EP3801428A1 - Dispositif de siège - Google Patents

Dispositif de siège

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EP3801428A1
EP3801428A1 EP18743575.5A EP18743575A EP3801428A1 EP 3801428 A1 EP3801428 A1 EP 3801428A1 EP 18743575 A EP18743575 A EP 18743575A EP 3801428 A1 EP3801428 A1 EP 3801428A1
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belt
structures
seat
patient
modular elements
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Nicola MONDAINI
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Polymed SRL
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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
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/1091—Cushions, seats or abduction devices
    • 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
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/1043—Cushions specially adapted for wheelchairs
    • A61G5/1045—Cushions specially adapted for wheelchairs for the seat portion
    • 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
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/1043—Cushions specially adapted for wheelchairs
    • A61G5/1048—Cushions specially adapted for wheelchairs for the back-rest

Definitions

  • This invention concerns a device which helps people to sit, in particular, it makes more comfortable the sitting position for people with cases of prostatitis and in other pathologies that can be influenced by the sitting position of the patient.
  • these pathologies in addition to the prostatitis mentioned above, there are pelvic floor problems, hemorrhoids, urinary incontinence and others; but it is also useful for symptoms linked both to the pathology and to the postoperative care, etc..
  • donut-shaped pillows are generally used. These pillows have a disadvantage, in fact they have a fixed width which is not adaptable for the size of the patient and for his particular sitting position. Furthermore, these pillows are also particularly bulky. Another disadvantage of donut-shaped pillows is that the surface that is in contact with the patient is uniform, so it is always in contact with him determining the overheating of the parts in contact, in particular in warm seasons. A further disadvantage is that the pillows can not be fixed on a seat.
  • Aim of this invention is to provide a seat aid device able to solve the mentioned disadvantages.
  • the patient’s posture is optimized in relation to his physiological / pathological state;
  • the device can have different sizes, changing either the distance between the two elements of the support or the superficial width of the same two elements;
  • the device allows a convenient aeration due to its upper surface which can be corrugated i.e. non-continuous;
  • the use of the device is simple and its benefits appear evident even for non-expert people, increasing the placebo effect of the same device which adds up to the determining effects on the patient's sitting position;
  • the support is comfortable due to the compliance of the material with which the device is made; the device can be easily fixed to a seat;
  • the device maintains its characteristics unchanged even after a long use.
  • Fig.l is a schematic partial top perspective view of a possible embodiment of the device.
  • Fig.2 is another prospective top view of the device of Fig.l ;
  • Figg.3 and 4 are perspective views of device’s details of the previous drawings.
  • a seat aid device (1) can be used interposed, in particular, between a patient and a seat.
  • the device (1) is placed, during its use, on a seat surface like a chair, a seat, an armchair, etc., to improve the patient’s posture from the physiological-therapeutic point of view.
  • the device (1) comprises a pair of supporting structures (3) attached together by adjustable fixing means (2) which allow their arrangement according to different configurations in which the two structures (3) are correspondingly differently spaced.
  • the two structures (3) can be spaced by a value in order to be always in the position most suitable for the support of the patient, independently from the stature / body size of the same.
  • each supporting structure (3) can advantageously be composed of a plurality of modular elements (30) which are adjustable each other so as to occupy surfaces of different area.
  • each structure (3) is made up of six modular elements (30) which can be spaced in order to allow either to change the occupied area, or to increase the passage of air through the interspaces defined by the canal formed between the elements (30).
  • the optimal number of modular elements (30) is between four and eight, preferably six as in the example, to optimize in each structure (3) the ratio between full spaces (which are the ones occupied by the elements 30) and empty spaces (interspaces between one element 30 and the other).
  • the structure (3) disposed on the left is in configuration of minimal encumbrance, in which the modular elements (30) are attached each other, while the modular elements (30) of the structure (3) arranged on the right are spaced between them.
  • the modular elements (30) are fitted on the belt (2) and can slide along the longitudinal extension of the belt to allow adjustments which enable the device (1) to be adapted to the needs of the patient.
  • the supporting structures (3) have a top surface (31) provided with discontinuities and / or cavities (31 A, 3 IB) designed to improving air passage.
  • the surface (31) can be corrugated as in the example illustrated in the drawings or can have other types of discontinuities defining air spaces for the passage of air.
  • the fixing means (2) shown in the figures comprise a belt passing through seats (32) provided in said supporting structures (3).
  • the seats (32) are defined by a horizontal slot, i.e. a slot parallel to the lower surface (33) of the structures (3), passing through the body of the modular elements (30).
  • each of the modular elements (30) has a seat (32) crossed by the belt (2).
  • the dimensions and / or the materials used can advantageously determine a slight friction between the belt (2) and the seat (32) in order to define a constraint to the free sliding of the elements (30) in respect to the belt (2), to position the same elements along the longitudinal development of the belt without unwanted displacements.
  • the belt (2) can advantageously extend longitudinally for a value sufficient to wrap the structure which defines said seating surface (surface not shown in the drawings).
  • the length of the belt (2) is such that allow a complete revolution around the support surface of the chair to which the device (1) Is fixed.
  • the belt (2) can be provided with closing means (4) in order to fasten the belt (2) around the structure of the seating surface.
  • closing means in the illustrated example are represented by a snap buckle.
  • the belt (2) can also be made partially elastic.
  • the supporting structures (3) can be made of plastic-spongy material, such as, for example, polyurethane foam or other convenient material, also in memory foam; the straps can be made of nylon or other convenient material.
  • the device (1) is arranged on the seat surface of a chair with its lower surface (33) resting on the seating surface; the attachment to the chair can be made, for example, by passing the belt (2) under the seat surface by closing the buckle (4).
  • the belt can be adjustable in length and / or made of yielding materia! to facilitate the stable attachment of the device (1) to the chair.
  • the patient's seat on the chair is very comfortable because the patient can rest his two gluteus on the two support structures (3) very easily and with high comfort because for the advantageous features of the invention.
  • a first feature is the possibility of varying the distance between the two support structures (3) by simply sliding the same structures (3) from the belt (2). In other words, by moving the structures (3) along the belt (2), the same structures can be spaced according to the needs of use.
  • the variation of the distance between the two structures (3) is a variation of the distance in the direction defined by the belt (2) that passes through the same structures (3).
  • a second feature is the possibility of varying the width of the support area provided by each support structure (3) with the simple sliding of the modular elements (30) along the belt, moving them away or bringing them together to, respectively, increase or decrease the supporting surface.
  • each support structure (3) can have a minimum width, In which it has a configuration similar to that shown on the left in Fig.2, in which the elements (30) are in contact with each other, or a larger width, obtainable by moving away the elements (30), defining empty spaces or interspaces between the elements (30).
  • the variation of the width of the support surface provided by the two structures (3) is a variation of the distance between the single elements (3) In the direction defined by the belt (2) which passes through the structures (3).
  • the discontinuities and/or cavities (31 A, 3 IB) presented In the upper surface (31 ) of the modular elements (30) allow an air passage between the device (1 ) and the patient seated on it.

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Chair Legs, Seat Parts, And Backrests (AREA)

Abstract

Un dispositif de siège, utilisable, en particulier, interposé entre un patient et une surface d'assise; le dispositif (1) comprend une paire de structures de support (3) reliées entre elles au moyen de moyens de fixation ajustables (2) qui permettent l'agencement selon différentes conformations dans lesquelles les deux structures (3) sont espacées de manière correspondante différemment; chacune desdites structures de support (3) est composée d'une pluralité d'éléments modulaires (30) qui peuvent être espacés les uns des autres afin d'occuper des surfaces de différentes zones.
EP18743575.5A 2018-05-31 2018-05-31 Dispositif de siège Withdrawn EP3801428A1 (fr)

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US5333921A (en) * 1992-09-16 1994-08-02 Jay Medical, Ltd. Adjustable cover and seating system for a wheelchair
US5501508A (en) * 1994-08-26 1996-03-26 Llewellyn; Anthony S. Device for supporting the user of a chair
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US20190335905A1 (en) * 2016-06-22 2019-11-07 Mark Alexander Back supporting apparatus, chair and method of using the same
US20180098648A1 (en) * 2016-10-10 2018-04-12 Stuart Berger Cushion formed of articulately interconnected pillow sections

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