JP2017153924A - Nursing spoon - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nursing spoon which, with the use of it, a repast is desirably increased, which prevents deterioration of a disease state, and which makes nursing for safer ingestion practiced, while a conventional nursing spoon used to make an entire bowl smaller and thinner to cope with a problem, which potentially has the risk of decreasing a repast and deteriorating a disease state.SOLUTION: The nursing spoon is characterized in that the bowl part is provided with a function of promoting an open mouth, capacity for securing a repast, and a function of making food easily separated during the rotation in oral cavity, making security of a repast possible, and that the handle part has an easy-to-hold thickness and an easy-to-rotate shape inside the oral cavity, materializing reduction of a burden for a nursing care worker.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a nursing spoon used for a person who needs assistance from another person for reasons such as dementia when eating a meal.

Conventionally, spoons used for nursing care have been dealt with by taking into consideration the pathological condition of the cared person such as difficulty in opening, and making the whole plate portion small and thin. Many people have been able to secure food intake and maintain oral intake because of the shape of the plate. In addition, it is different from general care products and enables a K point in the oral cavity, which makes it possible to increase the efficiency of rehabilitation and promote oral intake. ) "Also exists.
Summarizing the above spoons, it is easy to take in with the lips because the dose is not too much, and a convenient spoon for caregivers and caregivers that meets certain requirements. Yes. "

However, there is a possibility that appropriate care cannot be achieved with a conventional nursing spoon for a cared person having the following medical condition.
"Person who has stubborn difficulty""Person who feeds food with his tongue is poor""Person who has difficulty securing food consumption due to too little food per mouth""Provides sufficient food By doing this, people who have peristaltic movements of the stomach and whose intake is ensured "" persons who can suck liquid ". In such a cared person, a caregiver's burden is large and the care time becomes longer. Especially in the case of dementia, there is an opinion that the time that can be concentrated is 30 minutes.

From the above, it can be said that it is necessary to develop a new nursing spoon from a different perspective than existing spoons.

not exist.

When a caregiver who has difficulty opening is given food assistance using a spoon with a shallow dish, food may be scraped off by the upper lip.

In a person with paralysis on one side, food may drop on the affected side (side where swallowing is difficult), and aspiration pneumonia may occur.

In those who are poor in feeding food with the tongue, there is a possibility that the meal time may be extended or the food consumption may be reduced as a result.

If the amount of food consumed per time is small, the allowable relaxation of the stomach does not occur easily, and appropriate peristaltic movement of the intestinal tract is difficult to occur, which may lead to a lack of the entire food consumption.

The person can drink and drink the liquid, but it is difficult to provide the liquid with a shallow spoon.

As described above, the factors may be combined to attack the cared person, resulting in a decrease in the amount of food generally consumed, and as a result, the risk of infectious complications may be increased.

Then, this invention aims at solving the above-mentioned subject by using this care spoon, and practicing care to safer oral intake.

In order to solve the above problems, the following measures are taken.

1st invention is a nursing spoon which makes it possible to encourage the care recipient to open by giving a deeper angle to the tip of the dish part.

The second invention is a nursing spoon having a shape like a “bank” in order to promote opening and to make the contents of the dish part not be scraped off by the upper lip. is there.

3rd invention is a nursing spoon which can anticipate the increase in the amount of eating per one time, and the total amount of eating in the second by the dish part which has sufficient volume.

4th invention is the nursing spoon which has the structure which made it easy to rotate a tray part in an oral cavity. Therefore, we pay attention to the following points. The size of the dish part that can be rotated in the oral cavity, the shape of the handle part that is easy to rotate and the user is not tired when performing the rotation, Designing a handle that gives the appropriate shape, and a design that allows the rotation angle to be recognized even when the dish is in the mouth.

In the fifth aspect of the invention, in the case of a cared person with poor tongue feeding, the top and side portions of the plate portion are more nearly vertical so that the food on the tongue can be pushed into the back (similar to the above-mentioned “bank”). Meaning nursing spoon.

The sixth aspect of the present invention is a nursing spoon having a slightly deeper dish portion for facilitating the provision of liquid as compared with a conventional nursing spoon having a thin dish portion.

A seventh aspect of the present invention is a nursing spoon provided with a cut portion so as to easily suck a liquid, that is, a mouthpiece.
This invention is a new nursing spoon which consists of the above structure.

According to the first and second inventions, the caregiver who has difficulty opening a port can easily assist in oral intake.

According to the third and sixth inventions, it is easier to increase the amount of eating per serving than in the past, and it is easy to cause permissive relaxation of the stomach and peristaltic movement of the intestinal tract.

According to the fourth invention, the technique of intraoral rotation can be practiced more easily than a conventional spoon.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to shorten the care time required for a cared person who has poor feeding with the tongue.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, more liquid can be provided at the time of helping normal oral intake or at the time of rehabilitation for a target patient.

It is the perspective view which looked at the whole image of the nursing spoon from the front right upper part of the front-end | tip part.

(A) It is the perspective view which looked at the plate part of the nursing spoon from the front right upper part. (B) It is the perspective view and side view which looked at the plate | board part of a nursing spoon and the connection part to a handle | pattern part from the right side a little upwards.

The angle of the front end (SN) of the dish part and the wing part (W) on the side face facilitate the opening. At the same time, the height of the W and the depth of the dish ensure the amount of food per serving, and make it difficult for food on the spoon to be scraped off by the upper lip.

Embossing (EM) provided on the pan facilitates the “leaving” of the food from the pan. When this spoon is rotated in the oral cavity, the joint (S) between the handle and the dish is semi-cylindrical, and has a structure that does not damage the lips in contact with the spoon. In addition, the depth and width (WD) of the dish are sizes that can be rotated in the oral cavity.

The handle has a thickness that is easy for a caregiver to hold, and has a cylindrical structure near the center (T) of the handle so that the handle can be easily rotated.

The top surface of the handle end (E) is a parallel surface so that the angles of the handle portion and the dish portion can be grasped even if the plate portion is in the care recipient's mouth.

Grooves (M) are provided on both sides of the front end of the dish portion so that rehabilitation for sucking liquid material can be performed.

The tip of the dish part (SN) and the side wing part (W) have an angle close to the vertical, making it easy to invite food on the tongue to the left and right or to the back of the oral cavity.
Since the plate portion and the handle portion close to the plate portion may come into contact with the oral mucosa, the surface has a blunt shape.
The present invention has the structure as described above.

E End portion of the handle portion T Near the center of the handle portion S Handle portion and plate portion connection portion WD Plate portion width SN Tip portion of the plate portion EM Embossing provided on the plate portion W Side plate wing portion M Plate portion Grooves provided in front of both sides

Claims (8)

A spoon having a shape capable of prompting opening at the tip and side. A nursing spoon with the surface of the plate processed to make it easier for food to leave. Spoon with a handle shape that does not damage the lips that come into contact with the mouth during rotation. A spoon with an appropriate thickness and a cylindrical part in the handle so that it can be rotated easily. A spoon with a design on the handle that can grasp the rotation angle even when the dish is in the mouth. A spoon with a groove in front of the pan. A spoon that can hold solids with a volume of about 10 mL or more. A spoon with a shape that allows the food on the tongue to be invited to the back of the mouth.