Classifications

• • 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
  • A61G7/001—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons with means for turning-over the patient
• • 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
  • A61G7/002—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons having adjustable mattress frame
  • A61G7/008—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons having adjustable mattress frame tiltable around longitudinal axis, e.g. for rolling
• • 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
  • 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
• • 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
  • A61G7/1032—Endless belts

Definitions

• the present invention is in the paramedical field and more particularly relates to a motorized device for assisting in patient decubitus change.
• a motorized apron ensuring the turning of the patient.
• This apron is inflatable and rests directly on the mattress of the bed, under the patient.
• a flap covers the patient at the moment of the change of position, so as to surround.
• airbags hold the body sideways.
• These cushions are integral with a motorized barrier, provided for rotation in rotation about the longitudinal axis of the bed.
• the bands do not offer a regular maintenance of the patient all over the body, compressing certain delicate areas, especially after hospitalization.
• the object of the invention is therefore to overcome the disadvantages of the state of the art by proposing a motorized device for assisting in the change of decubitus of a bedridden patient.
• An advantage of the invention resides first of all in maintaining the patient through enveloping sheets.
• the fabric of the sheets allows an adjustable tightening in tension of the patient, without traumatism, with an optimal maintenance.
• the invention provides locking means effective sheets on all or part of the length of their longitudinal edges. This blocking offers a simple and quick solution to implement.
• said patient is wrapped between a top sheet and a bottom sheet of a bed and said device comprises a structure supporting means for reversing said patient by rotation under the action of driving means, said turning means being in the form of at least two winding bars of the longitudinal edges of said sheets from above and below and being provided at each bar of locking means of said sheets.
• Such a device is characterized in that said locking means comprise at least one insertion space of at least a portion of the edges of said sheets and means for holding said edges by gripping within said space.
• Figure 1 is a perspective representation of the device according to the invention.
• FIG. 2 is a view from above of FIG. 1;
• Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 2 along the axis B-B ';
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a detail of the invention.
• FIGS. 5A, 5B and 5B are views similar to FIG. 3 of the successive steps of using the device according to the invention.
• the present invention therefore relates to a motorized device 1 for assisting in the change of decubitus of a patient 2 bed.
• Said patient 2 is in an extended position, wrapped between a top sheet 3 and a bottom sheet 4 of a bed, more particularly above the bed of the latter (not shown).
• the device 1 according to the invention is able to change the decubitus of the patient 2 thus bedridden, in particular to move without constraint of an elongated ventral to dorsal position, or conversely, or even an intermediate position, in particular on the one of his flanks.
• said device 1 comprises a structure 5 shaped to adapt to any type of bed.
• a structure 5 is in the form of a gantry whose lower part is provided with a base 6 extending on the ground, integral with vertical uprights 7 supporting reversal means 8 of said patient. 2.
• Said base 3 may advantageously include feet, two on the example shown in the drawings, being in the form of longitudinal members 9 slipping under the bed.
• each spar 9 receives at its center the lower part of an upright 7.
• the spars 9 can be made integral with one another through a horizontal bar 10 connected to a end of each of said longitudinal members 9.
• the opposite end of the longitudinal members 9 remains free so as to have the device 1 to surround the bed, the base 6 slid below the latter while the reversing means 8 come above.
• said longitudinal members 9 may comprise means of rolling, in particular in the form of wheels 11 fixed on their lower part, allowing the movement of the device
• each upright 7 may be provided telescopic so as to adapt the height of the turning means 8 according to the height of the bed.
• each upright 7 comprises a section 70 of wider section but of the same shape as a section 71, the latter sliding inside said section 70.
• said sections 70, 71 have a parallelepipedic section, more particularly a square section.
• Motorized or manual means (not shown), particularly in the form of a jack, allow the upper part of the structure 5 to be raised or lowered, in particular the turning means 8. These motorized means actuate the sliding of the sections 70 and 71. one compared to the other.
• each upright 7 can be made integral at its upper end with a crosspiece 12, maintaining each side of said device 1, providing greater rigidity to the entire structure 5.
• the telescopic uprights 7 make it possible, on the one hand, to adapt the height of the turning means 8 to any type of bed and, on the other hand, to raise them relative to said bed in order to allow their rotation freely during the changeover. patient decubitus 2.
• said reversal means 8 are supported by said structure 5.
• the means 8 are directly articulated on each upright 7, in rotation along an axis AA '.
• This axis AA ' extends longitudinally with respect to the device 1 and relative to the bed, depending on the length of the patient 2 from his head to his feet, or vice versa.
• the rotation of the reversing means 8 is performed under the action of drive means (not shown) in any direction, hourly or counterclockwise.
• the pivot points are at the end of said axis AA '.
• An advantage of the invention lies in the fact that the patient 2 is wrapped between a top sheet 3 and a bottom sheet 4.
• the device 1 uses the sheets 3.4 to swaddle the patient 2 and make it turn, until at a position of 180 °.
• the invention makes it possible to move from a dorsal to a ventral bed position, or vice versa, as well as all the intermediate positions.
• said turning means 8 are in the form of at least two bars 13 for winding the longitudinal edges of said sheets 3 above and below 4. These bars 13 extend on either side according to the axis of the bed and the patient 2, flanking the latter.
• the edges of said sheets 3, 4 are wound together around each bar 13, so as to surround a bar 13 in the counterclockwise direction 180 °, forming a flap. It should be noted that the winding of the edges of the sheets 3,4 can also be done in the clockwise direction around each bar 13, or in the clockwise direction around one bar and counterclockwise at the other closed off.
• a bar 13 can be mounted free to rotate along its longitudinal axis during this first phase of winding and positioning the edges of the sheets 3, 4 on the turning means 8.
• the invention blocks in pairs each of the side edges of the sheets 3 above and below 4. This is why said locking means 14 can advantageously be located on either side of the patient 2 so as to block the sheets 3.4.
• Said locking means 14 are advantageously located at each bar 13. More particularly, they are provided integral with each of them, so that the rotation of a bar 13 induces a similar rotation of said locking means 14.
• said winding bars 13 can be actuated in rotation in opposite directions with respect to each other, as can be seen in FIG. 5C. Note that this direction of rotation is identical to the winding direction of the edges of said sheets 3,4 during their positioning on said bars 13. According to another embodiment, said bars 13 can be rotated in the same direction.
• the holding of the tension of sheets 3.4 is ensured through the translation of said bars 13.
• said bars 13 are mounted in translation on said reversing means 8 of in such a way as to move towards or away from each other, reciprocally during the winding or unwinding of said sheets 3,4.
• each bar 13 can be mounted in translation longitudinally with respect to said turning means 8, as shown diagrammatically in FIG. 5C.
• each bar 13 away or closer to each other so as to stretch the sheets 3, 4 once the patient wrapped in, in the manner of a backpack or a hammock.
• said locking means are provided so as to ensure a tension sheets 3.4, preventing them from sliding around the bars 13.
• the device 1 according to the invention is characterized in particular by the fact that said locking means 8 comprise at least one insertion space 15 for at least part of the edges of said sheets 3,4.
• the locking means 8 may extend over all or part of the length of the bars 13. Preferably, according to the embodiment shown in the figures, the locking means 8 are located at the ends of each bar 13.
• said locking means 8 may be in the form of at least two washers 16 integral with the ends of each bar 13.
• each space 15 is in the form of at least one groove extending in revolution around all or part of each bar 13.
• the space 15 constitutes a groove shaped in arc of circle centered on the longitudinal axis of each bar 13. This arc is open outwardly at one end of said groove, the opposite end of the groove being blind.
• This opening allows the passage of said sheets 3,4, as well as the insertion of the holding means 17.
• each washer 16 receives two spaces 15 in the form of partial revolution grooves.
• Said locking means 8 also comprise holding means 17 for said edges of the sheets 3,4 by pinching inside said space 15. In the form of the washers 16, the pinching is done only on the corners of the sheets 3,4 .
• said holding means 17 have a shape complementary to said groove so as to slide into the latter.
• said holding means 17 are in the form of at least one removable rod extending parallel to each insertion bar 13 inside said space 15.
• said holding means 17 are in the form of two or three rods 18 removable relative to said locking means 14. These rods 18 may be spaced apart and are then interconnected at least in two points through arches 19 fixing. Each of them can be in the form of an arcuate plate integrally receiving each of the rods 18.
• the section of said rods 18 and their attachment to each arc 19 give the holding means 17 a complementary shape with the space 15 of the locking means 14. This complementarity allows each rod 18 to fit into the inside each gorge.
• each of the ends of a bar 13 said rods 18 also pinch the edges of the sheets 3.4 over the entire length of said bar 13.
• each rod 18 consists of at least one roller 20 mounted to rotate freely around them.
• an orifice may be provided at the axis of rotation A-A 'for the passage of catheters, cables, sheaths, probes or the like, avoiding their entanglement during the inversion of the patient 2.
• the present invention through its motorized device 1 to assist in the change of patient's bed rest, offers an easy alternative to use and adaptable to any type of bed.

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