JP2003116485A - Swallowing auxiliary product and method for preparing swallowing auxiliary food - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide both a swallowing auxiliary product capable of simply and surely preparing a swallowing auxiliary food in the form of a viscous substance by anyone and a method for preparing the swallowing auxiliary food. SOLUTION: This swallowing auxiliary food comprises a preparation 15 to be the swallowing auxiliary food in the form of the viscous substance when absorbing water and a preparing container 10 containing the preparation 15 sealed therein and capable of hermetically sealing the interior thereof in a liquidtight state. The preparation 15 is converted into the swallowing auxiliary food in the form of the viscous substance by placing a liquid in the interior of the preparing container 10 and shaking the container 10. Since the swallowing auxiliary food in the form of the viscous substance can be prepared simply by placing the liquid in the preparing container 10 and shaking the container 10, the swallowing auxiliary food in the form of the viscous substance can simply and surely be prepared even by a person having disorder in swallowing functions. When a food, a medicine, etc., are placed in the preparing container 10 and mixed with the preparation 15 before placing the liquid therein, the swallowing auxiliary food in the form of the viscous substance added with the desired food, etc., can be prepared.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a swallowing assisting product and a method for preparing a swallowing assisting food. People who have some trouble in swallowing function, when swallowing foods and medicines, it is difficult for foods such as solid foods to be caught in the throat and swallowed. I'm hungry because of the flow. For this reason, for people with impaired swallowing function, by giving food etc. as a viscous swallowing supplement food, it is possible to replenish nutrition and water,
I'm taking medicines. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a swallowing assisting product and a method for preparing a swallowing assisting food, which enables ingestion of a food or the like as a viscous swallowing assisting food.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a swallowing supplement, a powdery thickening composition enclosed in a moisture-proof bag has been sold. This thickening composition is, for example, starch, dextrin, thickening polysaccharide, agar, gelatin or the like, which is a substance which becomes a gel when it absorbs water. This thickening composition,
It is possible to prepare a gel-form swallowing supplement containing food by mixing it with food and water in a mixer with stirring, so that people with impaired swallowing function can also receive the necessary nutrition. You can Alternatively, a liquid such as water or enteral nutritional supplement or miso soup may be placed in a cup or the like, and the thickening composition may be added to the liquid and stirred to prepare the enteral nutritional supplement or the like into a gel-like swallowing supplement. be able to. Furthermore, if it is a granular drug or the like, after mixing it with the thickening composition,
When mixed with water, it can be prepared as a gel-like swallowing supplement containing drugs, and if this swallowing supplement is taken orally, it can be given to people with impaired swallowing function. it can.

[0003]

However, if the thickening composition and water and the like are mixed with a mixer, the thickening composition and water and the like are surely mixed, so that a gel-like swallowing supplement food is surely obtained. However, a swallowing supplement cannot be prepared in a place where there is no mixer, such as a hospital room or outdoors, and a swallowing supplement cannot be prepared without a mixer. Further, when mixing the thickening composition and water etc. by a mixer, depending on the mixer, the minimum amount of water required by the mixer must be used,
The amount of swallow supplement prepared will be very large. However, the amount of swallowing supplementary food that a person with some disorder in swallowing function ingests at a time is about one cup, and the prepared swallowing supplementary food cannot be stored, so the remaining swallowing supplemental food must be discarded. No, there is a lot of waste. In particular, when a drug is added and prepared, in order to take the required amount of the drug, all of the prepared swallowing supplement must be taken without discarding, but a large number of people with impaired swallowing function Ingestion of swallow supplements is difficult. Furthermore, while stirring the water and the thickening composition, a gel-like swallowing supplementary food is formed, but since the swallowing supplementary food in gel form has a high viscosity, stirring resistance becomes large. Then, heat is generated by friction between the swallowing supplement and the mixer, and the heat may deteriorate the swallowing supplement. Furthermore, in the case of preparation with a mixer, it takes extra time such as transferring to a cup or the like after preparation, and preparing and cleaning the mixer.

When preparing a gel swallowing supplement by adding a viscous composition to a liquid contained in a cup or the like, if a large amount of the viscous composition is added at once and stirred, the liquid and the viscous composition The substances cannot be completely mixed, and the thickening composition is solidified, so that the gel-form swallowing supplement cannot be uniformly prepared. For this reason, the thickening composition must be added little by little while stirring the liquid. However, there are many people with impaired swallowing function, such as elderly people, patients with brain surgery, congenital abnormalities, sequelae such as accidents and diseases, and people with autonomic neuropathy. It is difficult to add the thickening composition little by little while stirring, and there is a problem that it is not possible to prepare a gel-type swallowing supplement food by itself. In addition, even a healthy person,
It is very troublesome to add the thickening composition little by little while stirring the liquid, and there is a problem that it takes time to work for uniform preparation.

In view of such circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a swallowing assisting product and a method for preparing a swallowing assisting food, by which anyone can easily and surely prepare a viscous swallowing assisting food.

[0006]

The swallowing assisting product according to claim 1 comprises a preparation which becomes a viscous swallowing assisting food when absorbing water, and the preparation, which is sealed in a liquid-tight manner. It is characterized in that it comprises a possible preparation container, and when the liquid is put into the preparation container and shaken, the preparation becomes a viscous swallowing supplement food. The swallowing assist product of claim 2 is
2. The invention according to claim 1, wherein the preparation container comprises a main body containing the preparation inside, and a lid that is detachable from the main body and that is capable of liquid-tightly sealing the inside of the main body. Characterize. A swallowing assisting product according to a third aspect is the invention according to the first aspect, wherein the preparation container is a bag having an opening formed at one end, and the bag has a sealing mechanism for opening and closing the opening. It is characterized in that the inside of the bag is sealed in a liquid-tight manner by closing the opening of the bag by the sealing mechanism. A swallowing assisting product according to claim 4 is the mixture of a thickening composition and a pharmaceutical product in the invention according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the preparation becomes a viscous swallowing assisting food when absorbing water. It is characterized by A swallowing assisting product according to claim 5 is the invention according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the preparation comprises a thickening composition that becomes a viscous swallowing assisting food when absorbing water, and barium sulfate. It is characterized by being a mixture. The swallowing assisting product of claim 6 is the invention according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, wherein the preparation is a viscous swallowing assisting food which absorbs water, and a food. Is a mixture of The swallowing supplementary food according to claim 7 is claim 1,
In the invention described in 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, the preparation agent is in the form of powder or granules. The method for preparing a swallowing supplement food according to claim 8, wherein a preparation container that is liquid-tightly sealable is filled with a preparation and a liquid that become a viscous swallowing supplement food when absorbing water, and the preparation container is hermetically sealed. The prepared preparation container is shaken.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a viscous swallowing supplement can be prepared simply by putting the liquid in the preparation container and shaking it. It is possible to easily and reliably prepare a viscous swallowing supplement. In addition, a viscous swallowing supplement food to which a desired food or the like is added can be prepared by putting a food, a drug or the like in a preparation container and mixing the preparation with the preparation before adding the liquid. According to the invention of claim 2, the preparation container can be used as a cup as it is without being transferred to another container such as a cup, and if necessary, a lid is added after preparation to prepare the swallowing supplementary food in the preparation container. Since it can be resealed, the swallowing supplement food can be stored in the preparation container. According to the invention of claim 3, the inside of the bag can be liquid-tightly closed by closing the opening of the bag by the sealing mechanism. Therefore, even if the liquid is shaken while it is still contained, the liquid inside the bag can be prevented from splashing from the bag. Further, if necessary, by closing the opening of the bag by the sealing mechanism, the swallowing supplementary food can be resealed in the bag, so that the swallowing supplementary food can be stored in the bag. . Further, since the preparation container is a bag, the capacity of the waste can be reduced by folding the bag in a small size and discarding it. According to the invention of claim 4, since the prepared viscous swallowing supplement contains a drug, a person with a swallowing function disorder can easily orally take the drug. According to the invention of claim 5, since the prepared viscous swallowing aid food contains barium sulfate, if an X-ray image of the place where the viscous swallowing aid food is swallowed is taken, the throat etc. You can shoot the movement of.
Moreover, since the swallowing supplementary food is viscous, even a person with a swallowing function disorder can easily swallow it, and the swallowing function disorder can be effectively examined. According to the invention of claim 6, since the prepared viscous swallowing supplement food contains the food, it is possible for a person with a swallowing function disorder to easily take the necessary nutrition. According to the invention of claim 7, since the preparation is in the form of powder or granules, it can be easily dissolved in a liquid and a viscous swallowing supplement food can be easily prepared. Moreover, since the preparation contains a small amount of water in the preparation, the preparation can be stored for a long time. According to the invention of claim 8, a viscous swallowing aid can be prepared simply by putting a liquid in a preparation container and shaking it. Therefore, even if a person has a swallowing function disorder, it is simple and reliable. A viscous swallowing supplement can be prepared. In addition, a viscous swallowing supplement food to which a desired food or the like is added can be prepared by putting a food, a drug or the like in a preparation container and mixing the preparation with the preparation before adding the liquid.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a swallowing assisting product 1 of this embodiment.
FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the swallowing assisting product 1 of the present embodiment is basically composed of a preparation agent 15 and a preparation container 10 in which the preparation agent 15 is enclosed. A fluid is put into the preparation container 10 and shaken. The feature is that it enables the preparation of a viscous swallowing supplement. In addition,
A viscous substance is a substance having a property intermediate between a solid and a liquid, for example, a viscous substance and a viscous fluid such as candy, starch syrup, and glue,
In the present specification, the viscous swallowing aid is used as a concept including not only a viscous substance and a viscous fluid having the same properties as a candy or a paste but also a gel-like substance or a jelly-like substance. .

First, the preparation 15 will be described. Preparation 15
Is a powder or granules, and contains as its component a thickening composition which becomes a viscous state when absorbing water. This thickening composition is, for example, a simple substance such as starch, dextrin, thickening polysaccharide, agar or gelatin, or a combination of two or more thereof. In addition, the preparation 15
Is a powder or granules, so it is easy to dissolve in a liquid, and a viscous swallowing supplement can be easily prepared.
Since the preparation 15 has a low water content, it can be stored for a long time, but the form of the preparation 15 is not limited to powder or granules, and may be a lump such as a tablet or a liquid. It may be in the form of a sheet such as wafer, and is not particularly limited.

Next, the preparation container 10 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the preparation container 10 is composed of a main body 11 and a lid 12. The main body 11 contains the preparation agent 15 therein. The material of the main body 11 may be plastic, paper, metal, ceramics or the like as long as it does not leak when a liquid is put therein.

A lid 12 is detachably attached to the upper end of the main body 11. A female screw is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the lid 12, and the female screw is screwed with a male screw formed on the outer peripheral surface of the upper end of the main body 11. Therefore, the lid 12 can be attached to and detached from the main body 11, and if the lid 12 is attached to the main body 11, the inside of the main body 11 can be liquid-tightly sealed.

The lid 12 can be attached to and detached from the main body 11 and may take any form as long as it can liquid-tightly seal the inside of the main body 11.

The size of the preparation container 10 may be such that a person can hold it in his hand and shake it. When the amount of swallowing supplement to be ingested is reduced, the volume of the preparation container 10 may be set to about a paper cup or smaller, and when preparing several doses or servings for several people, the preparation container 1
The volume of 0 should be about a bowl or more.

Furthermore, the preparation container 10 may have the following structure. As shown in Figure 3 (A), the preparation container
10B is a bag 10B containing the preparation agent 15. This bag
10B has an opening 11a formed at one end of its main body 11B, and has a sealing mechanism 13 such as a zipper for opening and closing the opening 11a. Therefore, the sealing mechanism 1
If the opening 11a of the bag 10B is closed by 3, the inside of the bag 10B can be sealed liquid-tight. Therefore, even if the liquid is shaken with the liquid in it, the liquid and the like inside the bag 10B can be prevented from scattering from the bag 10B. Further, since the preparation container is the bag 10B, the capacity of the waste can be reduced by collapsing and discarding the bag 10B. Further, as shown in FIG. 3 (B), the preparation container 10C has a lid 12C provided integrally with the bottle 11C via a connecting portion 12b. In this case, lid 12C is bottle 11
Since it is attached to C, you do not have to worry about losing the lid 12C.

Furthermore, the preparation container is not limited to the above-mentioned constitution, and any liquid can be put inside, and any liquid can be spilled even if shaken with the liquid kept inside, especially, There is no limit. Furthermore, the inside of the preparation container may be provided with a straw having one end attached to the inner end of the preparation container, and the swallowing supplement food inside may be collected through the straw.

Next, a method for preparing a swallowing assisting food using the swallowing assisting product 1 of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation of preparing a swallowing assisting food by using the swallowing assisting product 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2 (A), first, the lid 12 is removed from the main body 11, and the liquid 20 such as water, tea, milk, coffee, juice, and various drinking water is put into the main body 11. At this time, liquid medicine such as enteral nutrition, barium sulfate suspension, syrup such as cold medicine, miso soup, soup, concentrated liquid food, or ordinary side dish is mixed into liquid 20 and chopped into paste. You may put liquid foodstuffs, such as the above.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2B, the lid 12 is attached to the main body 11 and the preparation container 10 is shaken up and down.
Then, the preparation 15 in the preparation container 10 and the liquid 20 are mixed to prepare a viscous swallowing supplement food.

Therefore, according to the swallowing assisting product 1 of the present embodiment, a viscous swallowing assisting food can be prepared simply by putting the liquid 20 in the preparation container 10 and shaking.
Even a person having a swallowing function disorder can easily and surely prepare a viscous swallowing supplement.

Before adding the liquid 20, a preparation container for powdered, granular or tablet medicines, powdered or granular foods, foods such as loose fish and vegetables not chopped into powders, are prepared. When placed in 10 and mixed with the preparation 15, it is possible to prepare a viscous swallowing supplement food to which a desired food or the like is added. In addition, the preparation container 10 after use
Can be repeatedly used as a container for preparing a viscous swallowing supplement by containing a commercially available thickening composition and the like.

Further, as the preparation agent 15, in addition to the thickening composition, X-ray contrast agents such as barium sulfate, iodine compounds, bismuth compounds and metal ferrite compounds, MRI contrast agents such as gadolinium compounds and iron compounds, You may use what added the medicine which can be taken orally, such as a cold medicine, a gastrointestinal medicine, a radiopharmaceutical, and an antibiotic. In this case, since the prepared viscous swallowing supplement contains the drug, even a person with a swallowing function disorder can easily orally take the drug.

Particularly, when an X-ray contrast agent such as barium sulfate is mixed with the preparation 15, barium sulfate or the like is contained in the prepared viscous swallowing aid, so that the viscous swallowing aid is swallowed. If X-ray is taken, the movement of the throat etc. when swallowing food can be taken. Moreover, since the prepared swallowing supplement food is a viscous swallowing supplement food, even a person with a swallowing function disorder can swallow it easily, and the swallowing function disorder test can be effectively performed.

When the swallowing supplement food is prepared by the preparation agent 15 containing barium sulfate, the preparation container 10 is put into the preparation container 10 after the liquid 20 is put therein and the lid 12 is attached thereto, and before shaking. It is good to let it fall. Then, the mixing of the liquid 20 and the barium sulfate contained in the preparation 15 is promoted, and it is possible to prevent the preparation 15 and the liquid 20 from being poorly mixed.

As the preparation 15, in addition to the thickening composition, powdered milk, freeze-dried baby food, instant powdered miso soup, essential amino acids and fats, various minerals, vitamins, etc. are processed into powder. You may use the thing which added the said nutritious food, the dried foodstuff, etc. In this case, the prepared viscous swallowing supplement contains the desired nutrients, so that even a person with a swallowing function disorder can easily orally take the necessary nutrition.

[0024]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a viscous swallowing supplement food can be prepared simply by putting a liquid in a preparation container and shaking it. Also, it is possible to easily and reliably prepare a viscous swallowing supplement. In addition, a viscous swallowing supplement food to which a desired food or the like is added can be prepared by putting a food, a drug or the like in a preparation container and mixing the preparation with the preparation before adding the liquid. According to the invention of claim 2, the preparation container can be used as a cup as it is without being transferred to another container such as a cup, and if necessary, a lid is added after preparation to prepare the swallowing supplementary food in the preparation container. Since it can be resealed, the swallowing supplement food can be stored in the preparation container. According to the invention of claim 3, the inside of the bag can be liquid-tightly closed by closing the opening of the bag by the sealing mechanism. Therefore, even if the liquid is shaken while it is still contained, the liquid inside the bag can be prevented from splashing from the bag. Further, if necessary, by closing the opening of the bag by the sealing mechanism, the swallowing supplementary food can be resealed in the bag, so that the swallowing supplementary food can be stored in the bag. . Further, since the preparation container is a bag, the capacity of the waste can be reduced by folding the bag in a small size and discarding it. According to the invention of claim 4, since the prepared viscous swallowing supplement contains a drug, a person with a swallowing function disorder can easily orally take the drug. According to the invention of claim 5, since the prepared viscous swallowing aid food contains barium sulfate, if an X-ray image of the place where the viscous swallowing aid food is swallowed is taken, the throat etc. You can shoot the movement of.
Moreover, since the swallowing supplementary food is viscous, even a person with a swallowing function disorder can easily swallow it, and the swallowing function disorder can be effectively examined. According to the invention of claim 6, since the prepared viscous swallowing supplement food contains the food, it is possible for a person with a swallowing function disorder to easily take the necessary nutrition. According to the invention of claim 7, since the preparation is in the form of powder or granules, it can be easily dissolved in a liquid and a viscous swallowing supplement food can be easily prepared. Moreover, since the preparation contains a small amount of water in the preparation, it can be stored for a long time. According to the invention of claim 8, a viscous swallowing supplement can be prepared simply by putting a liquid in a preparation container and shaking it. Therefore, even a person having a swallowing function can easily and surely A viscous swallowing supplement can be prepared. In addition, by putting foods, medicines, etc. in a preparation container and mixing them with a preparation before adding a liquid, a viscous swallowing supplement food containing desired foods, etc. can be prepared.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a swallowing assisting product 1 of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation of preparing a swallowing assisting food with the swallowing assisting product 1 of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a preparation container 10 according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 swallowing aid products 10 Preparation container 11 body 12 lid 15 Preparation

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A preparation agent which becomes a viscous swallowing aid when absorbing water, and a preparation container in which the preparation agent is enclosed and which can be liquid-tightly sealed. A swallowing assisting product, wherein the preparation becomes a viscous swallowing assisting food when a liquid is put therein and shaken. 2. The preparation container comprises a main body in which the preparation agent is housed, and a lid which is attachable to and detachable from the main body and which is capable of liquid-tightly sealing the inside of the main body. The swallowing aid product according to claim 1. 3. The preparation container is a bag having an opening formed at one end, the bag having a sealing mechanism for opening and closing the opening, and the opening of the bag by the sealing mechanism. The swallowing assisting product according to claim 1, wherein the inside of the bag is liquid-tightly closed when the part is closed. 4. The swallowing aid according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the preparation is a mixture of a thickening composition which becomes a viscous swallowing aid food when absorbing water and a pharmaceutical. Product. 5. The preparation is a mixture of a thickening composition which becomes a viscous swallowing aid upon absorption of water and barium sulfate, and the preparation is characterized in that:
The swallowing aid product as described. 6. The preparation according to claim 1, wherein the preparation is a mixture of a thickening composition that becomes a viscous swallowing aid food when absorbing water and a food. The swallowing aid product as described. 7. The swallowing aid product according to claim 1, wherein the preparation is in the form of powder or granules. 8. A preparation container that can be sealed liquid-tight is filled with a preparation and a liquid that become a viscous swallowing supplement when absorbing water, the preparation container is sealed, and the sealed preparation container is shaken. A method for preparing a swallowing supplement food, comprising: