EP1523972A1 - Vorrichtung zum Ein- und Aussteigen in eine Badewanne, insbesondere für physisch beeinträchtigte Personen - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Ein- und Aussteigen in eine Badewanne, insbesondere für physisch beeinträchtigte Personen Download PDF

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EP1523972A1
EP1523972A1 EP04292432A EP04292432A EP1523972A1 EP 1523972 A1 EP1523972 A1 EP 1523972A1 EP 04292432 A EP04292432 A EP 04292432A EP 04292432 A EP04292432 A EP 04292432A EP 1523972 A1 EP1523972 A1 EP 1523972A1
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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
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1001—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto specially adapted for specific applications
    • A61G7/1003—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto specially adapted for specific applications mounted on or in combination with a bath-tub
    • 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
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1013—Lifting of patients by
    • A61G7/1019—Vertical extending columns or mechanisms
    • 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
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1025—Lateral movement of patients, e.g. horizontal transfer
    • A61G7/1034—Rollers, rails or other means
    • 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
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/104—Devices carried or supported by
    • A61G7/1044—Stationary fixed means, e.g. fixed to a surface or bed
    • 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
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/104—Devices carried or supported by
    • A61G7/1046—Mobile bases, e.g. having wheels
    • 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
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1049—Attachment, suspending or supporting means for patients
    • A61G7/1059—Seats
    • 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
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1073—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G7/1074—Devices foldable for storage

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  • the present invention relates to a device for facilitate access to a bathtub for people to reduced mobility such as people with disabilities accidental or similar.
  • said device consists of a vertical column fixed in lower part to the wall or floor by a flange and in upper part to the wall or ceiling by a second flange, said column being housed in a bracket provided an extension so that it is able to rotate around its longitudinal axis.
  • This device includes a seat secured to a support at the free end of an arm secured to the bracket so as to rotate said seat from a first position where the seat extends to side of the bath to a second position where said seat extends over the bath, device advantageously comprising a clamping handle to to ensure the locking in rotation of the seat.
  • One of the aims of the invention is therefore to remedy these disadvantages by proposing a device to facilitate access to a bathtub for people with reduced mobility simple and inexpensive design, space saving minimum for storage and requiring the minimum intervention of specialized staff.
  • a device to facilitate access to a bathtub as well as its use to people to reduced mobility comprising on the one hand a armchair consisting of a base that supports a seat having a backrest and a seat, and on the other hand a bench transfer system attached to the base and which is suitable for extend transversely above the bath in protruding outside the latter and able to receive the seat of the chair, which seat includes means for sliding along the transfer bench since a first position where it extends outside the bathtub to a second position where it extends above of the bathtub and conversely, remarkable in that said device comprises a vertical frame or tilted from top to bottom and back to front, along which are able to slide the file and the seat of the seat so as to allow a vertical movement of said seat, and thus bring the person to mobility reduced in the bathtub, and vice versa.
  • the transfer bench consists of a profile telescopic device comprising at least one secondary segment sliding in a main segment secured to base of the chair so that they extend horizontally behind the backrest, parallel to this latest.
  • the bench of transfer may consist of a folder profile.
  • the device according to the invention allows to move a person with reduced mobility up to inside a bathtub and conversely for him allow the bath to be used normally without require the transfer of that person from one seat to another other.
  • the invention consists of a chair 1 consisting of a base 2 which supports a seat 3 comprising a back 4 and a seat 5 and equipped with a transfer bench 6 able to extend transversely over a bathtub 7 protruding outside this last, said transfer bench 6 being, moreover, adapted to receive the seat 3 of the chair 1 which comprises means for sliding along the transfer bench 6 since a first position where the seat 3 extends to the outside from the bath 7, to a second position where said seat 3 extends above the bath 7 and Conversely.
  • the base 2 consists of a column 8 globally vertical at its lower end so-called carrying arms 9 extending globally horizontally, radially, crosswise, and whose free ends comprise rolling means 10.
  • each rolling means 10 consists, for example, of a ball 11 positioned in a enclosure 12 of revolution, secured to the free end of a carrier arm 9 and open so that the circular opening 13 of the chamber 12 extends to soil right and has a diameter smaller than the diameter of the ball 11, a part of said ball 11 making protruding from the enclosure 12.
  • the rolling means 10 advantageously comprise small balls 14 positioned between the ball 11 and the inner wall of the enclosure 12.
  • the rolling means 10 advantageously comprise means for blocking the ball not shown in the figures.
  • rolling means 10 can be substituted by any other equivalent means such as roulettes well known to those skilled in the art.
  • the transfer bench 6 is secured to the upper end of the base 2 so that it extends horizontally behind the backrest 4 of the chair 1, parallel to the latter.
  • This transfer bench 6 is, for example, consists of a telescopic rail comprising at least one secondary sliding segment 6 has a main segment 6b secured to the base 2 of the chair 1, the side segment 6 is being placed in the extension the main segment 6b so as to ensure continuity of the translation of the seat 3 on the transfer bench 6.
  • the transfer bench 6 can be consisting of an extensible profile or the like, comprising means which provide an elongation of said profile, such a second section articulated at the free end of the first section along a vertical axis of rotation, horizontal or oblique, without departing from the invention.
  • the transfer bench 6 may be an independent element of the chair 1 with which it will cooperate.
  • the transfer bench is an assembly comprising a profile principal resting on one of the lateral edges of the bathtub, which profile is provided with two support arms, each arm resting on one of the longitudinal edges of the bathtub.
  • the main profile is of the extendable type, as explained above, and includes means for coupling to the seat 3 and to the base 2 of the chair 1 so that the seat 3 can translate along said bench of transfer 6.
  • the bench of transfer 6 is able to receive a slide 15 advantageously provided with locking means and positioned at the lower end of a frame 16, constituted of tubular elements for example, inclined from top to bottom and back to front, and along which chassis is apt to slide the backrest 4 and the seat 5 of the seat 3 of the armchair 1, so as to allow vertical movement 3.
  • the device includes advantageously actuating means constituted by example, a jack 17 whose body 18 is integral with the frame 16 and whose rod 19 is secured to the back of the folder 4 to slide the folder 4 along the chassis 16, the cylinder 17 being powered by a source feed 20 adapted to the type of cylinder.
  • the folder 4 consists, for example, of a piece obtained in a thermo-molded plastic material provided along its edges vertical longitudinal wheels 21 slidable in longitudinal rails 22 integral with the frame 16.
  • the seat 5 is articulated at the lower end of the folder 4, around an axis 23, and is also obtained in a thermo-molded plastic material.
  • the axis 23 around which pivots the seat 5 advantageously comprises means for locking the seat 5 with respect to the backrest 4 following a determined angle.
  • the device comprises a footrest 24 articulated about an axis 25 positioned at the free end of the seat 5, said axis 25 extending parallel to the axis of articulation 23 of the seat 5 relative to the backrest 4 and comprising locking means of said footrest 24 relative to the seat 5 at a determined angle.
  • This footrest allows the passage over the longitudinal edge of the tub of the legs of the person with reduced mobility sitting in the device and thus facilitates the transfer of this person from outside the tub into it.
  • This footrest 24 consists of a tubular frame 26 of generally rectangular cross section, one end of which is articulated to the axis 25 and along which is able to slide a support 27 on which the calves of the person with reduced mobility.
  • This support 27 consists of a piece of generally rectangular shape obtained in a thermo-molded plastic material, comprising a transverse central recess 28 of generally rectangular cross-section adapted to receive the tubular reinforcement 26 and whose wings 27 a, 27 b, which extend on either side of said central recess 28, present a slight concavity oriented towards the calves of the person with reduced mobility.
  • frame 16 of the seat 3 is advantageously rotatable around a horizontal axis 29 extending parallel to the folder 4, at the upper end of column 8 of base 2, so that after being folded successively the footrest 24 under the seat 5 and the seat 5 on the back 4, the whole is folded against the column 8 of the base 2. This reduces particularly significant the size of the device in order to facilitate its storage when it is not used.
  • the horizontal arms said carriers 9 are telescopic, to improve the stability of the chair 1.
  • the column 8 of the base 2 is also advantageously constituted by telescopic segments which comprise a base column 8 has , at the lower end of which extend the support arms 9 and in which is vertically slidable at least one secondary column 8b , at the upper end of which are secured the transfer bench 6 and the frame 16 of the seat 3.
  • the secondary column 8b is vertically moved by suitable actuator means such as pneumatic means, for example, positioned in the base of column 8 a.
  • the support arms 9 are integral with a vertical shaft 30 hinged to the lower end of the column 8 of the base 2 about a horizontal axis 31 extending parallel to the transfer bench 6.
  • the column 8 of the base 2 is able to pivot about a vertical axis 32.
  • the secondary segment 6a of the transfer bench 6 comprises at its free end a support arm 33 shown in dashed lines extending horizontally toward the front of the wheelchair 1 perpendicular to segments 6a, 6b of the transfer bench 6, said support arm 33 being adapted to bear against the upper longitudinal edge of the tub 7 in order to ensure greater stability of the device.
  • the transfer bench will be provided with two support arms, each arm resting on one of the longitudinal edges of the bath, as in the case of the variant not shown of the independent transfer bench, provided with coupling means at headquarters 1.
  • the device can advantageously understand at the base of seat 5, that is to say nearby of the hinge axis 23 of the seat 5 relative to the folder 4, in its middle part, a recess, no shown in the figures, to facilitate the cleaning of the person with reduced mobility taking place in the
  • the device can advantageously include a water pipe positioned under the seat 5, along the edge of the central recess of seat 5, connected to a water supply and provided with its wall of holes to provide oriented water jets towards the central recess of seat 5, so that when a person with reduced mobility is positioned in chair 1, said jets come to hit the party posterior of this person's pelvis.
  • the backrest 4 and the seat 5 can advantageously be removably mounted on the frame 16 to allow changes in said file 4 and said seat 5 according to the anatomy of the user.
  • the chair 1 of the following device may advantageously comprise armrests removable or retractable, not shown in the figures, for greater comfort of the user.
  • the person with reduced mobility sitting in the armchair 1 of the device she is brought into her armchair 1 along a bathtub 7 by a third person, a caregiver for example, then the bench of transfer 6 is placed in such a way that it relies on one of the side edges and on at least one of the edges of the bathtub 7.
  • the caregiver operates then the cylinder 17 of the frame 16 of the seat 3 so that the folder 4 and seat 5 are moving globally vertically upwards along the frame 16 until that the seat 5 and the footrest 24 extend over 7.
  • the frame 16 of the seat 3 is then moved along the transfer bench 6 until said seat 3 extends above the bath 7.
  • the frame 16 is then blocked along the transfer bench 6 by the blocking means integral with the slide positioned at the lower end of the frame 16 of 3.
  • the aid caregiver actuates the cylinder 17 to move down the seat 3 of the chair 1 along the frame 16 until that the person with reduced mobility is immersed in the bathtub 7.

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