JP2001120580A - Simple mouth opener for cleaning and wiping oral cavity - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple mouth opener to safely and surely open an oral cavity of a person to be cared when a care-person cleans and wipes the inside of the oral cavity of the person to be cared such as those who must be cared or infants. SOLUTION: The mouth opener is formed by holding a spacer 2 formed of an elastic material which is interposed between upper and lower teeth or on a part of gums to ensure a space for cleaning and wiping, and fitting the spacer 2 to a tip of a handle 3 to hold the spacer 2 at a predetermined place of interposition.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a simple opening device used for cleaning and wiping the inside of an oral cavity.
More specifically, this is different from the case where a healthy adult or a child who is able to sort things cleans the oral cavity on their own, but cares for those who need assistance, such as care recipients and infants. It is suitable for use when a caretaker such as a caregiver or a caretaker performs a unique oral cleaning such as cleaning by inserting a toothbrush or a fiber assembly attached to a finger into the mouth of a care recipient who resists. The present invention relates to a simple opening device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for cleaning a mouth of a care recipient or an infant, a fiber assembly or the like is wound around the tip of a toothbrush or a stick, and the fiber assembly is directly wound around a finger of a caregiver or a caregiver. Various tools for wiping have been used, including those that are worn. When using such tools to clean the mouth of care recipients or infants, it is different from the case where a healthy person or a child who is able to sort out things cleans their own mouth. Must be used to maintain the space required for cleaning between the upper and lower teeth. It is difficult for the care-requiring person or infant to bite the fingers of the wiping implement or the person who is trying to perform cleaning, in order to prevent the foreign object from being inserted into the oral cavity, and to be unable to freely move the wiping implement or to perform cleaning. May experience severe pain in their fingers,
This is because the oral cavity cannot be easily and sufficiently cleaned with a sense of security. However, the development of wiping tools themselves, such as nursing care water suction brushes, toothbrushes for infants, and fiber aggregates for the purpose of cleaning the oral cavity, has progressed and many proposals have been made. However, in order to make effective use of such wiping tools in ordinary households, despite the problem that the wiping tools should be able to move freely in the oral cavity safely, there is a problem as an oral cleaning aid. For opening means,
Until now, simple and effective ones have not been proposed.

[0003] As the above-mentioned opening means, there have been conventionally proposed various kinds of means to be meshed and used in the oral cavity at medical sites and the like. For example, an opener (actual open flat 3-676)
12), Dental treatment opening holder (J. 41-2015)
6, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 41-20157), a dental device for mouth opening and saliva collection (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 53-117293), an opener for oral surgery (Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-open No. 52-97894), and the mouth is kept open. Device (JP-A-51-797), mouth opener (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-48601), medical mouthpiece (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-57310, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-57310), lip made of synthetic resin such as plastic for oral treatment Mouth opener (Japanese Utility Model Showa 47-37429)
1596, Japanese Utility Model Application 53-161598, Japanese Utility Model Application 5-56
101), mouth opener for anesthesia (Jiko 49-1591)
8), mouthpiece for endoscope (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 55-4305)
4, 55-43055, 55-4304
7, actual opening 55-146105, actual opening 57-7950
2, actual opening 62-70101, actual opening 63-17640
3, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-9502, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-68502), and a mouthpiece for inserting an endoscope (Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 55-12530)
1), a sliding mouthpiece for inserting an endoscope (Jpn.
Mouthpiece for oropharyngeal endoscope insertion (Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 62-8760).
3), Disposable mouthpiece for endoscope
024171), mouthpiece (Japanese Utility Model Showa 62-1370)
71, actual Kaihei 3-31413, actual climb 30101065),
Mouthpiece with toothbrush (Japanese Utility Model Application 63-13761)
8), mouthpiece-type toothbrush (actually open flat 2-8853)
1), Raising space and mouthpiece (Japanese Utility Model 6-15610, Japanese Utility Model Application 7-39809), a mouthpiece that achieves a maximal shock absorbing effect by obtaining a mesh raising value suitable for the purpose of use such as sports. (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-58174), and a forced opener (Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 52-7992).

However, all of these opening means are devices used in medical sites such as dentistry, internal medicine, and surgery, and are difficult to mount. When mounted, the operating section of the device hinders the opening of the oral cavity. It is difficult to perform treatment or cleaning, etc., the back teeth are made of a hard material such as metal and cannot be fixed stably, or only the corner of the mouth is pushed open, or the teeth are directly It is a mouthpiece of usage to cover and is not intended to assist mouth cleaning,
None of them can be used easily in a general household or the like on a daily basis in order to clean the mouth of a care recipient or an infant.

[0005] Further, as opening means which can be used easily,
There has been proposed an opening tool (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-146318) which is small, inexpensive, hard to come off from the applied position, and does not need to be disinfected when treating a tooth. However, this is a structure consisting only of blocks that can be bitten by the upper and lower back teeth, which means that all the tools can easily enter the oral cavity, and must be managed by a doctor There is no problem when used under the condition, but when used for nursing care recipients and infants who are resistant to amateurs at home, the size and shape can be sufficiently predicted that they will fall into the oral cavity It is not suitable for use when cleaning the mouth of care recipients and infants.

[0006] Thus, unlike the case where a healthy adult or a child who is now able to discriminate things cleans the oral cavity by themselves, a caregiver or a caregiver may use a fiber brush attached to a toothbrush or a finger. When an amateur performs unusual oral cleaning, such as inserting an assembly into the oral cavity of a care-requiring person or an infant who resists, the person who is being oral-cleaned has a toothbrush, fingers, Without biting the wiping tools such as fiber aggregates attached to the fingers, the cleaning object does not feel pain, and the wiping tools can be freely operated in the oral cavity. So that they can clean their mouth thoroughly
The fact is that a simple opening device for cleaning and wiping the oral cavity suitable for nursing care or infants for safely and surely opening the mouth of the care recipient or infant has not been proposed.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The technical problem of the present invention is to make the inside of the oral cavity of an assisted person such as a care recipient or an infant,
An object of the present invention is to provide an opening means capable of opening a mouth safely and reliably when a caregiver or a caregiver or the like assists in cleaning and wiping.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems The present inventor has made intensive studies to solve the above-mentioned problems, and as a result, the present invention has been developed to secure an interval for cleaning and wiping by interposing a part between upper and lower teeth or between gums. A simple mouth opening / wiping device having a spacer made of an elastic material, and a handle for holding the spacer at a required intervening place by being gripped during wiping is effective. And found the present invention.

In the opener having the above structure, a necessary space is secured inside the oral cavity by grasping the handle with one hand and partially interposing the spacer between the upper and lower teeth or between the gums. In this state, the inside of the oral cavity is cleaned by operating a wiping tool such as a brush or a fiber assembly with the other hand.

[0010] Thus, the mouth opening device can safely open the oral cavity by the spacer made of the elastic material, and further, by operating the handle, the spacer can be opened even if the care recipient opposes. Since the cleaning work can be performed reliably while adjusting so that it does not come off or displace, the caregiver may bite the toothbrush, the fiber assembly, the finger, etc., thereby feeling pain in the finger,
The wiping implement cannot be moved freely, and sufficient mouth cleaning can be performed with confidence.

[0011] According to one specific embodiment of the present invention, the spacer has a small lump shape, a handle has a rod shape, and the spacer is attached to a tip of the handle. .

According to another specific embodiment of the present invention,
An opening device has a base material that holds the lips in an open state by being interposed between the upper and lower lip portions, and the base material is provided with an opening portion for inserting a cleaning tool into the mouth,
Two spacers are attached to the left and right sides of the substrate, and two handles are attached.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Some preferred embodiments of the opening device according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.
The opener 1A according to the first embodiment is provided with a spacer 2 interposed between upper and lower teeth or a portion between the gums to secure an interval for cleaning and wiping, and a spacer 2 which is gripped during wiping to make the above-mentioned space. And a handle 3 for holding the spacer 2 at a required intervening place.

The spacer 2 is formed into a small lump by an elastic material, and one handle 3 is formed into a rod by a synthetic resin material such as polypropylene.
The spacer 2 is attached to the tip of the.

The elastic material forming the spacer 2 is not particularly limited as long as it is safe to put in the oral cavity. For example, a fiber assembly obtained by subjecting hydrophilic fibers having -OH groups to heat and pressure treatments and compression-molding them.
In addition, fiber lump composed of hydrophilic fiber, hydrophobic fiber, etc., fiber aggregate wrapped around a sheet, sponge-like substrate having closed cells or open cells, rubber such as silicone rubber, natural rubber, PVA, etc. Is preferably used. By forming the spacer 2 with such an elastic material, when the spacer 2 is interposed between the upper and lower jaws, that is, a part between the upper and lower teeth or between the gums, the interposed portion is more intense than when the hard material is interposed. In addition to the feeling of incongruity being extremely small and the feeling of use being improved, the phenomenon that the spacer 2 slips and comes off hardly occurs, and the sense of stability is improved.

Further, as for the shape of the spacer 2, the example shown in the drawing shows a slightly tapered short columnar shape, but the shape is not limited to this. For example, even if it is cylindrical or prismatic with a uniform diameter, even if it is spherical,
It may have an elliptical shape, a drum shape, or any other irregular shape. In short, any shape may be used as long as it can be interposed between the upper and lower teeth or between the gums to secure an interval for cleaning and wiping.

Further, the size of the spacer 2 is determined between the upper jaw and the lower jaw, ie, between the upper and lower teeth, or between the upper and lower gums when there is no tooth, when the spacer is engaged with the engaging force of an adult. In addition, it is desirable that the dimensions be such that an interval of 1 cm or more is maintained, and more desirably, an interval of 2 cm or more is maintained. If it can be separated by 1 cm or more, even if it tries to bite a wiping tool such as a toothbrush inserted into the oral cavity, the wiping tool cannot be fixed with teeth or gums, and cleaning can be continued only. In addition, when a finger with a fiber assembly or the like wound around the mouth is inserted, the pain can be significantly reduced even if the finger is bitten.

The spacer 2 is partially mounted between the upper jaw and the lower jaw, that is, between the upper and lower teeth, or between the upper and lower gums when there is no tooth, so that the part to be cleaned, such as a tooth or a gum, can be removed. The upper jaw and the lower jaw can be separated without covering the tongue, so that not only the lips but also the tongue can be cleaned. For example, a horseshoe-shaped mouthpiece that covers the entire surface of the teeth and gums cannot clean the teeth and gums, and only spreads the corners of the mouth without mounting it between the upper and lower jaws. Can clean the lips, but cannot clean the tongue in the engaged state, defeating the purpose.

Further, a handle 3 for holding the spacer 2 at a required intervening place by grasping it during wiping is provided.
Is provided, the spacer 2 is not displaced even if the caretaker opposes, and does not fall out of the intervening place and fall into the oral cavity. In addition, the spacer 2 can be freely moved in the oral cavity, and it is possible to clean the entire oral cavity without wiping the entire oral cavity while changing the intervening location of the spacer 2.

The opening device includes a handle 3 and a spacer 2
Is desirably 9 cm or more. The reason is that the depth of the mouth for inserting the mouth opening device is about 9 cm even in an adult, so if the opening device has a length of 9 cm or more, even if most of the mouth opening device enters the mouth, This is because it can be easily picked up and used with ease.

Incidentally, as a product having an outer shape similar to that of the above-mentioned opening device, there is a commercially available stick-shaped tool for infant practice having a portion made of silicone rubber at the tip of a handle. It is intended to be used for practice by biting the silicone rubber portion while holding it in hand, and is not used for the purpose of opening when cleaning the inside of the oral cavity, and is clearly different from the above-mentioned opening device.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.
The mouth opener 1B of the second embodiment has a ring-shaped base material 4 for holding the lips in an open state by being interposed between upper and lower lip portions. ,
2 and two handles 3 and 3 are attached.
The base material 4 is formed in an elliptical shape by a synthetic resin such as polypropylene, and has an opening 5 for inserting a cleaning tool into an oral cavity at a central portion thereof. 5, the two spacers 2, 2 on both sides
Are attached via arms 7, and the two C-shaped handles 3, 3 are attached to both ends of the front surface of the base material 4. These handles 3, 3 are formed of a synthetic resin such as polypropylene.

The mouth opener 1B of the second embodiment holds the lips in an open state by interposing the base material 4 between the upper and lower lips, and also connects the two spacers 2 and 2 to the inside of the oral cavity. By interposing between the upper and lower teeth or gums at the left and right positions, a predetermined interval is maintained between the upper and lower teeth or gums, and a cleaning tool is inserted into the oral cavity through the opening 5 of the base material 4 to insert the cleaning tool into the oral cavity. It wipes the inside. At this time, the opener 1B is stabilized by gripping one of the handles 3, 3 with one hand.

A preferred example of the dimensions of the opening device 1B is that the base member 4 has a width of about 5 to 6.5 cm and two spacers 2, 2
The distance between them is about 5 cm, and the diameter of the opening 5 is about 3.5 to
It is about 4 cm. By forming such a size, the whole opening device 1B does not enter the oral cavity, so that it can be used with confidence.

[0025]

As described above, according to the opening device of the present invention, a caregiver or a caregiver or the like can clean and wipe the inside of the mouth of a care recipient such as a care recipient or an infant. In addition, the oral cavity can be opened safely and reliably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of an opener according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a second embodiment of the opener according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1A, 1B Opener 2 Spacer 3 Handle 4 Base material

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A spacer made of an elastic material interposed between upper and lower teeth or a part between gums to secure an interval for cleaning and wiping, and a spacer which is gripped during wiping to hold the spacer. A simple opening device for cleaning and wiping the oral cavity, comprising: a handle for holding at a required intervening place. 2. The opener according to claim 1, wherein the spacer has a small lump shape, the handle has a rod shape, and the spacer is attached to a tip of the handle. Features. 3. The mouth opener according to claim 1, wherein the mouth opener has a base material that holds the lip in an open state by being interposed between upper and lower lip portions, and the base material includes an oral cavity. An opening for inserting a cleaning tool therein is provided, two spacers are attached to the left and right sides of the substrate, and two handles are attached.