JP2009005728A - Aid for disabled hand - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an aid for disabled hand which enables a person with difficulties in talking aloud with others and with disabled hands to perform input operation by himself without a helper when he/she wants to make him/her understood to others. <P>SOLUTION: A stick with a writing brush, a keyboard input head or the like, which was traditionally used by taking it into one's mouth, fitted in its end is attached to the outward protrusion of an oval mouthpiece in the length and at the angle so as to facilitate inputting letters with the mouth. The mouthpiece part is oval or flat and made of a soft plastic material well-absorbing impacts, and its angle is fixed even by not narrowing the mouth holding it. A removable saliva reception cup is installed to prevent saliva from dripping. Further a common mouthpiece is used for its common use for the holders of different things to be operated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a handicapped assisting tool for handicapped persons who use another body part for writing or personal computer input because of the strong athetosis in which the freedom of the limbs does not work.

A head-fixed stick or a mouse stick has been used for writing or inputting with a computer other than the conventional hand. For people with disabilities who are handicapped, the head-fixed type always requires an assistant to attach to the head.

For writing and typing in the mouth, it is often used by holding a brush or stick directly in the mouth, and if you put it in a cup etc., there is an advantage that you can express it with your own mouth if you can move to the spot when you want to input .

However, since the bark part cannot absorb the impact, cotton or sponge was wound to suppress the reaction force at the time of input, but the angle is not good because it absorbs wrinkles and it is unsanitary, and the mouth is closed. Regardless, it was difficult to input for a long time. In addition, when a stick is transmitted through a stick, a notebook for telling one's intention to a person gets dirty, and it causes a failure of an electronic device input device such as a personal computer. Furthermore, a different holding member is required for each operation article.

If you have a handicap assistive device that can solve these shortcomings at the same time, even if it is not tailored to the individual like a prosthetic orthosis, you can write sentences you want to express for a long time whenever you like, There are many benefits such as increased freedom, increased communication skills and educational effects, and reduced burden of assistance, and these problems can be solved at the same time. There was a need to develop a device that allows input by the user's intention.

The problem to be solved is that a handicapped assistive device that makes it possible for a handicapped person who is difficult to speak by speech and who has a handicap to communicate, even without a helper, to input his / her own intention. It is establishment.

In addition, it is a handicap assisting device that solves the problem that the heel is struck by a writing notebook or an electronic device, which is a drawback of the input with the palate fixed.

The present invention is provided with a holding part for holding small items such as a brush and a keyboard input head that are conventionally held in the mouth on the outer protruding portion of the elliptical mouthpiece, and uses a common gripping member for each operation article. It is possible to attach a different gripping member. A soft plastic with good shock absorption and an oval or flat tail. In addition, a removable cup is attached.

Even if the handicapped, this device that stands on a cup etc. can be written and input when you like the text you want to express even if there is no helper, The degree of freedom increases, and it is possible to receive many benefits in various aspects such as expansion of communication ability and educational effect, and reduction of assistance burden.

The present invention absorbs an impact caused by a reaction force at the time of input of the gripping portion, and enables input in a state where a notebook or a keyboard is boiled and unsanitarily prevented from being soiled by receiving the wrinkles.

The holding portion for holding small items is provided at one end of the gripping portion. The holding portion has a non-circular cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the axial direction and a surface formed of an elastic material.

As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, it is an auxiliary tool used when holding an accessory used by a handicapped person in his / her mouth and the cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the axial direction of the auxiliary tool is non-circular and the surface is The holding part of FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 which consists of a grip part formed with an elastic material and hold | maintains the accessory etc. which are shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 6 at the end of the grip part is provided.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 is provided with a collar part 4 that allows the bowl receiving cup 10 to be attached to the holding part side of the mouth grip part, and provided with a mushroom-shaped projection 9 on the outer periphery thereof. Correspondingly, there is a mounting hole 11 in the upper part of the tongue 10 of the bowl receiving cup.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the clip 5 is used with a writing instrument generally used by a healthy person. The clip 5 and the stick 6 are attached to one of the knobs of the clip 5 with screws and nuts.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the long nut 3 is embedded and fixed to the mouthpiece holding part side by attachment. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the attachment portion of the personal computer input head or writing instrument head has a common shape like a screw 7 corresponding to the long nut 3.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, ribs 15 are attached to both sides of the tongue 10 of the saddle receiving cup. Further, a draining drain 12 is provided at the bottom, and a drain cap 13 or a drain tube 14 is attached.

Schools, facilities, hospitals, etc. can be used as a means of communication for people who have had difficulty communicating and writing until the helper is there until now, greatly reducing the time and cost required for assistance. Furthermore, since easy communication can be expected, the stress of residents is greatly reduced, and rehabilitation, improvement of educational efficiency, and reduction of assistance effort are expected.

The top view of the mouthpiece part of a handicapped assistance tool. The front view of the mouthpiece part of a handicapped assistance tool. Sectional drawing seen from the upper part of the hand obstacle assistance tool whose holding | maintenance part is a screw. The perspective view of the hand obstacle assistance tool whose holding | maintenance part is a clip. Top view of PC input head Top view of writing instrument head Front view of bowl receiving when drain cap is attached Side perspective view of wrinkle holder when drain tube is attached to mouthpiece Perforated perspective view of drain when cap is attached

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Oval mouthpiece body 2 Outer protrusion part 3 Long nut 4 Gutter part 5 Clip 6 Stick 7 Screw 8 Small rubber grip part 9 Mushroom type protrusion
10 ベ ロ receiving cup
11 Mounting hole
12 Drain
13 Drain cap
14 Drain tube
15 Ribs

Claims (7)

  Auxiliary device used when holding an accessory used by a handicapped person in the mouth and having a non-circular cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the axial direction of the auxiliary device, and a surface formed of an elastic material. And a holding part for holding the accessory is provided at one end of the grip part.   The hand obstacle assisting device according to claim 1, further comprising a hook part (4) that allows the hook receiving cup to be attached to the holding part side of the mouthpiece part.   The handicapped assisting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the mouthpiece has an elliptical or flat cross-sectional shape. The handicapped assisting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the holding portion is a clip (5) or a screw. A small piece with a common shape in the part held by the holding part. 6. The accessory according to claim 5, wherein the accessory is a stick for keyboard operation or a writing instrument. A bowl receiving cup provided with a drain (12) for removing the bowl accumulated in the cup.

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