JP2012016600A - Pillow for face-down sleep - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pillow designed to remove one's sleep problems such as snoring and obstructive sleep apnea that may often be anatomically and physiologically induced from a face-up sleeping posture, by allowing a user to sleep face down on.SOLUTION: This pillow, designed to allow a user to sleep in a face-down posture, is provided with a face-support hollow space 3 in the center, which is deep and has a rectangular shape to hold the user's face gently and freely, and with a respiratory air passageway 2 connected to the face-support hollow space 3.

Description

  In general, the present invention has a habit of sleeping on the person's face using a normal pillow when sleeping, so anatomically and physiologically, such as snoring and obstructive breathing disorder during sleep It was devised and created for the prevention and prevention of the problem. In the center of the pillow, a facial space that can be lying down and a breathing airway that can breathe well in lying down are provided to prevent habitual breathing problems during sleep. It is intended to prevent the occurrence.

Technical background

  The pillow that has been generally used in the past is made of a bag-like structure with a resilient material, and is designed to sleep on its back with the back of the head, with the face down. There has been no research or development of a lying pillow, which is impossible and as in the present invention.

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Snoring and obstructive breathing disorders during human sleep, apart from severe ones, have generally been treated as an individual's mere epilepsy, not in the category of illness. It is known that it has attracted known illnesses, and has attracted medical attention.
The mechanism of snoring and obstructive breathing disorder during sleep is generally the skeletal muscles around the throat, although there are individual differences in the state of lying on the back with the face up. Relaxation and drooping of the soft palate and tongue base prevent the inflow of air in the upper airway, or obstruct the airway, causing snoring and temporary ventilation stoppage (breathing stop). There are various pathological conditions such as over 10 to 30 seconds.
It is said that about 25% of adult males and about half of females suffer from sleep disturbances during sleep, especially 30% of males over 60 years old. There is no change in the outside.
And it is known that the breathing disorder at the time of sleep makes a lot of illnesses such as the following. Compensatory hypertension due to habitual hypoxemia, cardiovascular disorders, arrhythmia, and other cardiovascular disorders, diabetes, metabolic disorders such as dyslipidemia, daytime hypersomnia, fatigue, agitation, nighttime sleep disorder Arousal), memory impairment, reduced attention concentration, cognitive decline, and mental symptoms such as depression.
On the other hand, there are very few medical therapies for the sleep disorder itself caused by sleeping on the back. Surgically, treatment by uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. Internally, forced breathing treatment with a nasal continuous positive pressure breathing device. In addition, there is a procedure for attaching a mandibular anterior fixation device in dentistry, but none of them is a common treatment method for severely ill people.
The present invention has been made to solve the problems in such a social situation.

  With normal pillows, you can not sleep on the face with the face facing down, but in the present invention, the central part of the pillow is a deep rectangular shape that can hold the face part necessary for lying on the bed without difficulty A space and a sufficient respiratory airway were provided to enable natural lying on the prone position.

By using the pillow of the present invention, it is thought that the conventional disordered breathing disorder during sleep caused by lying on the back is promptly improved without relying on medical treatment.
Moreover, when the general person who does not have the symptom of snoring and sleep breathing stop is used as a habit, it is thought that there exists an effect which prevents the outbreak after a drought.

  It is a perspective view of the present invention.   1 is a front view of the present invention.   It is sectional drawing which shows the use condition of this invention.   It is sectional drawing of the normal upper airway of the person used as the foundation of this invention.   It is sectional drawing of the upper airway obstruction | occlusion situation by the conventional sleeping on the back.   It is sectional drawing at the time of the upper airway at the time of use of this invention, and respiration.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the entire pillow showing the implementation of the present invention. In order to ensure a comfortable posture in lying down, the front of the pillow is slightly higher and the front and rear portions are lower. A rectangular (3) deep facial space is provided in the center of the pillow, and a respiratory airway for air in and out is opened to the front of the pillow following the space.
Next, FIG. 3 shows a state when the present invention is used. The method for lying on the bed is as follows. At this time, the cheeks 3 are supported by the left and right edges of the facial space, and the entire head is stabilized in a natural state of stagnation, ensuring a comfortable and comfortable breathing.

[Fig. 1] 1. Pillow front
2. Respiratory airway
3. Face space
4. Pillow back [Fig. 2] 2, Respiratory airway [Fig. 3] 1. Pillow front
2. Respiratory airway
3. Face space
4. Pillow rear [Fig. 4, 5, 6]
1. Nasal cavity
2. Soft palate
3, uvula
4, tongue

Claims (1)

The product of the present invention can be used during sleep of a person who presents symptoms of snoring and obstructive respiratory arrest that occur anatomically and physiologically by using a normal pillow and sleeping on the habit. In order to eliminate and prevent obstacles, it is a pillow having a structure that enables a lying-down sleep, which is fundamentally improved from the conventional pillow.
The structure of the pillow according to the present invention is such that a space part and a respiratory airway capable of holding a face facing downward are provided at the center part of the pillow so that the bed can be lying down.

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