Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
  • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
  • A47G25/90—Devices for domestic use for assisting in putting-on or pulling-off clothing, e.g. stockings or trousers
  • A47G25/905—Devices for domestic use for assisting in putting-on or pulling-off clothing, e.g. stockings or trousers for stockings
  • A47G25/908—Removal devices
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
  • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
  • A47G25/90—Devices for domestic use for assisting in putting-on or pulling-off clothing, e.g. stockings or trousers
  • A47G25/905—Devices for domestic use for assisting in putting-on or pulling-off clothing, e.g. stockings or trousers for stockings

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an apparatus intended to facilitate the donning, on a member, of a tubular compressive orthosis, of the compression stocking type, made of elastic material, or the like, and a device for removing said orthosis.
• compression stockings or socks means compression stockings covering the thigh and the calf, tights covering the two lower limbs and the abdomen up to the waist, in one piece , or socks covering the calf alone.
• the tubular compressive orthoses are generally prescribed for the treatment of circulatory pathologies which often affect elderly patients, handicapped, sometimes handicapped on the motor level, affected by arthritis phenomena deforming the hands and feet, etc ... ie whose mobility is generally limited.
• their donning is particularly difficult for these people, especially at the place of the foot and ankle where the compression is the strongest, with a risk of misplacement, in particular at the place of the kick and the heel which are areas where donning is always quite delicate and all the more so as the pressure of the orthosis increases.
• the compression orthotics are prescribed for the treatment of circulatory pathologies which affect more particularly elderly patients whose mobility is very often limited and whose, at least, the muscular force is reduced, their donning and their removal requires the help of a third party.
• the present invention makes it possible to solve this problem of difficult donning and doffing by proposing an apparatus and a device of particularly simple designs, which can be easily maneuvered and requiring little effort from the person to be fitted with the orthosis or a third party to apply the orthosis to the patient or the person to remove the orthosis.
• this device intended to facilitate donning on a limb, of a tubular compressive orthosis, of the compression stocking type, made of elastic material or the like, is remarkable in that it comprises a carrying arm, an expander vice comprising a tubular body mounted in longitudinal sliding, being locked in rotation, on the carrying arm and two jaws opposite to drawing plates, substantially parallel, on which can be threaded, when the vice is closed and the two jaws are joined , a tubular orthosis in the retracted state of rest, a first jaw being integral with the tubular body and extending transversely from this body while the second jaw extends transversely from a slide mounted movable longitudinally, in being blocked in rotation, on the tubular body and a mechanism for controlling the opening of the vice mounted on the support arm, expander for exerting on the slide, solida ire of the second jaw, a push to gradually move the second jaw away from the first jaw to an extreme position of the slide corresponding to the maximum stretch of 1 Orthosis, stretching which is maintained by self-
• Another object of the invention relates to a device for the removal of socks, stockings, tights or the like, such as compression orthotics called “stockings or compression socks", made of a knitted elastic textile material which are prescribed for patients.
• a handle comprising a rod provided at its first end with a handle and at its second end with a curved spatula in the form of a crescent moon, decreasing cross section from its tip to its heel, said rod being secured to the spatula on its upper face near its heel, and in that the spatula has a convex upper face from its point to the rod and overall plane from the upper to the heel and a concave underside to create an extra thickness between the lower and upper surfaces of the spatula in front of the rod thus forming a dent on the upper face of the spatula so that, the tip of the spatula being inserted between the sock and the calf of a patient, said sock is removed from the foot by
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view of one expander as part of the apparatus shown in Figure 1
• FIGS 3,4,5 are partial schematic elevational views illustrating various positions of the control mechanism opening of the stretcher vice, to a position of maximum extension of an orthosis placed on the jaws of the vice,
• FIG. 6 is a plan view, on a larger scale, of the expander vice, in the initial closed position
• - Figure 7 is a vertical and transverse sectional view taken along line VII-VII of Figure 6
• FIG. 8 is a plan view of the expander vice during opening
• FIG. 9 is a plan view of the expander vice in the open position and maximum extension
• FIG. 10 is a view in vertical and transverse section taken along the line X-X of FIG. 9,
• FIG. 11 is a plan view of the expander vice in the maximum open position shown separated from the carrier arm of the device
• FIG. 12 is a plan view of the base of the apparatus
• FIG. 13 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a device for presenting the expander vice in an adjustable position
• FIG. 14 is a schematic elevation view of the presentation device shown in FIG. 13,
• FIG. 15 is a schematic elevational view of a hook fixed to a wall and supporting the control mechanism of the opening of the expander vice.
• FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the device for removing a compressive orthosis according to the invention.
• FIG. 17 is a horizontal sectional view taken along line B / B 'of Figure 16.
• FIG. 18 is a partial view in sagittal section of the device according to the invention shown in FIG. 16.
• the apparatus according to the invention which is shown as a whole in FIG. 1, comprises four parts separable from each other, namely an expander vice 1 and a mechanism 2 for controlling the opening of the expander vise 1, both located at the party upper part of the appliance, a base 3 resting on the ground or on another suitable support, and a vertical extension 4 connecting the upper control mechanism 2 to the base 3.
• the mechanism 2 comprises an upright 5 constituted by a section of section with a square or rectangular section, connecting to the upper end part of the extension 4, by mutual interlocking.
• the upper end of the upright 5 is fixed to one end of a horizontal support arm 6 constituted by a section of profile with a square cross section.
• the expander 1 is mounted to slide longitudinally on the support arm 6, being locked in rotation thereon.
• the vice 1 comprises a tubular body 7 constituted by a section of profile, with a square cross section, fitted axially with a slight clearance on the support arm 6.
• the vice 1 comprises two jaws 8 and 9, the one, namely the jaw 8 closest to the upright 5, is fixed to the tubular body 7 of the vice while the other jaw 9 can slide longitudinally on the body 7.
• the fixed jaw 8 consists of an arm 11 extending horizontally and transversely from the body 7 and fixed to the underside thereof, and a vertical stretching plate 12, integral with the arm 11, perpendicular to the latter and extending upwards .
• the other jaw namely the movable jaw 9, comprises a hollow slide 13, with internal cross section corresponding substantially to the external square cross section of the body 7, fitted onto this body 7.
• the slide 13 is integral with a horizontal arm and transverse 14, coplanar with the lower wall of the slide 13 and with the arm 11 of the fixed jaw 8 and extending parallel and horizontally on the same side as the latter.
• the arm 14 is integral with a vertical stretching plate 15 perpendicular to the arm 14, extending upwards, parallel and identical to the stretching plate 12 of the fixed jaw 8.
• the slide 13 carries, on its two lateral and vertical faces, two transversely opposite stops 16 which are involved in the control of the movement of the slide 13 on the body 7, as will be explained below.
• the stretching plates 12,15 have the same shape with a profile converging towards their ends affixed to the arms 11,14 supporting them and with several stages of variable width, in order to be able to thread suitably compression stockings of different diameters on the two plates 12,15.
• the stretching plate 15 comprises an upper retaining stage 15a of small width a, an intermediate retaining stage 15b of width b greater than the width a, and a lower retaining stage 15ç of width ç greater than the width b.
• the different stages 15a, 15b, 15c are defined by opposite rounded convex edges separated by concave rounded edges which act as "brakes" for hooking and retaining the edge of the opening of the compression stockings of different diameters .
• the mechanism 2 for controlling the opening of the expander 1 comprises a lever 17 located above the support arm 6, articulated, at its lower end, on the end of the support arm 6, around a horizontal axis and transverse 18, and comprising, at its upper end, an operating handle 19 and possibly another annular handle 21 facilitating gripping in certain positions.
• the mechanism 2 also includes a two-legged push fork 22 for establishing a mechanical connection between the lever 17 and the slide 13 of the expander vise 1.
• This two-legged fork 22 in the shape of a U, has a core 22a which is articulated, around a horizontal and transverse axis, on the lever 17, at a distance from the articulation axis 18 thereof which can be adjustable.
• the fork 22 also includes two parallel branches 22b, 22c which extend from the two ends of the core 22a, the lengths of which are adjustable and the pointed ends of which bear against the impressions formed in the rear faces of the stops corresponding sides 16 of the slide 13 of the expander vice 1.
• the device may advantageously comprise a plate, not shown in the figures, integral with the lever 17 and bent at its free ends to form a casing for protecting the tips of the branches 22b, 22c of the fork 22 in order to prevent any risk of injury when handling the device.
• a retractable stop 23 is constituted, by example, by a radial stud secured to a rod 24, of circular cross section, arranged coaxially inside a tube 25 also of circular cross section.
• This tube 25 has a diameter substantially equal to the width of the square internal cross section of the support arm 6 and it is welded to this arm.
• the radial stud 23 passes through a transverse lumen 26 formed in the wall of the tube 25.
• this lumen is such that it allows the internal rod 24 to rotate 45 ° between an active position in which the stud 23 s' extends vertically upwards and is in contact with the front end face of the body 7, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, and an inactive position in which the stud 23 is rotated by 45 °, as it is shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.
• the stud In this inactive position the stud extends along a diagonal of the square cross section of the body 7 and it has a sufficiently reduced height to be located completely inside this internal cross section, which allows this body 7 to slide freely outward to separate the expander 1 from the support arm 6, as shown in FIG. 11.
• the internal rod 24 is advantageously provided, at its end, with a handle 27 facilitating its rotation inside the tube 25.
• the tubular body 7 can advantageously comprise one or more openings in which the stud 23 is able to be positioned, the locations of the openings corresponding to predetermined spacings of the jaws 8,9, that is to say to determined contention sizes.
• the tubular body 7 may include a fixed stop positioned at its free end without departing from the scope of the invention.
• FIG. 3 the expander vice 1 is shown in the closed position in which the two jaws 8.9 are joined and a compression stocking A is threaded in the retracted state of rest, the two stretching plates 12,15 then adjacent.
• the lever 17 of the mechanism 2 is in a vertical position and its lower part forms a right triangle with the horizontal support arm 6 and the inclined thrust fork 22.
• the body 7 of the expander vice 1 is engaged on the support arm 6, with its front end face in abutment against the stud forming a stop 23.
• the pointed ends of the two branches 22b, 22ç_, forming pushers, of the fork 22 are themselves housed in the cavities provided in the rear faces of the stops 16 of the slide 13.
• FIG 12 shows a non-limiting embodiment of the base 3 of the device.
• This base 3 comprises two arched bars 28, 28 ′, in the form of a butt, symmetrical with respect to a vertical plane P, in which the support arm 6 and the lever 17 are located.
• the ends of the two bars 28, 28 ’ are provided pads 31 made of rubber or similar material ensuring four supports on the ground.
• the two bars 28.28 ' are straight over most of their length, they converge towards each other, forming an isosceles trapezoid.
• the extension 4 can be secured, at its lower part, to two opposite feet 33, 33 ′, constituted by arched rods and terminated by rubber support pads.
• This stability can possibly be reinforced by ground support plates welded to the lower part of the extension 4, and extending in the vertical plane P.
• the apparatus according to the invention can also be used without the extension 4, the support arm then being directly mounted on the base 3 by fitting its upright 5 onto the vertical post 32 of the base 3.
• FIGS. 13 and 14 represent a device 34 which can be mounted, in place of the mechanism 2 for controlling the opening of the expander 1, on the upper part of the extension 4.
• this device 34 can be mounted on the middle part of the extension 4 under the mechanism 2 for controlling the opening of the expander vice 1, without thereby departing from the scope of the invention.
• This device 34 is intended to facilitate threading of a stretched compression stocking A located on the expander vice 1 opened to the maximum by presenting this expander vise 1 in a position, adjustable in height and angularly around a horizontal axis, suitable for the user of the compression stocking A.
• the device 34 comprises a slide 35, constituted by a section of profile with square or rectangular cross section, mounted vertically movable on the extension 4 and which can be locked in an appropriate position in height, by means of a handle screw 36
• the slide 35 is integral with a pivot 37 with a horizontal axis around which a radial arm 38 can pivot, which can be immobilized in one of several preselected angular positions, by means of a lever 39.
• the pivot 37 may include an end portion with a cross section in the shape of a regular polygon engaging in a hole of the same shape made in the arm 38.
• a disc 41 secured to a central coaxial stud 42.
• This stud 42 has a square cross section fitting into the body 7, also of square cross section, of the stretcher vice 1.
• the disc 1 is integral with a large diameter handwheel 43 extending in a sector of a circle of about 140 °.
• the disc 41 is provided, on one of its front faces, with a peripheral ring of imprints cooperating with a ball catch device, not shown, in order to allow the disc 41 to be immobilized in rotation. and the expander vice 1 which it carries in any one of several different angular positions around the axis of the disc 1.
• FIG. 15 shows a wall support for the mechanism 2 for controlling the opening of the expander 1.
• This support is constituted by a hook 45, of vertical section of triangular shape, which is fixed to a wall by a face vertical.
• the hook 45 also has an upper face which is inclined downwards and outwards at an angle a of the order of 14 °.
• a perpendicular tenon 46 of rectangular or square cross section, on which can be fitted the upright 5 secured to the carrying arm 6.
• the tenon 46 and the lever 17 extend at an angle a relative to the horizontal when the lever 17 is in the rest position or inactive.
• This arrangement of the lever 17 slightly inclined upward relative to the horizontal allows the user of the device to make the best use of his muscular force to cause the opening of the stretcher vice 1.
• this mechanism could be motorized by using example an electric actuator for pushing the slide 13 on the body 7 of the vice 1.
• the stop device comprising the stud 23 and the bar 24 could be replaced by a simple pin engaging transversely in two opposite holes formed in two opposite walls of the support arm 6.
• the device according to the invention is also suitable for facilitating the donning of socks, stockings, tights or the like and that the examples which have just been given are only particular illustrations in no way. limiting cases as to the fields of application of the invention.
• the device for the removal of socks shown in Figure 16 and adapted to bear on the repository 44 shown in Figure 13, consists of a handle 101 comprising a rod 102, extending generally vertically, provided at its first so-called end upper of a handle 103, the ergonomics of which are advantageously adapted for gripping by a right-handed or a left-handed person, and at its second so-called lower end of a curved spatula 104 in the shape of a crescent moon similar to a traditional shoehorn .
• a handle 101 comprising a rod 102, extending generally vertically, provided at its first so-called end upper of a handle 103, the ergonomics of which are advantageously adapted for gripping by a right-handed or a left-handed person, and at its second so-called lower end of a curved spatula 104 in the shape of a crescent moon similar to a traditional shoehorn .
• the spatula 104 has a decreasing cross section from its tip 105 to its heel 106, the rod 102 of the handle 101 being secured to the spatula 104 on its upper face 107 near its heel 106, the tip 105 and the heel 106 thus corresponding to the distal and respectively proximal end of the tip 104.
• the upper face 107 is convex from its tip 105 to the rod 102 and generally planar of the rod 102 to the heel 106.
• the spatula 104 has, moreover, a concave lower face 108 of radius of curvature substantially equal to the radius of curvature of the upper face 107 convex, but of different centers, in order to create a greater thickness e between the lower 108 and upper 107 faces of the spatula 104 in front of the rod 102 thus forming a dent 109 on the upper face 107.
• the spatula 104 may have an upper face 107 convex from its tip 105 to the rod 102 and generally planar from the rod 102 to the heel 106 and a concave lower face 108 with a radius of curvature greater than the radius of curvature of the convex upper face 107 in order to create the extra thickness e between the lower 108 and upper 107 surfaces of the spatula 104, without thereby departing from the scope of the invention.
• the upper face 107 advantageously comprises a groove 110 extending from the tip 105 to the embossment 109, with reference to FIGS. 17 and 18, and in which the heel of the patient's foot slides during the removal of the orthosis as is will see it later.
• the groove 110 has a profile in the form of an arc of a circle, the generatrix of which decreases from the point 105 to the embossment 109 of the spatula 104 (FIG. 17). Furthermore, with reference to FIG.
• the spatula 104 is secured to the rod 102 by crimping its lower end in a blind hole 111 made on its upper face 107 near its heel 106 so that the axis A of the rod 102 forms an angle ⁇ of between 90 ° and 180 °, and preferably an angle of 157 °, with a straight line d passing through the point 105 and through the point of attachment of the rod 102 with the spatula 104.
• the rod 102 is advantageously bent at an appropriate angle in its lower part, that is to say near its end secured to the spatula 104 so that the latter forms an angle of 157 ° with the rod 102.
• blind hole 111 can be made on the upper face 107 of the spatula 104 so that its axis merges with the axis A of the rod 102, without departing from the scope of the invention.
• the rod 102 consists of a first hollow part, one of the ends of which is integral with the spatula 104 and in which slides a second part provided with the handle 103, the first hollow part comprising means for blocking the second part, such as a butterfly screw for example, in order to adjust the size of the rod 102 according to the morphology of the patient.
• a device according to the invention the rod 102 of which has a length of 51 cm from the handle 103 to the spatula 104 and the spatula 104 of which has a length of 225 mm and a maximum width of 45 mm can advantageously be used by patients of any morphology, whether they are disabled or not.
• FIG. 17 the operation of the device according to the invention for the removal of a sock type orthosis covering the calf.
• the patient grasps the device by the handle 103 and positions the tip 105 of the spatula 104 between the orthosis and his calf.
• the patient then operates a vertical downward movement as indicated by the arrow b represented in FIG.
• a pronation and supination movement is understood to mean a movement of the spatula 104 from outside to inside and respectively from inside to outside, that is to say a movement of the spatula 104 from the calf to the sagittal plane of the patient. and respectively a movement of the tip 4 of the calf outwards.
• the patient then continues its downward vertical movement until the tip 105 of the spatula 104 is positioned under the heel of the patient's foot, said spatula 104 being always positioned between the orthosis and the calf of the patient, so that the patient's heel is supported in the throat 110.
• the patient's heel then slides along the throat 110 to the embossment 109 where the extra thickness e releases the orthosis of the patient's heel so that the open end of The orthosis is located between the kick and the arch of the patient who, by a movement towards the front of the device, that is to say a movement towards the tip of his foot, definitively releases the orthosis his foot.
• the device according to one invention can advantageously be used to put an orthosis on the foot of a patient to facilitate the passage of the latter between the stroke foot and heel of said patient.
• spatula 104 of the device for the removal of orthoses from socks or the like in accordance with the invention can be obtained from any type of material such as plastic, metal, beef horn or analogous, and that the examples which have just been given are only particular illustrations, in no way limiting the fields of application of the invention.

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