JP2007130396A - Dental headrest - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dental headrest which can be fit for a patient's head without troubling an operator or causing pain to the patient. <P>SOLUTION: This dental headrest comprises a headrest body 20, and a headrest retainer member 30 which is arranged at the rear of the headrest 20 so as to support the headrest body 20. The inside of the headrest body 20 is filled with compressed air, and at least its front is formed of a flexible member. The head rest becomes a state as shown in Fig. 1 (A) or a state as shown in Fig. 1 (B), depending on a load distribution when the patient K places his/her head on the headrest, and automatically fitted to the patient's head depending on the attitude of the patient K. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an ancillary table on which a patient places his / her head for dental treatment, and more specifically, fits a patient without bothering the operator as much as possible and without burdening the patient. It is related with the dental cradle.

  FIG. 6 is an overall configuration diagram showing an example of a dental treatment unit to which the present invention is applied. The dental treatment unit includes a treatment chair 1, a work table 2, a spiton 3, a surgical light 4, an instrument holder 5, It comprises a foot switch 6, an assistant instrument holder 7, a hand piece (instrument) 8, and the like. The instrument holder 5 includes various hand pieces used in dental treatment, such as an air turbine, a micro engine, A handpiece 8 such as a sonic scaler or a multi-syringe is housed, and as is well known, during a dental treatment, a patient sits on the chair 1 and the head is fixed to the cradle 9 for treatment. During the treatment, the surgeon moves the treatment chair 1 up and down, tilts up, tilts, etc. to treat the patient in a posture that allows easy treatment.

  FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram of a main part for explaining an example of a dental cradle to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, 10 is a cradle body, and 11 is a pivot of the cradle body 10. An abutment base body support member that freely supports, 12 is a sliding rod that adjusts the height position of the underhead body 10 (anchor base body support member 11) in the vertical direction, K is a patient, and D is an operator. In the dental treatment, the patient K sits on the chair 1 and receives the dental treatment in a state where the head is placed on the head base body 10 and the head is stabilized. FIG. 7A is a diagram showing the relationship between the body of the head 10 and the head of the patient K when the patient K is tilted with respect to the treatment chair, and FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the main body 10 and the patient's K head when sitting upright with respect to a chair.

  As shown in FIG. 7, according to the treatment posture of the patient K, the operator D changes the angle of the head base body 10 in the arrow A direction so that the head of the patient K fits the head base body 10. Although the adjustment is performed, the operation is manually performed by the operator D, which is a burden on the operator, and at the same time, the patient needs to greatly move the head back and forth during the operation. In particular, it was painful for the elderly to put pressure on the neck, which was a burden on the patient.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above. In particular, in a dental cradle, the patient's head can be secured without bothering the operator and without causing pain to the patient. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a dental cradle that can be fitted to the cradle.

  The invention of claim 1 is composed of an abutment base body and an abutment body receiving member disposed behind the ancillary body and supporting the ancillary body. It is filled with air, and at least its front surface is formed of a flexible member and is deformable.

  The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 1, the amount of compressed air in the main body is adjustable.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the head base body is composed of two upper and lower head base bodies, and both are communicated with each other through an air passage, and the internal air is the air. It is characterized by being movable through a passage.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the air passage includes a first air passage that allows air to flow from the upper head base main body to the lower head base main body, and a lower base base main body. A second air passage that allows air to flow to the upper head base main body and a switching valve that opens one of the air passages and closes the other are provided.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claim 4, wherein the switching valve is an electromagnetic valve.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the head base main body is composed of two upper and lower base head main bodies, and the two upper and lower head base main bodies are independently compressed air inside. It is characterized by the fact that the amount of can be adjusted.

  The invention of claim 7 is characterized in that, in any one of the inventions of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a head base body into which compressed air has entered on both the left and right sides of the head base body.

  The invention of claim 8 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 7, the left and right baffle bodies communicate with each other through an air passage.

  A ninth aspect of the invention is characterized in that, in the seventh aspect of the invention, the left and right headrest main bodies are capable of independently adjusting the amount of compressed air inside.

  The invention of claim 10 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 4 or 9, all of the upper and lower head base main bodies and the left and right head base main bodies communicate with each other through an air passage.

  According to the present invention, the balustrade body is filled with compressed air, and at least the front side surface on which the patient's head rests is composed of a flexible member, so when the patient places his head on the balustrade According to the weight distribution, the surface side of the main body of the head is automatically deformed to support the head, so there is no burden for the operator to adjust by hand and the patient is also forced to move the head In addition, the head fits naturally on the cradle, so there is no need to apply force to the neck, and the dental treatment can be performed easily and without burden on the operator and the patient.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a main part for explaining an embodiment of an anvil according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 20 denotes a bag-like anvil body enclosed with compressed air. The main body 20 is an alternative to the Antodai main body 10 shown in FIG. Since the head base body 20 itself cannot support the patient's head, a head base body receiving member 30 is provided instead of the head base supporting member 11 shown in FIG. It is placed on the top. Therefore, the anvil base body 20 does not exist independently of the receiving member 30 and does not rotate with respect to the receiving member 30. The head table main body 20 is composed of a flexible member at least on the surface on which the head is placed, and when the patient places the head on the dental treatment, the load distribution when the head is placed To fit the patient's head as shown in FIG. 1 (A) or FIG. 1 (B). The compressed air in the head base body 20 may be compressed air with a constant pressure sealed in advance, but pressure adjustment is possible, and any pressure can be selected according to the weight of the patient's head, the patient's preference, etc. It may be possible to make adjustments.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a main part for explaining another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the above-described head base body 20 is composed of _two head base bodies 20 ₁ and 20 _2. , but in which they were communicating with the air passage 21 is disposed vertically, if in this way, for example, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), a large load safely head base 20 ₁ of the upper when such is deflated From head rest body 20 ₁ of the upper in response to the pressure, correspondingly, bulge From the head rest body 20 _second lower relates to a load is evenly distributed over substantially the entire region of the head, the patient head Keep the part stable. Conversely, as shown in FIG. 2 (B), when such a large load safely head rest body 20 ₂ The lower deflated is cheap head rest body 20 ₂ of the lower, upper Ahn head rest body 20 ₁ swells to hold the patient's head stable.

FIG. 3 shows that the upper head body 20 ₁ and the lower head body 20 ₂ are connected by two air passages 21 ₁ , 21 ₂ , and the air passages 21 ₁ , 21 ₂ are connected in opposite directions. provided with a check valve 22 _1, 22 ₂ acting, may be provided a switching valve 23, for example, in a normal state, Ahn head Ahn head rest body 20 ₁ and the lower state (upper side shown in FIG. 3 (a) platform body 20 ₂ leave the same pressure), when the position shown to a patient in FIG. 3 (B), the switching valve 23, to open the air passage 21 ₁ side, upper Ahn head base 20 ₁ in the open the air passage 21 _1, when the patient carrying the head to safely head rest body, air of the upper From head rest body 20 ₁ side flows safely head rest body 20 ₂ side of the lower side, the upper side of Ahn head die body 20 ₁ is deflated, to ensure safe head rest body 20 ₂ of the lower side is inflated. Conversely, when the patient is in the posture shown in FIG. 2 (B), for example, the switching valve 23 having the configuration shown in FIG. 3 (C) is switched to close the air passage 21 ₁ and open 21 ₂ . air lower From the head rest body 20 _{and second} flow safely head rest body 20 ₁ of the upper, deflated is cheap head rest body 20 ₂ of the lower, safe head rest body 20 ₁ of the upper bulge, 2 The state shown in (B) can be achieved.

Figure 4 is a main part configuration diagram for explaining another embodiment of the present invention, this embodiment, the upper Ahn head rest body 20 ₁ and the lower Ahn head rest body 20 ₂ and the two The air passages 21 ₁ and 21 ₂ are connected to each other, and the air passages 21 ₁ and 21 ₂ are provided with an electromagnetic valve 24 instead of the switching valve 23 shown in FIG. 3, and the air passages 21 ₁ and 21 ₂ are connected to the electromagnetic valves. 24 is switched by remote operation.

In the above, an example is shown in which air is sealed at a constant pressure in the two upper and lower head base main bodies 20 ₁ , 20 ₂ and these are communicated by the air passage 21 or 21 ₁ , 21 ₂ . and although, if enabling independently pressure adjustment, for example, when the state shown in FIG. 2 (a), lower the cheap head base air pressure of the main body 20 ₁ of the upper, From the head base of the upper deflated body 20 _1, inflated From head rest body 20 ₂ of the upper raised Ahn head base air pressure of the main body 20 _{and second} lower, when the state of FIG. 2 (B), and vice versa, the upper Ahn head rest body 20 ₁ of inflation, it may deflate Ahn head rest body 20 ₂ lower.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a main part for explaining another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 (A) is a front view of the balustrade according to the present invention as viewed from the front, and FIG. As seen from the plan view, this embodiment is provided with left and right anvil base bodies 20 ₃ and 20 ₄ in addition to the upper and lower anvil base bodies 20 ₁ and 20 ₂ . These left and right baffle bodies 20 ₃ and 20 ₄ can function in exactly the same manner as the above-mentioned upper and lower baffle bodies, thereby fitting the burr heads to the left and right postures of the patient. Can be made.

In the above, pre-sealed compressed air in the head base body, the air in the head base body moves according to the pressure distribution when the patient puts his head on the head base body, an example is shown in which a patient's head has to fit safely head rest body, the air can be supplied independently to each From the head rest body 20 ₁ to 20 _4, and, thereby enabling the pressure adjustment By adjusting, the degree of swelling or deflation of the main body 20 _{1 to} 20 ₄ is adjusted, and the posture of the patient's head is finely determined by adjusting the degree of bulge or deflation of the main body. It is also possible to do so.

It is a principal part schematic block diagram for demonstrating one Example of the dental cradle by this invention. It is a principal part schematic block diagram for demonstrating the other Example of the dental cradle by this invention. It is a principal part schematic block diagram for demonstrating the other Example of the dental cradle by this invention. It is a principal part schematic block diagram for demonstrating the other Example of the dental cradle by this invention. It is a principal part schematic block diagram for demonstrating the other Example of the dental cradle by this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the dental unit provided with the bait to which this invention is applied. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the conventional dental headrest.

Explanation of symbols

9 ... Antodai, 20, 20 _{1 to} 20 ₄ ..Anton base, 21, 21 ₁ , 21 ₂ ..Air passage, 22 ₁ , 22 ₂ ... Check valve, 23 ... Switching valve, 24 ... Solenoid valve, 30: Abutment base receiving member.

Claims (10)

  A head base body, and a head base body receiving member disposed behind the head base body and supporting the head base body, the interior of the head base body is filled with compressed air, at least, A dental cradle characterized in that its front surface is formed of a flexible member and is deformable.   The dental cradle according to claim 1, wherein the amount of compressed air in the cradle body is adjustable.   The said head base main body consists of two upper and lower base head main bodies, both are connected by the air passage, The internal air can move through the said air passage. The dental anvil described in 1.   The air passage includes a first air passage for flowing air from an upper head base body to a lower head base body, and a second air for flowing air from the lower head base body to the upper head base body. The dental cradle according to claim 3, further comprising a passage and a switching valve that opens one of the air passages and closes the other.   The dental cradle according to claim 4, wherein the switching valve is a solenoid valve.   The said head base main body consists of two upper and lower base head main bodies, and these two upper head base main bodies can each adjust the amount of compressed air inside independently. A dental anvil according to 1.   The dental cradle according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a cradle body containing compressed air on both left and right sides of the cradle body.   8. The dental cradle according to claim 7, wherein the left and right cradle main bodies communicate with each other through an air passage.   8. The dental cradle according to claim 7, wherein the left and right cradle main bodies can adjust the amount of compressed air inside thereof independently of each other.   The dental head base according to claim 4 or 9, wherein the upper and lower head base bodies and the left and right head base bodies are all in communication with each other through an air passage.

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