JP2002153521A - Moving caring machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a moving caring machine capable of moving a person to be cared safely and comfortably. SOLUTION: This moving caring machine is equipped with a truck 1 having a foot placing part 2, a support 3 erected on the truck 1, a hanging-up arm 5 supported on the vertical shaft 4 of the support 3, a breastplate part 6 supported on the hanging-up arm 5 on the leading end side thereof and a grasping part 7 projected from the breastplate part 6. The vertical shaft 4 is freely revolvable, and the hanging-up arm 5 and the breastplate part 6 are freely tilted and shaken centering around the shaft support parts of them, and the truck 1, the vertical shaft 4, the hanging-up arm 5 and the breastplate part 6 can be fixed at arbitrary positions.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile nursing care machine for assisting a care-requiring person to stand up.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a care recipient, such as a person with poor legs or an elderly person with weak legs, is moved between a bed, a wheelchair, and a toilet, both hands of the care recipient are shouldered as shown in FIG. After holding the neck, the caregiver puts his / her hands under the caregiver's armpits and after firmly combining the fingers around the waist, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the weight of the care-requiring person is shifted forward, the upper body of the care-requiring person is held forward, and the patient is raised while pushing the knee of the care-requiring person with the knee. In a state in which the waist was pulled up and turned in the direction of a wheelchair, as shown in FIG.

[0003] However, since the caregiver has a large burden for moving the care-requiring person from the bed to the wheelchair, a mobile nursing machine has been developed as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-85178 to reduce the labor. This mobile nursing care machine includes a footrest, a knee pad and a lifting arm on a frame, and a breast pad and a belt-shaped lifting device on the lifting arm.
A jack is provided between the frame and the lifting arm.When moving the care recipient from the bed to the wheelchair, first place the care recipient at the end of the bed, place their feet on the footrest in that state, and use the knee pad. Put your knees on. Next, a lifting device is applied to the lower part of the waist, and this is seated, and both ends are connected to the lifting arm, and the chest is further applied to the chest pad, and the lifting arm and the lifting device are raised, and the caretaker's hips are raised. Is lifted up, moved to a wheelchair in a sitting posture, the lifting arm is lowered toward the wheelchair, and the care recipient is moved.

[0004]

Since the upper body of the care-requiring person is restrained by the lifting device and raised by the lifting arm, there is a problem that the care-requiring person feels oppressive and gives pain.
The knee pad is pushed to the back side by the knee pad, lifted from the bed, and moved in a sitting posture, so that the sitting posture collapsed during the movement, and there was a problem with danger. Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such problems of the related art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile nursing machine capable of safely and comfortably moving a care recipient. It is in.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile nursing machine according to the present invention comprises: a cart having a footrest;
Equipped with a support that stands upright from the bogie, a lifting arm that supports the vertical axis of the support, a chest pad that supports the front end of the lifting arm, and a grip that projects from the chest support, and the vertical axis is freely rotatable. The lifting arm and the chest pad are each capable of swinging up and down around the pivot, so that the bogie, the vertical shaft, the lifting arm and the chest pad can be fixed at any position.

Here, the bogie includes a front wheel and a rear wheel, which can be moved in an arbitrary direction and can be stopped at an arbitrary position as needed. Here, the vertical axis of the support is 36
It refers to one that is rotatable to 0 degrees and that pivotally supports a lifting arm so that it can move up and down. Here, the lifting arm refers to an arm that assists the care recipient by standing up swinging from a horizontal state and assists the care recipient in sitting down by swinging down from the standing state. The grasping part is the part that the care recipient needs to hold with both hands.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A mobile nursing machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
A support 3 standing upright from the rear side of the trolley 1, a lifting arm 5 pivotally supported on a vertical axis 4 of the support 3, a chest pad 6 attached to the tip of the lifting arm 5, and a grip provided on the chest pad 6. The vertical shaft 4 is rotatable, the lifting arm 5 is rotatable about a shaft support, the chest pad 6 is rotatable up and down about a mounting portion, and the vertical shaft 4 and the lifting arm are provided. 5 and the breast pad 6 can be fixed at an arbitrary position.

The truck 1 has a frame 10 provided with a footrest 2, a front wheel 11 and a rear wheel 12, and a wheel fixing means 20 provided on at least one of the front wheel 11 and the rear wheel 12. The vertical shaft 4 is rotatably inserted into the cylindrical body 13 standing upright on the arm 1, and the arm support portion 14 is provided above the vertical shaft 4, and can be fixed at an arbitrary position by the vertical shaft fixing means 40. The lifting arm 5 pivotally supports the arm base 5a on the arm support 14 with the horizontal axis 15 and attaches the chest rest 6 to the arm tip 5b. The lifting arm 5 can be swung up and down from a substantially horizontal state by arm swing means 50. Become.

The chest pad 6 has a pivot plate 16 which is pivotally supported by the arm tip 5b. The chest pad 6 can be raised and lowered and swung by a chest pad rocking means 60, and is oriented in the longitudinal direction of the lifting arm 5 when the lifting arm 5 is horizontal. 8, the lifting arm 5 pivots downward with the standing swing of the lifting arm 5 and always abuts against the chest from the front, and the gripping portion 7 is held with the arm rest portion 7a as shown in FIG. A holding portion 7b is provided, which protrudes upward from the breast pad 6 when the lifting arm 5 is horizontal, and is provided at a position where the user can hold the chest pad 6 while holding it against the chest.

Since the mobile nursing machine of the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, for example, when moving the care recipient from the bed B to the wheelchair, the care recipient is seated at the end of the bed B, and the lifting arm 5 is first moved. After descending to a substantially horizontal position and moving until the front side of the cart 1 is inserted into the lower space of the bed B as shown in FIG.
The front and rear wheels 11, 12 are fixed. Next, the caregiver's foot is placed on the footrest 2, the caregiver's chest is placed on the chest pad 6, both arms are placed on the arm holder 7 a of the gripper 7, and the holding unit 7 b is held with both hands. After that, the chin is placed on the holding portion 7b, and the upper body is left in the holding portion 7.

When the lifting arm 5 is raised and swung as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 while being gripped by the gripping portion 7, the upper body of the care-requiring person leans against the chest pad 6 and the gripping portion 7, so that the lifting arm 5 The upper body rises according to the standing swing of
Then, the knees extend and become upright. After the care-requirer stands, the front and rear wheels 11 and 12 are released, the mobile nursing machine is separated from the bed B, moved toward the wheelchair, and the lifting arm 5 stands upright, contrary to the lifting of the care-requirer. The patient needs to be seated in a wheelchair.

In accordance with the upright swing of the lifting arm 5, the upper body of the care-requiring person leans on the chest pad 6 to shift the weight and assist in rising. That is, the care recipient needs the lifting arm 5.
Since the patient stands up along an arc centered on the pivot point of, that is, the knee is extended and the hip is lifted, the pain of the care recipient is significantly reduced. The weight of the care-requiring person is on the bed B side in the initial stage of lifting, but the support 3
Side, and when the lifting is completed, it completely moves to the column 3 side.

[0013]

As shown in FIG. 6, if the vertical shaft 4 of the support 3 is provided so as to be able to move up and down as shown in FIG. After holding it, raise the vertical axis 4 according to the physique of the care recipient,
Alternatively, the lifting arm 5 can be raised and swung while the vertical axis 4 is raised, so that the raising operation and the sitting operation of the care recipient can be further smoothly assisted. In addition, the breastplate 6
If the auxiliary belt 8 that can be wrapped around the waist and buttocks of the care recipient is provided, the movement of the care recipient is stabilized. The auxiliary belt 8 has both ends or one end detachably provided on the side of the breast pad 6, or has both ends fixed to both sides of the breast pad 6.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5A, a band 41 is wound around the outer periphery of the vertical shaft 4, and the band 41 is used as a handle. 5 (b), the brake band 43 is moved toward and away from the vertical axis 4 as shown in FIG. 5 (b). As the elevating means 30, for example, as shown in FIG. The vertical shaft 4 to be inserted is moved up and down by a screw rod 31. As shown in FIG.
The cylinder 32 and the piston 33 of the vertical shaft 4 are raised and lowered by hydraulic pressure.
For example, a worm gear 51 is provided on the horizontal shaft 15 as shown in FIG.
A worm screw 52 that meshes with the worm gear 51 can be rotated by a handle 53. For example, a ratchet mechanism can be used as the chest oscillating means 60. However, the rotation, vertical movement, and lifting of the vertical shaft 4 can be used. The swing of the arm 5 and the chest pad 6 may be electrically driven, and furthermore, may be remotely controlled.

If the chest pad swinging means 60 rotates the chest pad 6 forward in the later stage of the lifting of the lifting arm 5, the upper body of the care-requiring person rides on the chest pad 6 pivoted forward, and the whole body moves. The movement is more stable because it leans on the nursing machine. It is preferable that the grip portion 7 is provided integrally with the breast pad portion 6. However, if the grip portion 7 is detachably provided, there is an advantage that it can be easily replaced when it is damaged or becomes dirty. Note that the mobile nursing machine according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and the above-described use examples, and has an advantage that it can be used for, for example, walking practice.

[0016]

Since the mobile care device according to the present invention has the above structure, the following effects can be obtained. When the care recipient is moved from the bed to the wheelchair, from the wheelchair to the toilet, etc., the body of the care recipient is not restrained by a belt or the like and the knee is not pressed, so that the pain of the care recipient can be significantly reduced. In particular, since the center of gravity is supported by using the leaning of the care recipient, the vehicle can move stably. Moreover, the operation of the mobile nursing machine by the caregiver is very simple and easy. Also, diapers and sheets can be changed while the care recipient is standing up, so that the caregiver's labor can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1A and 1B are a side view and a plan view of a cart, respectively, of a mobile care device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a layout view of a mobile caregiver for a care recipient.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a caregiver in need of standing up using a mobile nursing machine.

FIG. 4 is an upright view of a care-requiring person using a mobile nursing machine.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are cross-sectional views showing typical structural examples of vertical axis fixing means.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are longitudinal sectional views showing a typical structural example of a lifting / lowering means.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a main part of the arm swing means.

8 (a), (b), and (c) are a plan view, a front view, and a side view showing a relationship between a chest pad and a gripper.

9 (a), (b), (c), and (d) are diagrams illustrating a process of moving a care recipient by a caregiver.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cart 2 Footrest 3 Support 4 Vertical axis 5 Lifting arm 6 Chest rest 7 Grasping part

Claims (1)

[Claims] A trolley (1) having a footrest (2);
A column (3) standing upright from the trolley (1), a lifting arm (5) pivotally supported on a vertical axis (4) of the column (3), and a chest pad (3) pivotally supported on the tip side of the lifting arm (5). 6) and a grip (7) protruding from the breast rest (6), the vertical axis (4) is rotatable, and the lifting arm (5) and the breast rest (6) are centered on the shaft support. A mobile nursing machine characterized by being capable of swinging up and down, and having a trolley (1), a vertical axis (4), a lifting arm (5), and a chest pad (6) fixed at arbitrary positions.