferably comprises, according to a currently preferred embodiment, means for measuring the mirror information of the depression of an element to be supported, in particular the body of a patient P, in the chamber 21 of the support device 20.
  • These measuring means advantageously comprise a metal sheet 51 associated here with the upper surface of a spacer element 52 of variable thickness reacting to the depression of the patient's body P in the chamber 21 of the support element 20, cooperating with an impedance variator element 53 disposed under the opposite surface of the spacer element 52 of variable thickness.
  • the impedance variator element 53 is itself disposed on the upper face of a fixed spacing element 54.
  • a shielding element preferably consisting of a shielding inductor 55, disposed at a predetermined distance from the measuring element 53, which is provided by the presence of the rigid spacer 54, to inhibit any influence of a metallic mass located below the measuring device or in its environment, which is generally the case at least for the chassis of the device .
  • the impedance variator element 53 and the shielding element 55 are electrically connected to a control unit 42 which controls the means 41 for filling or evacuating the fluid filling the chamber 21 of the support device.
  • the spacer 52 of variable thickness can be made in various ways. It may simply be a bladder inflatable by a fluid such as air or water, or a foam element of suitable density, compressible. Other alternative embodiments of this spacer element 52 of variable thickness are naturally within the reach of those skilled in the art.
  • the control member 50, 41, 42 naturally comprises the means for filling or evacuating itself with the fluid filling the chamber 21 of the support element 20.
  • These means for filling or evacuating are well known from those skilled in the art and for example comprise a pumping means such as a pump or a turbine, air or water and the discharge means generally comprise a valve connected to the atmosphere which is selectively controlled by the control unit 42.
  • this device is particularly simple and results from the simplified and interchangeable design of the support element, preferably a patient support mattress which can be changed very simply by simply disconnecting the filling or discharge connections 30 and this simplicity applies also to the independent control device. It is also possible in the event of failure of the control device to replace it without having to remove the patient from the support element, in particular a mattress.
  • the invention also includes all the means constituting technical equivalents of the means described as well as their various combinations.
  • the single figure is an integral part of the present invention and therefore of the present description.

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  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Nursing (AREA)
  • Invalid Beds And Related Equipment (AREA)
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  • Accommodation For Nursing Or Treatment Tables (AREA)
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  • Infusion, Injection, And Reservoir Apparatuses (AREA)
EP97952970A 1996-12-23 1997-12-22 Verfahren und vorrichtung zum stützen eines körpers, insbesondere eines patienten, mit einer von der steuervorrichtung unabhängigen stützvorrichtung Expired - Lifetime EP0957726B1 (de)

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FR9615849A FR2757378B1 (fr) 1996-12-23 1996-12-23 Procede et appareil de support d'un element a supporter, en particulier le corps d'un patient, presentant un dispositif de support independant d'un dispositif de controle
FR9615849 1996-12-23
PCT/FR1997/002377 WO1998027850A1 (fr) 1996-12-23 1997-12-22 Procede et appareil de support d'un element a supporter, en particulier le corps d'un patient, presentant un dispositif de support independant du dispositif de commande

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EP (1) EP0957726B1 (de)
JP (1) JP4091989B2 (de)
AT (1) ATE233509T1 (de)
AU (1) AU5667798A (de)
BR (1) BR9714051A (de)
CA (1) CA2274950C (de)
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