JP2016223026A - Taping unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a taping tool capable of applying taping treatment to an arbitrary portion of a body while avoiding a problem due to an adhesive of a conventional tape for taping.SOLUTION: The taping unit comprises: a generally belt-shaped cloth tape including an adhesive part on both edges and having a stretch property in a longitudinal direction; and a cloth support body capable of being fixed at both edges in a periphery of a taping treatment portion of a body, including an adhesive part arranged on a surface of both edges and capable of adhering attachably/detachably to the adhesive part of the cloth tape, the adhesive part having no stretch property in an extension direction of the edges. A taping effect is exerted to the taping treatment portion by making the adhesive part on both edges of the cloth tape adhere to the adhesive part on both edges of the cloth support body in a state in which the cloth tape is extended.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a taping device that uses a stretchable material to fix and compress a part of the body, and is particularly suitable for various parts of the body without requiring adhesive tape to be applied directly to the body surface. The present invention relates to a taping unit that can provide a stable fixing and compression effect.

  In general, taping hurts by sticking to the skin with elastic adhesive tape, and fixing and compressing part of the body by the elasticity to restrict part of joint and muscle movement The effect of promoting first aid and rehabilitation of the part is obtained. In addition, reinforcing and strengthening joints and muscles by taping also has the effect of preventing injury and preventing recurrence.

Typically, when body parts such as joints, muscles, ligaments, and tendons move beyond the normal range of motion, dislocation, sprains, joint pain, and muscle pain can occur. Is widely used.
In such a case, taping is different from completely fixing the target part like a cast, and for example, in the case of a joint injury, the movement in an unfavorable direction is firmly restricted while the movement without trouble is reinforced. It has the great advantage that it is possible. Alternatively, it is possible to reinforce and stabilize damaged ligaments, tendons, and to support fatigued muscles. In addition, swelling, inflammation, and pain can be alleviated by applying moderate pressure to the affected area.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a stretchable substantially rectangular taping tape having adhesiveness on one side and an application example thereof to a body part. This taping tape can be fixed appropriately according to the joint part by limiting the direction of expansion and contraction, providing a notch, or attaching a visible expansion / contraction index, and is sandwiched between the back of the bent part. It is said that there is an effect that a foreign object feeling is not given.

JP 2012-223236 A JP 2012-046837 A

  Conventionally, taping tapes affixed to the skin have problems such as rashes and itching caused by the adhesive, and pain when peeled off. To avoid this problem, it is possible to use an underlap that is the base of the taping, but each taping requires that the underlap be adhered to the skin with a special adhesive spray. is there.

  Also, as shown in Patent Document 2, a taping method that can be easily worn without causing a problem due to an adhesive by giving a taping effect to clothing such as underwear has been proposed. However, such a taping tool is not suitable for the purpose of appropriately treating a specific part of the body.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is intended to provide a taping tool capable of performing a taping treatment on an arbitrary part of the body while avoiding the problems caused by the adhesive of the conventional taping tape. It is what.

  As a result of diligent research in view of the above problems, the present inventor employs a cloth support that can be fixed to a taping treatment site that can be detachably bonded to the cloth tape while using a stretchable cloth tape. The inventors have conceived that the above-mentioned problems can be solved by performing taping by adhering a cloth tape to a support, and have achieved the present invention.

  That is, the present invention can be fixed to a belt-like cloth tape having adhesive portions at both ends and stretchable in the longitudinal direction, and can be fixed around the taping treatment site of the body at both ends. A taping unit comprising a fabric support that has a non-stretchable support in the extending direction of the end thereof, the adhesive tape being stretched. The taping unit is characterized in that a taping effect is given to a taping treatment site by adhering the adhesive portions at both ends of the cloth tape to the adhesive portions at both ends of the cloth support in this state.

In the taping unit of the present invention, the bonded portion at one end or both ends of the cloth support has a width with respect to the extending direction of the end, and the cloth tape is placed at an arbitrary position in the width direction of the bonded portion. By adhering the adhesive portion, the extending direction of the cloth tape can be at an arbitrary angle with respect to the extending direction of the end of the cloth support.
Thereby, taping can be performed in an arbitrary direction with respect to the taping treatment site.

  The present invention is also a pair of substantially strip-shaped cloth tapes having adhesive portions at both ends and stretchable in the longitudinal direction, and arranged in a mutually squeezed shape, one of the cloth tapes with respect to the other cloth tape A pair of cloth tapes that are slidably coupled while maintaining the crossing angle of the brush, and can be fixed around the taping treatment site of the body at both ends, and the pair of cloth tapes on the surfaces of both ends. A taping unit comprising a cloth support that has an adhesive part that can be detachably attached to an adhesive part of the tape, and the adhesive part is non-stretchable in the extending direction of the end of the tape. Giving a taping effect to a taping treatment site by adhering the adhesive portions at both ends of the pair of fabric tapes to the adhesive portions at both ends of the fabric support in a state where one or both of them are stretched There is provided a taping unit according to claim.

In the taping unit of the present invention, the cloth support has a reinforcing fiber in a direction connecting the both ends at an intermediate portion sandwiched between the both ends.
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In the taping unit of the present invention, the bonding portion of the cloth tape is a male surface fastener, and the bonding portion of the cloth support is a female surface fastener.
If the adhesive portion on the fabric support side is a female surface fastener, it is possible to avoid the annoyance that a portion not adhered to the fabric tape adheres to another fiber product.

  As described above, according to the taping unit of the present invention, it is suitable for any part of the body by detachably bonding the cloth tape having elasticity to the cloth support that can be fixed to the taping treatment part. Taping can be performed in any direction and strength. There is no need to be bothered by the problems caused by the adhesives of conventional taping tapes.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure and shape of the fabric tape used in 1st Embodiment of the taping unit of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure and shape in the expansion | deployment state of the fabric support body used in 1st Embodiment of the taping unit of this invention. It is a figure which shows the method of making the fabric support body shown in FIG. 2 wrap around a body part, such as a knee and an elbow. It is a figure which shows typically the method of applying a cloth tape with respect to the cloth support body fixed to the body part of the taping treatment object as a mounting method of the taping unit of 1st Embodiment of the taping unit of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure and shape of the brush-shaped cloth tape used in 2nd Embodiment of the taping unit of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the method of applying a tear tape with respect to the cloth-made support body fixed to the body part of the taping treatment object as a mounting method of the taping unit of 2nd Embodiment of the taping unit of this invention. . It is the schematic which shows the Example in the case of applying the taping unit of this invention to an ankle. It is the schematic which shows the Example in the case of applying the taping unit of this invention to an ankle.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the taping unit of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 8 are diagrams illustrating embodiments of the present invention. In these drawings, the same reference numerals denote the same components, and the basic configuration and operation are the same. To do.

[First embodiment]
As a first embodiment of the taping unit of the present invention,
(1) a substantially strip-like cloth tape having adhesive portions at both ends and having stretchability in the longitudinal direction;
(2) It can be fixed around the taping treatment site of the body at both ends, and has an adhesive part that can be detachably attached to the adhesive part of the cloth tape on the surface of the both ends, and the adhesive part extends at the end. A taping unit composed of a cloth support that is non-stretchable in the direction will be described.

Fabric Tape FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the structure and shape of a fabric tape used in this embodiment.
In FIG. 1, a cloth tape 100 has a substantially band shape, and a surface that does not face the body surface when worn is a front surface (a), and a surface that faces the body surface is a back surface (b). The back surface (b) of the cloth tape 100 has an adhesive portion 102 at each end in the longitudinal direction. The bonding portion 102 is typically constituted by a male surface fastener.
The cloth tape 100 is made of a material having elasticity in the longitudinal direction, and is appropriately designed to have a desired tensile strength according to the application (taping treatment location, treatment purpose, etc.). Similarly, the dimensions and shape of the cloth tape 100 and the adhesive strength of the hook-and-loop fastener are designed to exhibit a desired effect according to the application.

Cloth Support FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the structure and shape of the cloth support used in the present embodiment in a developed state.
In FIG. 2, the cloth support 300 includes a first end portion 310, a second end portion 320, and an intermediate portion 330 positioned between the both end portions. In the figure, the surface that does not face the body surface when worn is shown on the surface. The first end portion 310 and the second end portion 320 each have a wider width in the drawing lateral direction than the intermediate portion 330, and have adhesive portions 312 and 322 on the right end back surface in the width direction, Adhesive portions 314 and 324 are provided on the left end surface (they may be reverse to each other). The bonding portions 312 and 322 and the bonding portions 314 and 324 are surface fasteners or the like that can be bonded to each other, and as shown in FIG. The body support part 300 can be fixed to the part by winding the body part around the body part and bonding the adhesive parts to each other.

  The first end portion 310 and the second end portion 320 of the cloth support 300 have a plurality of rigid members 316 and 326 having lengths in the longitudinal direction of the drawing, whereby the first end portion 310 is formed. The second end portion 320 is generally non-stretchable in the longitudinal direction of the drawing, although the material itself has some stretchability. Depending on the treatment location of the taping, the purpose of treatment, etc., the first end portion 310 and the second end portion 320 further have one or a plurality of rigid members in the lateral direction of the drawing and are not in the lateral direction of the drawing. It is good also as a structure which has a stretching property.

  The intermediate portion 330 of the cloth support 300 is a portion that covers the taping treatment location, but the portion that is bulky to the taping treatment location is provided with an opening 332 so as not to apply excessive pressure or force to the affected area. preferable. Further, reinforcing members extending in the longitudinal direction of the drawing at both ends in the lateral direction of the intermediate portion 330 may be provided to ensure the protection of the affected part, and the expansion and contraction of the entire fabric support 300 in the longitudinal direction of the drawing may be suppressed. .

  At least a part of the surface of the first end portion 310 and the second end portion 320 of the cloth support 300 is made of a material that can be bonded to the bonding portion 102 of the cloth tape 100 shown in FIG. Preferably, the adhesive portion 102 of the fabric tape 100 is a male surface fastener, and the surface of the first end 310 and the second end 320 of the fabric support 300 is a corresponding female surface fastener. In the simplest and most economical configuration, the adhesive portion 102 of the fabric tape 100 and the adhesive portions 312 and 322 have the same properties, and the entire surface of the first end portion 310 and the second end portion 320 (the adhesive portion 314). , 324) is a material that can be adhered to these.

  In addition, each part of the cloth support 300 is appropriately designed so as to have a desired performance in accordance with the purpose / use (taping treatment location, treatment purpose, etc.) with respect to its dimensional shape, adhesion method, stretchability, and the like.

Mounting Method A method for mounting the taping unit of this embodiment on the body will be described.
FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a method of applying the cloth tape 100 to the cloth support 300 fixed to the body part to be taped as a method for mounting the taping unit of the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the first end 310 and the second end 320 of the cloth support 300 are provided at the taping treatment site of the body (in the example shown in the figure, the joints such as knees and elbows). The cloth tape 100 is bonded and fixed so as to bridge the first end portion 310 and the second end portion 320. Here, the fabric tape 100 is applied to the first end 310 and the second end 320 depending on the optimum tensile strength, application position, and application direction so as to give a desired taping effect according to the symptoms of the taping treatment location. Bonded and fixed.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the fabric tape 100 may be bonded and fixed so as to extend in an oblique direction, or the plurality of fabric tapes 100 may be bonded and fixed in an arbitrary manner.

[Second Embodiment]
As a second embodiment of the taping unit of the present invention,
(1) A pair of substantially strip-like cloth tapes having adhesive portions at both ends and having stretchability in the longitudinal direction, which are arranged in a mutually brushed form, and one cloth tape is in relation to the other cloth tape A pair of cloth tapes coupled so as to be slidable while maintaining the crossing angle of the brushing;
(2) It can be fixed around the taping treatment site of the body at both ends, and has an adhesive part that can be detachably attached to the adhesive part of the cloth tape on the surface of the both ends, and the adhesive part extends at the end. A taping unit composed of a cloth support that is non-stretchable in the direction will be described.

Cloth Tape FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the structure and shape of a cloth tape used in this embodiment.
In FIG. 5, the tear tape 200 is composed of two cloth tapes 210 and 220 having a substantially band shape. The surfaces of the fabric tapes 210 and 220 in the figure are surfaces (hereinafter referred to as “surfaces”) that do not face the body surface when worn.

  The cloth tape 210 has adhesive portions 212 on the back surfaces of both ends, and has an intersecting slide portion 216 near the center. The cross slide part 216 is formed by joining (sewing or the like) parallelogram-shaped cloth members at both longitudinal ends on the back surface of the cloth tape 210. As shown in the figure, one side (long side in the figure) of the parallelogram-shaped cross slide portion 216 has a dimension that is slightly larger than the width of the fabric tape 220, and this side is substantially the same as the longitudinal direction of the fabric tape 210. It is coupled to the fabric tape 210 so as to be parallel.

The cloth tape 220 has adhesive portions 222 on the back surfaces of both ends, and further has another adhesive portion 224 on the inner back surface of each of the adhesive portions 222.
The cloth tape 220 is fixed to the cloth tape 210 by passing through between the cloth tape 210 and the cross slide portion 216 coupled to the cloth tape 210, so that the brush tape 200 is configured. Since the tilt angle of the brushing at this time is determined by the angle configuration of the parallelogram of the cross slide portion 216, the brush tape 200 having an arbitrary tilt angle can be created according to the purpose and application.

  In addition, the material, properties, dimensions, adhesive strength, and the like of the brush tape 200 and the fabric tapes 210 and 220 constituting the tape are the same as those of the fabric tape 100 of the first embodiment. Designed appropriately according to treatment location, treatment purpose, etc. The bonded portion is typically constituted by a male hook-and-loop fastener.

Cloth support The cloth support used in this embodiment is the same as the cloth support 300 used in the first embodiment. However, necessary design changes may be made as appropriate in accordance with the dimensional shape and properties of the brush tape 200.

Mounting Method A method for mounting the taping unit of this embodiment on the body will be described.
FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a method of applying the tear tape 200 to the cloth support 300 fixed to the body part to be taped as a method for mounting the taping unit of this embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 6, in the taping treatment site of the body (the joint site such as knee and elbow in the example in the figure), the first end 310 and the second end 320 of the cloth support 300 define the treatment site. The wrapping tape 200 is bonded and fixed so as to bridge the first end 310 and the second end 320.

  Here, the peeling tape 200 is a position where the ends of the fabric tapes 210 and 220 constituting the adhesive tape are bonded to the fabric support 300, the tensile strength, the attaching direction, and the cloth tapes 210 and 220 formed by the cross slide portion 216. By adjusting the relative position, the cloth support 300 can be bonded and fixed at an optimum attaching position so as to give a desired taping effect according to the symptoms of the taping treatment location. Compared to the taping unit of the first embodiment, it is possible to use two cloth tapes 210 and 220 and perform taping treatment in two different directions while movably setting the adhesive base point of these tapes. An excellent taping effect can be obtained.

Specific examples of the above-described taping unit of the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing an embodiment when the taping unit of the present invention is applied to an ankle.
As shown in FIG. 7, in the taping unit of the present embodiment, a cloth support body having an L-shaped curve is used so that it can be attached to the ankle. Taping treatment is performed on the adhesive portions at both ends of the cloth support using a necessary number of belt-shaped cloth tapes. For example, a taping treatment as shown in FIG. 8 can be performed. A portion corresponding to the heel in the intermediate portion of the cloth support is configured to be easy to mount by providing an opening.

  Although the taping unit of the present invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these. A person skilled in the art can make various changes and improvements to the configurations and functions of the cloth tape and the cloth support in each of the above embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention.

  The taping unit of the present invention can be used in medical / health-related industries as a body wearing device that contributes to the use of treatment / first aid for human injury, pain relief, rehabilitation, injury prevention, etc. .

Claims (5)

A substantially strip-shaped cloth tape having adhesive portions at both ends and stretchable in the longitudinal direction;
It can be fixed around the taping treatment site of the body at both ends, and has an adhesive part that can be detachably attached to the adhesive part of the cloth tape on the surface of the both ends, and the adhesive part is not in the extending direction of the end. A taping unit comprising a stretchable cloth support,
A taping unit that gives a taping effect to a taping treatment site by adhering adhesive portions at both ends of the fabric tape to adhesive portions at both ends of the fabric support in a state where the fabric tape is stretched. The bonded portion at one or both ends of the cloth support has a width with respect to the extending direction of the end,
By adhering the adhesive portion of the cloth tape to an arbitrary position in the width direction of the adhesive portion, the extending direction of the cloth tape can form an arbitrary angle with respect to the extending direction of the end of the cloth support. The taping unit according to claim 1. A pair of substantially strip-like cloth tapes having adhesive portions at both ends and having stretchability in the longitudinal direction, arranged in a brush shape, and one cloth tape intersects the other cloth tape. A pair of cloth tapes coupled so as to be slidable at an angle; and
It can be fixed around the taping treatment part of the body at both ends, and has an adhesive part that can be detachably attached to the adhesive part of the pair of cloth tapes on the surface of the both ends. A taping unit comprising a non-stretchable cloth support in
A taping effect is imparted to a taping treatment site by adhering adhesive portions at both ends of the pair of fabric tapes to adhesive portions at both ends of the fabric support in a state where one or both of the pair of fabric tapes are stretched. Taping unit to be used. The taping unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cloth support has reinforcing fibers in an intermediate portion sandwiched between both ends thereof in a direction connecting the both ends. The taping unit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the bonding portion of the cloth tape is a male surface fastener, and the bonding portion of the cloth support is a female surface fastener.