JP2012061027A - Protector for preventing sternum deformation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protector for preventing deformation of a sternum, while reducing a burden on a neonate or an infant.SOLUTION: A wearing part 3 comprises a chest-side wearing part 5 and a back-side wearing part 7. The chest-side wearing part 5 and the back-side wearing part 7 are separable from each other. The wearing part 3 is formed by covering a core material 17 composed of synthetic resin-made sponge with a cloth cover material 19. The cover material 19 comprises a front surface 21 formed of nylon pile fabric and a back surface 23 formed of cotton fabric. The surface 21 constitutes a female member as connected parts of hook and loop fasteners. Male members 25 as connecting parts of the hook and loop fasteners are provided at the tip parts of the back surface of a pair of chest-side belt-like parts 11 and a pair of back-side belt-like parts 15, respectively. A pad 27 formed of urethane foam has flexibility. The male members of the hook and loop fasteners are provided on one side of the pad 27, and the female member 29 of the hook and loop fasteners is provided on the back surface 23 of a chest-side main part 9. The pad 27 can be freely attached to and detached from the chest-side main part 9.

Description

  The present invention relates to a protector for preventing sternal deformation that prevents the sternum from gradually rising after undergoing, for example, an operation for incising the chest in the vertical direction, and more particularly to a protector for preventing sternal deformation that is suitable for newborns and infants. .

  As this type of protector for preventing sternum deformation, there is one described in Patent Document 1. The protector for preventing sternum deformation is made of a metal plate, a plastic plate, natural leather, or the like.

JP 2002-345868 A

However, the conventional sternal deformation prevention protector is composed of a metal plate, natural leather, etc., so it has a certain amount of weight, and the metal plate itself has a considerable hardness. There was a problem that it was heavy to apply to infants.
The present invention has been made paying attention to the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a protector for preventing sternum deformation that has a small burden even for newborns and infants.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. The invention of claim 1 is a mounting part that is attached to the body and covers at least the chest, and a flexible part that is provided in the mounting part and presses the chest incision site. A protector for preventing sternal deformation having a pad having a characteristic, the protector for preventing sternal deformation, characterized in that the entire mounting portion is made of a lightweight and flexible material.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the protector for preventing sternal deformation according to the first aspect, the lightweight and flexible material constituting the entire mounting portion is formed by covering a core made of a synthetic resin sponge with a cloth cover material. This is a protector for preventing sternal deformation.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the protector for preventing sternum deformation according to the first or second aspect, the mounting portion can be divided into a chest-side mounting portion and a back-side mounting portion, and the chest-side mounting portion and the back-side mounting This is a protector for preventing sternal deformation, wherein the parts are connected to each other by a connecting means to form a loop shape.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the protector for preventing sternum deformation according to the third aspect, the chest-side mounting portion is provided integrally with the chest-side main portion covering the chest and the chest-side main portion and extends to the left and right sides. The back side mounting part is composed of a back side main part covering the back and a back side band part integrally provided on the back side main part and extending to both the left and right sides, and the chest side band part by a connecting means The back surface of the back side main part is connected to the surface of the back side main part, and the back side of the back side band-like part is connected to the surface of the chest side main part.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the protector for preventing sternal deformation according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the connecting means is a hook-and-loop fastener, and one side of the connecting portion and the connected portion of the hook-and-loop fastener is the chest-side belt-like portion and the back-side belt-like portion. A protector for preventing sternum deformation, characterized in that the other side of the connecting portion and the connected portion of the hook-and-loop fastener is provided on the entire surface of the chest-side main portion and the back-side main portion. is there.

  A sixth aspect of the present invention is the protector for preventing sternum deformation according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the pad is detachable from the mounting portion.

  The invention of claim 7 is the protector for preventing sternum deformation according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the pad is held in a hole of the outer frame member and the hole of the outer frame member, and is more than the outer frame member. A protector for preventing sternal deformation, comprising a flexible member made of a flexible material.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the protector for preventing sternum deformation according to claim 7, wherein the flexible member is hydrogel.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the sternal deformation prevention protector according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising a strap for holding the mounting portion so that the mounting portion covers the chest. This is a protector.

  According to the protector for preventing sternum deformation of the present invention, since the mounting portion is made of a lightweight and flexible material, the burden can be reduced even for newborns and infants.

It is a perspective view of the protector for sternum deformation prevention concerning Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is a front view which shows the state with which the protector for sternum deformation prevention of FIG. 1 was mounted | worn. It is a rear view which shows the state with which the protector for sternum deformation prevention of FIG. 1 was mounted | worn. It is a perspective view of the pad of the protector for sternum deformation prevention concerning Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

A sternum deformation preventing protector 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Reference numeral 3 denotes a mounting portion. The mounting portion 3 includes a chest side mounting portion 5 and a back side mounting portion 7, and the chest side mounting portion 5 and the back side mounting portion 7 are separable. . That is, the mounting portion 3 can be divided into two.

  The chest side mounting portion 5 includes a chest side main portion 9 and a pair of chest side strips 11 provided integrally with the chest side main portion 9. The pair of chest side bands 11 are formed narrower than the chest main part 9, and the pair of chest side bands 11 extend slightly obliquely upward on the left and right sides of the chest side main part 9. . The upper edge of the boundary portion between the chest side main portion 9 and the chest side belt-like portion 11 is curved so as to form a continuous gentle concave shape.

  The back side mounting portion 7 includes a back side main portion 13 and a pair of back side band portions 15 provided integrally with the back side main portion 13. The pair of back-side belt-like portions 15 are formed to be narrower than the back-side main portion 13, and the pair of back-side belt-like portions 15 extend obliquely upward on the left and right sides of the back-side main portion 13 and then bend. The tip portion extends slightly obliquely downward. The upper edge of the boundary between the back-side main portion 13 and the back-side belt-like portion 15 is curved so as to form a continuous gentle concave shape.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mounting portion 3 (the chest side mounting portion 5 and the back side mounting portion 7) is obtained by covering a core material 17 made of a synthetic resin sponge with a cloth cover material 19. The cover member 19 includes a front surface 21 made of a nylon pile fabric and a back surface 23 made of a cotton fabric.
As described above, the entire mounting portion 3 is made of a lightweight and flexible material such as sponge or cloth.

As described above, the surface 21 of the cover member 19 is made of a pile fabric, and this surface 21 constitutes a female member as a connected portion of the surface fastener.
Reference numeral 25 denotes a male member as a connecting portion of the hook-and-loop fastener, and the male member 25 is provided at each of the front end portions of the back surfaces of the pair of chest side belt portions 11 and the pair of back side belt portions 15.
The connecting means is constituted by a hook-and-loop fastener composed of the surface 21 of the cover member 19 and the male member 25.

  Reference numeral 27 denotes a pad made of urethane foam, and the pad 27 has flexibility. A male member of a surface fastener (not shown) is provided on one surface of the pad 27 (the surface opposite to the side visible in FIG. 1), and the back surface 23 of the chest side main portion 9 is provided with a surface fastener. A female member 29 is provided. As a result, the pad 27 is detachable from the chest main part 9.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a pair of straps, and these straps 31 are also made of a lightweight and flexible material such as a sponge or cloth, like the mounting portion 3. A male member 33 of a hook-and-loop fastener is provided at the tip of the pair of straps 31, respectively.
As described above, the sternum deformation prevention protector 1 does not use a metal member, and can be performed while wearing an examination such as an X-ray or MRI.

Next, how to use the protector 1 for preventing sternum deformation will be described.
A pad 27 is attached to the chest side main part 9 of the chest side mounting part 5.
The back side main part 13 of the back side mounting part 7 is applied to the back, and the chest side main part 9 of the chest side mounting part 5 is applied to the chest, so that the pad 27 is positioned at the chest incision site. Next, the pair of back side belt-like portions 15 are pulled lightly, and the tip portions thereof are attached to the surface 21 of the chest side main portion 9 (see FIG. 3). Next, the pair of chest side belt-like portions 11 are lightly pulled, and these tip portions are attached to the surface 21 of the back side main portion 13 (see FIG. 4). Thereby, the chest side attachment part 5 and the back side attachment part 7 are mutually connected.

By connecting the back surface of the chest band 11 to the surface 21 of the back main portion 13 and connecting the back surface of the back band 15 to the surface 21 of the chest main portion 9 in this way, Wearing a loop shape that fits the body.
Next, the pair of straps 31 are hung on both shoulders, and the tip portions thereof are attached to the mounting portion 3. Thereby, the mounting part 3 is held in a state of covering the chest. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the mounting portion 3 from being displaced.

As described above, the mounting portion 3 can be divided into two parts, and the connecting means is constituted by a surface fastener composed of the surface 21 of the cover member 19 and the male member 25, so that the mounting portion 3 can be easily attached and detached. Can be done.
Furthermore, since the pad 27 is detachable from the chest side main part 9, the pad 27 can be easily replaced.

Since the chest band 11 is connected to the back main part 13 and the back band 15 is connected to the chest main part 9, the chest incision site is pressed with a certain amount of force without tightening the entire chest area. be able to.
Further, since the upper edge of the boundary portion between the back-side main portion 13 and the back-side belt-like portion 15 is curved so as to form a continuous gentle concave shape, the attachment portion 3 is attached so as not to hit the side. Therefore, the wearer does not feel uncomfortable.

As described above, the mounting portion 3 is made of a lightweight and flexible material such as sponge or cloth. As a result, the sternum deformation preventing protector 1 is lighter and more flexible than a conventional metal plate, natural leather, or the like. Therefore, the burden can be reduced even for newborns and infants.
If the mounting portion 3 is mounted on the body as described above, the pad 27 continues to press the chest incision site, so that the sternum can be reliably prevented from rising.

Next, the sternum deformation preventing protector according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The protector for preventing sternum deformation according to the second embodiment is the same as the other components except for the pad 27 of the protector 1 for preventing sternum deformation according to the first embodiment except for the pad 41. Only the pad 41 will be described, and the description of the same components as the sternal deformation prevention protector 1 will be omitted.

Reference numeral 43 denotes an outer frame member made of urethane foam, and the outer frame member 43 has flexibility. The outer frame member 43 has a hole 45, and a hydrogel 47 as a flexible member is fitted and held in the hole 45. The hydrogel 47 contains a lot of moisture, and the hydrogel 47 is more flexible than the outer frame member 43.
A surface fastener male member (not shown) is provided on one surface of the pad 41 (the surface opposite to the side visible in FIG. 5). Therefore, the pad 41 is detachable with respect to the chest main part 9 like the pad 27 of the first embodiment.

The hydrogel 47 constituting the pad 41 contains a lot of moisture as described above, and has sufficient flexibility. Therefore, the chest incision site can be pressed with a soft touch that is gentle to the skin.
Therefore, the pad 41 can be applied to newborns and infants with weak skin.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and the present invention can be changed even if there is a design change without departing from the gist of the present invention. included.
In the above embodiment, the core material 17 of the mounting portion 3 is made of a synthetic resin sponge and the cover material 19 is made of cloth. However, the material of the core material 17 and the cover material 19 is not limited to the sponge and cloth. .
Moreover, although the surface 21 of the mounting portion 3 is configured by a nylon pile fabric, the surface 21 may be configured by a cotton pile fabric, for example.

Furthermore, although the to-be-connected part of the hook_and_loop | surface fastener was comprised by the surface 21 which consists of pile cloth, it is good also as a structure which equips the surface 21 with the female member of a hook_and_loop | surface fastener separately, for example.
Although the connecting part of the hook-and-loop fastener is a male member and the connected part is a female member, the connecting part may be a female member and the connected part may be a male member.
Although the flexible member is configured by the hydrogel 47, the flexible member may be configured by a sponge or the like that is more flexible than the outer frame member 43.

  The present invention can be used in the manufacturing industry of a protector for preventing sternum deformation.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Sternum deformity prevention protector 3 ... Mounting part 5 ... Chest side mounting part 7 ... Back side mounting part 9 ... Chest side main part 11 ... Chest side belt-like part 13 ... Back side main part 15 ... Back side belt-like part 17 ... Core Material 19 ... Cover material 21 ... Front surface 23 ... Back surface 25 ... Male member 27 ... Pad 29 ... Female member 31 ... Strap 33 ... Male member 41 ... Pad 43 ... Outer frame member 45 ... Hole 47 ... Hydrogel

Claims (9)

  A protector for preventing sternal deformation having a mounting part that is attached to the body and covers at least the chest, and a flexible pad that is provided in the mounting part and presses a chest incision site. The entire mounting part is lightweight and flexible. A protector for preventing sternum deformation, characterized by comprising a material.   The protector for preventing sternal deformation according to claim 1, wherein the lightweight and flexible material constituting the entire mounting portion is a core material made of a synthetic resin sponge covered with a cloth cover material. A protector for preventing sternum deformation.   The protector for preventing sternum deformation according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the mounting portion can be divided into a chest side mounting portion and a back side mounting portion, and the chest side mounting portion and the back side mounting portion are connected to each other by a connecting means. A protector for preventing sternal deformation, which is connected to form a loop.   4. The protector for preventing sternum deformation according to claim 3, wherein the chest side mounting portion includes a chest side main portion covering the chest and a chest side belt-like portion integrally provided on the chest side main portion and extending to the left and right sides. The mounting part is composed of a back side main part covering the back and a back side band part integrally provided on the back side main part and extending to the left and right sides, and the back side of the chest side band part is connected to the back side main part by the connecting means. A protector for preventing sternal deformation, characterized in that the back side band-like part is connected to the surface of the chest side main part.   5. The protector for preventing sternal deformation according to claim 4, wherein the connecting means is a hook-and-loop fastener, and one side of the connecting portion and the connected portion of the hook-and-loop fastener is provided at the tip of the back surface of the chest-side belt portion and the back-side belt-like portion. A protector for preventing sternum deformation, wherein the other side of the connecting portion and the connected portion of the hook-and-loop fastener is provided on the entire surface of the chest side main portion and the back side main portion.   The protector for preventing sternum deformation according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the pad is detachable from the mounting portion.   7. The protector for preventing sternum deformation according to claim 1, wherein the pad has an outer frame member having a hole, and a flexible member made of a material that is held in the hole of the outer frame member and is softer than the outer frame member. A protector for preventing sternum deformation, characterized by comprising:   The protector for preventing sternum deformation according to claim 7, wherein the flexible member is hydrogel.   The protector for preventing sternum deformation according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising a strap for holding the mounting portion so that the mounting portion covers the chest.

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