JP2020092914A - Body position changing tool - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a body position changing tool that can reduce labor of a care-giver when changing a body position of a care-receiver with a simple configuration.SOLUTION: A body position changing tool 1 includes: an air bag 10 for taking in and out gas; a pump 30 connected to the air bag 10 for causing gas to flow into the air bag 10; and a guide plate 20 disposed on at least one of the top surface and the undersurface of the air bag 10, which is formed of a member harder than the air bag 10. By such a configuration, labor of a care-giver can be reduced with a simple configuration.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a posture changing device capable of changing the posture of a user.

Conventionally, it has been necessary to change the position of a cared person who has been lying down for a long time due to causes such as aging, illness, and injury when the body is wiped.

When changing the body position of the care-receiver, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a foam synthetic resin pad formed in a substantially triangular cross-section is applied to the back of the care-receiver to change the body position. The conversion was done.
By applying such a pad to the back of the cared person in a supine position, the cared person's body is in a lying position and is held with a gap between the floor and the back. The caregiver can use both hands to perform the cleaning work.

JP, 2002-143233, A

However, when the pad as disclosed in Patent Document 1 is applied to the back of the care recipient, the caregiver lifts the body of the care recipient in the supine posture to make the side posture, and then while maintaining the side posture. It is necessary to insert a pad between the care recipient's back and the floor.
Therefore, when changing the position of the cared person, the carer's labor becomes great and a plurality of carers are required.

In view of this, the present invention provides a posture converter that has a simple structure and that can reduce the labor of the care giver when changing the posture of the care receiver.

The postural changer that solves the above problems has the following features.
That is, the posture converter of the present invention is arranged on at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of an air bag capable of taking in and out gas, a pump connected to the air bag and allowing gas to flow into the air bag. , A guide plate formed of a member harder than the air bag.

Further, the posture changing device includes a plurality of air bags, and the plurality of air bags are vertically stacked.

The guide plate is arranged on the upper surface of the uppermost air bag of the plurality of air bags and on the lower surface of the lowermost air bag of the plurality of air bags.

The guide plate is arranged between the air bags adjacent to each other.

According to the present invention, when changing the position of the care receiver, the back of the care receiver is lifted by the pressure of the gas flowing into the air bag, so that the care worker needs to lift the body of the care receiver. The caregiver's labor can be reduced with a simple configuration. Moreover, since the guide plate does not buckle when inserting the air bag and the guide plate between the back of the care receiver and the floor surface, the air bag and the guide plate can be easily inserted.

It is a perspective view which shows a body posture changing device. It is a front view which shows a mode that a cared person's body posture is changed from a supine posture to a lying posture by a postural change device. It is a figure which shows the cared person whose body position was converted into the lateral posture by the body position converter. It is a figure which shows the body position conversion part which provided the friction member on the lower surface of the 1st guide plate. It is a perspective view showing a body posture changing part provided with a plurality of air bags. It is a figure which shows the 1st air bag and the 2nd air bag which were connected by the connection part. It is a perspective view which shows the body position conversion part which provided the guide plate between the 1st air bag and the 2nd air bag. It is a perspective view which shows the body position conversion part which provided the 1st guide plate and the 2nd guide plate between the 1st air bag and the 2nd air bag.

Next, a mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The posture conversion device 1 shown in FIG. 1 is an embodiment of the posture conversion device according to the present invention, and includes a posture conversion unit 1A and an operation unit 1B.
The postural change device 1 inserts the postural change unit 1A between the care receiver and the floor on which the care giver lies, and operates the operation unit 1B to change the shape of the postural change unit 1A. It is an instrument that can change the posture of the person.

The posture changing unit 1A of the posture changing device 1 includes an air bag 10 and a guide plate 20. The operation unit 1B of the body posture converter 1 includes a pump 30, an air tube 40, a controller 50, a battery 60, and a case 70.

The air bag 10 is a bag body capable of taking in and out gas such as air, and can be deformed by taking in and out gas. The air bag 10 is configured so that the thickness increases when gas is introduced into the air bag 10 and the thickness decreases when gas is discharged from the inside. The air bag 10 is made of, for example, a film-shaped resin member.

The guide plate 20 has a first guide plate 21 and a second guide plate 22. The first guide plate 21 and the second guide plate 22 are made of sheet-shaped resin members. The first guide plate 21 and the second guide plate 22 are formed in, for example, a rectangular shape.
The resin member that constitutes the first guide plate 21 and the second guide plate 22 is a resin member that is harder than the resin member that constitutes the air bag 10, and the caregiver and the caregiver lie on the floor on which the posture changing section 1A lies. It has a hardness that does not buckle when it is inserted into the surface.

The first guide plate 21 is arranged on the lower surface of the air bag 10 and is attached to the lower surface of the air bag 10. The second guide plate 22 is arranged on the upper surface of the air bag 10 and is attached to the upper surface of the air bag 10.

One side 21a of the first guide plate 21 and one side 22a arranged at a position corresponding to the one side 21a of the second guide plate 22 are connected. The first guide plate 21 and the second guide plate 22 can be formed, for example, by bending a resin sheet having a size in which the first guide plate 21 and the second guide plate 22 are combined at an intermediate portion. In this case, the bent portion of the resin sheet becomes one side 21a of the first guide plate 21 and one side 22a of the second guide plate 22.

The pump 30 is configured to allow gas to flow into the air bag 10. The pump 30 is, for example, an air pump.
The air tube 40 connects the air bag 10 and the pump 30, and the gas supplied from the pump 30 flows into the air bag 10 through the air tube 40.

The controller 50 is configured to be able to control the driving of the pump 30 and the pressure in the air bag 10 when gas is introduced.
The battery 60 is a power source that supplies electric power to the controller 50 and the pump 30.
The case 70 is a housing that houses the pump 30, the controller 50, and the battery 60.

The body posture converter 1 is configured to be switchable between a supply state in which gas is supplied to the air bag 10 and a discharge state in which gas is discharged from the air bag 10, and the case 70 is in a supply state and discharge state for the body position converter 1. It has a changeover switch 71 for performing a switching operation to the state. Further, the case 70 has an operation panel 72 for performing on/off switching operation of the power source in the body posture converter 1 and adjusting operation of the pressure in the air bag 10 when gas is introduced.

In the posture converter 1 configured as described above, when the pump 30 is driven to cause gas to flow into the air bag 10, the air bag 10 swells to increase its thickness, and the driving of the pump 30 is stopped to stop the air bag 10. When the gas is discharged from the air bag 10, the air bag 10 shrinks and the thickness decreases. When the gas is completely discharged from the air bag 10, the first guide plate 21 and the second guide plate 22 are in a substantially parallel posture.

In the present embodiment, the pump 30 is composed of an electric pump and is supplied with power from the battery 60 housed in the case 70, but it may be structured so as to be supplied with power from an AC power supply. it can. In this case, for example, the operation panel 72 can be provided with a connection port for an AC adapter to which AC power from a commercial power source is input. The battery 60 can also be configured to be rechargeable from a commercial power source.
A manual pump may be used as the pump 30 for introducing gas into the air bag 10.

When changing the body position of the care receiver using the body position converter 1, as shown in FIG. 2A, the back surface of the care receiver in the supine posture and the floor B such as the bed on which the care receiver lies. In between, the gas is exhausted from the air bag 10, and the posture changing unit 1A in a state in which the first guide plate 21 and the second guide plate 22 are in a substantially parallel posture is inserted.
In this case, since the first guide plate 21 and the second guide plate 22 have a hardness such that they do not buckle when inserting the posture changing portion 1A, the posture changing portion 1A can be easily covered with a simple configuration. It can be inserted between the back of the caregiver and the floor surface B. That is, when the posture changing unit 1A is inserted between the back of the care receiver and the floor surface B, the posture changing unit 1A does not buckle, so that the posture changing unit 1A can be easily inserted.

After inserting the posture changing unit 1A between the back of the care receiver and the floor B, when the changeover switch 71 is changed so that the posture changing unit 1 is in the supply state, the pump 30 is driven and the air bag 10 is turned on. The gas flows in and the air bag 10 inflates.
When the air bag 10 inflates, as shown in FIG. 2B, when the air bag 10 inflates, the back of the care-receiver at the portion into which the posture changing section 1A is inserted is lifted up, and as shown in FIG. Is converted to a lying posture. In this case, the drive of the pump 30 is stopped when the pressure of the air bag 10 reaches the pressure set by the operation portion 72, but the check valve connected to the air tube 40 discharges the gas from the inside of the air bag 10. As a result, the pressure inside the air bag 10 is maintained.

As described above, when changing the position of the care receiver, the back of the care receiver is lifted by the pressure of the gas flowing into the air bag 10, so that the care worker does not need to lift the body of the care receiver. The caregiver's labor can be reduced with a simple configuration. Further, since the caregiver only has to perform the work of inserting the posture changing unit 1A between the care recipient's back and the floor B and the operation of the changeover switch 71 of the posture changing unit 1, care for one person It is possible for the person to change the position of the cared person. Moreover, since the body position of the care receiver is held in the lateral posture by the body position changing unit 1A, the care worker can perform the cleaning operation using both hands.

When inserting the posture changing unit 1A between the back of the care-receiver and the floor surface B, the first guide plate 21 is inserted from one side 21a and one side 22a of the second guide plate 22 to form the first guide. Since the plate 21 inclines at an angle that corresponds to the inclination angle of the back of the care-receiver in the lying position, the care-receiver's body position can be smoothly changed and the care-receiver feels uncomfortable in his back. There is no.

When converting the body position of the care-receiver in the lying posture to the supine posture, the changeover switch 71 is operated to switch the posture converting device 1 from the supply state to the discharge state. When the posture changing device 1 is switched from the supply state to the discharge state, the check valve connected to the air tube 40 is opened, the gas in the air bag 10 is discharged, the thickness of the air bag 10 is reduced, and care is taken. The person's posture is converted into a supine posture. In this case, the weight of the cared person prompts the discharge of the gas in the air bag 10, and the gas is easily discharged from the air bag 10 until the first guide plate 21 and the second guide plate 22 are in a substantially parallel posture. To be done.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lower surface of the first guide plate 21 may be provided with a friction member 81 that causes a frictional force generated between the first guide plate 21 and the floor surface B to be larger than that of the first guide plate 21. in this way,
By providing the friction member 81 on the lower surface of the first guide plate 21, when the gas is introduced into the air bag 10 to change the body position of the care receiver, the body position changing portion 1A slides and the back surface of the care receiver. It is possible to suppress the escape from the floor surface B. As the friction member 81, for example, a rubber sheet can be used.

Here, when the gas is flowing into the air bag 10 rather than when the gas is discharged from the air bag 10 (the state shown in FIG. 2A) (the state shown in FIG. 2B). In this case, the first guide plate 21 comes into contact with the floor surface B with a large force.
Therefore, the friction member 81 smoothly inserts the posture changing portion 1A when inserting the posture changing portion 1A in a state where the gas is discharged from the air bag 10 between the back of the care receiver and the floor surface B. When a gas flows into the air bag 10 to change the body position of the care-receiver, it is preferable to use a member that generates a frictional force that does not slip on the body position changing unit 1A. ..

In the present embodiment, one side 21a of the first guide plate 21 and one side 22a of the second guide plate 22 are connected, but one side 21a of the first guide plate 21 and one side 22a of the second guide plate 22 are Even if they are not connected, it is possible to easily change the position of the care-receiver by causing gas to flow into the air bag 10.

Further, in the body posture converter 1, it is possible to provide only one of the first guide plate 21 and the second guide plate 22. Even when only one of the first guide plate 21 and the second guide plate 22 is provided, the posture changing unit 1A can be easily inserted between the back of the care receiver and the floor surface B of the care receiver. It is possible to easily change body positions.

However, when both the first guide plate 21 and the second guide plate 22 are provided, the posture changing unit 1A is inserted between the back of the care recipient and the floor surface B to allow gas to flow into the air bag 10. In this case, it becomes easy to hold the postural change portion 1A in the wedge shape, and thus it is possible to more stably hold the cared person's lateral decubitus posture.

The shape and size of the air bag 10 are not particularly limited, and can be formed in any shape and size. The shape and size of the first guide plate 21 and the second guide plate 22 are formed such that the body position changing unit 1A can be easily inserted between the care receiver's back and the floor surface B. It should be.

Further, in the body position changer 1, the body position changer 1A can be entirely covered with a bag cover made of cloth or the like. By covering the posture changing unit 1A with a bag cover such as a cloth as a whole, the feel when the posture changing unit 1A touches the back of the care-receiver is improved and the appearance of the posture changing unit 1A is improved. You can

The posture changing unit 1A can also be configured as follows.
That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the posture changing section 1A may include a plurality of air bags 10.
In the body posture converter 1 shown in FIG. 5, the air bag 10 has a first air bag 11 and a second air bag 12. The first air bag 11 and the second air bag 12 are vertically stacked, and the second air bag 12 is arranged above the first air bag 11.

The first guide plate 21 is arranged on the lower surface of the first air bag 11 and is attached to the lower surface of the first air bag 11. The second guide plate 22 is arranged on the upper surface of the second air bag 12, and is attached to the upper surface of the second air bag 12.

The posture changing unit 1A may have three or more air bags 10. In this case, the first guide plate 21 can be arranged on the lower surface of the lowermost air bag, and the second guide plate 22 can be arranged on the upper surface of the uppermost air bag.

As shown in FIG. 5, since the posture changing unit 1A has a plurality of first air bags 11 and second air bags 12, as compared with the case where one air bag 10 is provided, the first air bag 11 and the first air bag 11 are provided. (2) It is possible to increase the thickness of the body position changing portion 1A when gas is introduced into the air bag 12. By increasing the thickness of the posture changing unit 1A, the degree of lifting of the care receiver's back increases, the distance between the care receiver's back and the floor surface B increases, and cleaning work for the care receiver is easier to perform. Become.

Further, even when a plurality of first air bags 11 and second air bags 12 are provided in the body position changing unit 1A, the first guide plate 21 is arranged on the lower surface of the first air bag 11 and the second guide plate 22 is provided. By arranging it on the upper surface of the second air bag 12, the posture changing portion 1A is inserted between the back of the care receiver and the floor surface B to allow gas to flow into the airbag 10, and the posture changing portion 1A Can be easily held in a wedge shape, and the cared person's lateral decubitus posture can be held more stably.

As shown in FIG. 6, when a plurality of first air bags 11 and second air bags 12 are provided in the body posture changing unit 1A, the first air bag 11 and the second air bag 12 are connected and the first air bag 11 is connected. The inside of the bag 11 and the inside of the second air bag 12 can be communicated with each other.
In FIG. 6, the first air bag 11 and the second air bag 12 are connected by the connecting portion 13, and are also connected to each other by the communication hole 14 opened in a part of the connecting portion 13. The communication hole 14 is arranged on the end side of the connecting portion 13. The communication hole 14 may be formed at one place of the connecting portion 13, or may be formed at a plurality of places.

By connecting the first air bag 11 and the second air bag 12 with each other through the communication hole 14, the air tube 40 is connected to one of the first air bag 11 and the second air bag 12, and thus the first air bag. It is possible to allow gas to flow into both the air bag 11 and the second air bag 12.
The first air bag 11 and the second air bag 12 connected to each other can be stacked at the connecting portion 13 by bending. In this case, by arranging the communication hole 14 on the end side of the connecting portion 13, it becomes possible to improve the flow of gas in the communication hole 14.

The posture changing unit 1A can also be configured as follows.
That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the guide plate 20 may be arranged between the first air bag 11 and the second air bag 12 in the body posture changing section 1A. In this case, the guide plate 20 is arranged on the upper surface of the first air bag 11 and on the lower surface of the second air bag 12. The guide plate 20 can be attached to at least one of the upper surface of the first air bag 11 and the lower surface of the second air bag 12.

In this way, even when the guide plate 20 is arranged between the first air bag 11 and the second air bag 12, the body position changing section 1A is buckled between the care receiver and the floor surface B. It can be inserted without any effort, and the work of inserting can be performed easily.

As shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of first guide plates 21 and second guide plates 22 may be arranged between the first air bag 11 and the second air bag 12. In this case, the first guide plate 21 can be arranged and adhered on the upper surface of the first air bag 11, and the second guide plate 22 can be arranged and adhered on the lower surface of the second air bag 12.

The configuration in which a plurality of first guide plates 21 and second guide plates 22 are arranged between the first air bag 11 and the second air bag 12 has, for example, a first lower surface of the first air bag 11 shown in FIG. The guide plate 21 is arranged and the second guide plate 22 is arranged on the upper surface of the second air bag 12, and the bending direction in the connecting portion 13 between the first air bag 11 and the second air bag 12 is reversed. It can be configured by

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body position converter 1A Body position conversion unit 1B Operation unit 10 Air bag 11 First air bag 12 Second air bag 20 Guide plate 21 First guide plate 22 Second guide plate 30 Pump 40 Air tube

Claims (4)

Air bag that can take in and out gas,
A pump connected to the air bag and allowing gas to flow into the air bag;
Arranged on at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the air bag, comprising a guide plate formed of a member harder than the air bag,
Posture changer characterized by that. A plurality of the air bags, a plurality of the air bags are stacked in the vertical direction,
The postural changer according to claim 1, wherein: The guide plate is arranged on an upper surface of an uppermost air bag of the plurality of airbags and on a lower surface of the lowermost air bag of the plurality of airbags,
The postural changer according to claim 2, wherein: The guide plate is arranged between the air bags adjacent to each other,
The postural changer according to claim 2, wherein:

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