GB2188542A

GB2188542A - Patient turning device

Info

Publication number: GB2188542A
Application number: GB08707801A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Martin John Sabine
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1986-04-04
Filing date: 1987-04-01
Publication date: 1987-10-07
Also published as: GB8608261D0; EP0310715A1; GB2188542B; GB8707801D0

Description

1 GB 2 188 542 A SPECIFICATION joining the rearmost points on the ribs 18,

especially in the region of the rounded section 12.

Patient turning device In usethe first member 4 is slid underneath a bed-ridden patientto lie underneath the patient's This invention relates to a patientturning device, 70 shoulders and buttocks until the second member particularly but not exclusivelyfor use in turning a abuts the patient. The person turning the patient bed-ridden patient. applies a rotational forceto the second end 16 of the Bed-ridden patients often require turning overfor second member awayfrom the patient, and the changing of clothing or bedding, washing, or device and patientthereon rotate aboutthe rounded examination. People caring forsuch bed-ridden 75 section 12 until the second member6 comesto rest patients often encounter difficulties in turning a on the bed with the patient thereon in a turned bed-ridden patient, especiallywhen that patient is position. The device can then be slidefrom heavy, or has a degree of spasticity. underneath the patient in the same side to thatfrom It is an object of the present invention to provide a which itwas inserted belowthe patient.

devicefor easing thetask of turning a bed-ridden 80 To assist in the handling of the arrangement it is patient over. provided at its ends 14,16 with webbing loops 22,24 According to the present invention there is forming handles. The webbing of the handles passes provided. A patientturning device characterised in through slots (not shown) through the members 4 that it comprises two mutually inclined members and 6.

connected at respective ends thereof by a rounded 85 The faetthat the second member 6 is no longer section, whereby when one of said members is than thefirst member4 meansthatcluetothe inserted undera patientandthe device rotated about leverage provided a patientcan beturned overwith a said rounded section by pulling on said other smaller force than would otherwise be necessary, member,the patient isturned. and allowsthe patientto beturned as slowlyand Preferably said members are arranged at an angle 90 gently as maybe required.

of between 70o to Wto each other. Various modifications can be madewithout Preferably said members and said rounded departing from the invention. Forexamplethe section are integrally formed from afibre reinforced device may be madeto different dimensions, plastics material. perhaps smaller for children, orwith a largersecond Preferably one of said members is longerthan the 95 member for turning very heavy people over. The other member, providing leverage for turning a device may be made of material otherthan glass patient and in that said members are wide enough to reinforced plastics material, for example, it may be provide simultaneous supportfor a patient's pressed from sheet steel, aluminium or any suitable shoulders and buttocks. metal orfibre reinforced material. The reinforcing Preferablysaid members are curved along their 100 ribs may be omitted and it may be collapsible about longitudinal axes. the rounded section for ease of storage. Tofacilitate An embodiment of the present invention will now grasping the device after it has been inserted undera be described byway of example onlywith reference patientto beturned hand slots may be provided at tothe accompanying drawings in which: the end of the first member remotefrom the rounded Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a patient 105 section 12, i n place of the webbing loop 24. The other turning device; and webbing loop 22 may also be replaced by a hand Figure2shows a cross-section on the line 11-11 of hole. In a further modification two spaced webbing Figure 1. loops 22 may be provided atthe end of member4.

Referring to the drawings, a patientturning device

Claims

comprises a shaped arrangement
2 of rigid plastics 110 CLAIMS material

including a first member 4 and a second member 6 connected together at respective first 1. A patient turning device comprising two ends 8, 10 by a rounded section 12 such thatthey are mutually inclined members connected at respective mutually inclined at an angle slightly less than 90'. ends thereof by a rounded section, wherebywhen The first member 4 has a second curved end 14 and is 115 one of said members is insertable underneath a of substantially constantwidth throughout its length patient and the device rotated about said rounded whilstthe second member 6 tapers slightlytowards section by pulling on said other member, the patient its second end 16. The members are each slightly isturned.

curved along their longitudinal axes the first 2. A patientturneras claimed in claim 1, in which member 4 is 40Omm long, the second member 6 is 120 said members are arranged atan angle of between 60Omm long, and the rounded section and first 7Tand 9Tto each other.

member are 60Omm wide.
3. A patient turner as claimed in claim 1 or claim Conveniently the arrangement is formed by a wet 2, in which said members and said rounded section lay-up process from glass fibre reinforced synthetic are integrally formed from a fibre reinforced plastics resinous material and to provide increased strength 125 material.

two stiffening ribs 18 are formed into the
4. A patientturneras claimed in anyone of arrangementthe ribs being concave. The region 20 claims 1 to 3, in which one of said members is longer of the arrangement between the ribs are concave as than said other member, providing leverage for can best be seen in Figure 2, the most rearmost point turning a patient.

of the concave region 20 lying on an imaginary line 130
5.A patient turner as claimed in anyone of the 2 GB 2 188 542 A 2 preceding claims, in which said members arewide enough to provide simultaneous support fora patient's shoulders and buttocks.
6. A patieritturneras claimed in anyone of the preceding claims, in which said members are curved along their longitudinal axes.
7. A patient turner as claimed in anyone of the preceding claims, in which continuous strengthening ribs areformed integrally in said members and rounded section.
8. A patieritturneras claimed in claim 7, in which the region between the strengthening ribs is concave.
9. A patieritturneras claimed in anyone of the preceding claims, in which handles are provided at the end of each member.
10. A patent turner substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
11. Any novel subject matter or combination including novel subject matter disclosed in the foregoing specification or claims and/or shown in the drawings, whether or not within the scope of or relating to the same invention as any of the preceding claims.

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