JP3205907U - Excretion assistance device - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is an excretion assisting device that enables an excretion using a toilet without placing an excessive burden on a caregiver even if the care recipient does not take a sitting posture on the toilet seat. SOLUTION: A bed 3 on which a cared person can be placed in a lying position, a hole 5 formed in the bed 3 for exposing the crotch part of the cared person to the lower side, and an expansion / contraction for lifting and supporting the bed 3 The leg parts 11 and 11 which can be provided, the operation part 23 which controls the expansion-contraction operation | movement of the leg parts 11 and 11, and the toilet bowl 27 are provided. The hole 5 of the bed 3 is disposed immediately above the opening 29 of the toilet 27, and the height position of the bed 3 is changed by the expansion and contraction of the legs 11 and 11. Therefore, when transferring, etc., by setting the bed 3 to a certain height, it is not necessary for the assistant to bend his / her waist greatly, and the burden on the waist is reduced. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an excretion assistance device.

For care recipients who are always in a lying position and cannot sit on the toilet seat, nursing care facilities often use a diaper and the caregiver replaces the diaper for processing.
Thus, there are many people who feel embarrassed about taking care of diapers by others when they have constipation or urination.

JP 2016-22367 A

On the other hand, Cited Document 1 proposes a care excrement disposal device aimed at mechanically assisting excretion.
With this device, if a cared person excretes after attaching a waste receptacle cup to his / her crotch part, after excretion, the crotch part is automatically washed and dried, and cleaning wastewater and excrement are sent to the waste tank. It is supposed to be.
However, the above-described apparatus is large-scale and not only takes a place for installation, but also increases installation costs and maintenance costs.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above-mentioned conventional problems, and even if the cared person does not take the sitting position on the toilet seat, the excretion action using the toilet bowl without overloading the caregiver It is an object of the present invention to provide an excretion assisting device that makes it possible.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is a bed on which a cared person can be placed in a lying position, and a hole formed in the bed and exposing a crotch portion of the cared person to the lower side. And a telescopic leg for lifting and supporting the bed, an operation unit for controlling the telescopic operation of the leg, and a toilet. The hole of the bed is disposed immediately above the opening of the toilet. The excretion assisting apparatus is characterized in that the height position of the bed is changed by expansion and contraction of the leg portion.

  The invention of claim 2 is the excretion assisting device according to claim 1, wherein the leg is loosely fitted in a cylindrical base leg and the base leg so as to be vertically movable with respect to the base leg. An excretion assisting device comprising a support leg.

  Invention of Claim 3 is the excretion assistance apparatus characterized by the operation part being a stepping type in the excretion assistance apparatus described in Claim 1 or 2.

  The invention of claim 4 is the excretion assisting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a closing part that detachably closes the hole of the bed, and at the time of closing, the closing part An excretion assisting device characterized by forming an upper surface substantially flush with a bed.

  By using the excretion assistance device of the present invention, even if the cared person cannot take a sitting posture on the toilet seat, the excretion action using the toilet can be performed without placing an excessive burden on the assistant.

It is a perspective view of the excretion assistance apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows the state which set the bed of the excretion assistance apparatus of FIG. 1 to the low position. It is a side view which shows the state which set the bed of the excretion assistance apparatus of FIG. 1 to the high position.

An excretion assisting apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
This excretion assisting apparatus 1 includes a bed 3 on which a cared person can be placed in a lying position.
The bed 3 has a rectangular shape like a medical examination bed, and a hole 5 is formed at the center. The hole 5 penetrates the bed 3 in the vertical direction, and when viewed from above, has an oval shape extending long in the longitudinal direction of the bed 3. The hole 5 is set to be large so that it can be exposed downward with a margin enough to have a crotch portion of a cared person placed on the bed 3.
The bed 3 is covered with a synthetic resin cover. The cover is perforated and is also covered on the hole edge side of the hole 5. Therefore, in the figure, the upper surface and side surfaces of the bed 3 and the hole edge of the hole 5 are also shown covered with a cover.
In addition, although it is possible to make a side guard stand along the edge of the both sides of the bed 3 in the longitudinal direction, the illustration is omitted for the convenience of visual recognition of the bed 3.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a cushion piece-like closing part. Since the closed portion 7 has a shape that fills the hole portion 5 and is formed to be slightly larger than the hole diameter of the hole portion 5, as shown in the round frame, the closed portion 7 has an arrow in the hole portion 5. When it is inserted, the hole 5 is press-fitted to close the hole 5 without a gap. At the time of closing, the upper surface of the closing part 7 can be substantially flush with the upper surface of the bed 3 around it, so that it can be used in the same manner as a normal bed by closing the hole 5 except when excreting.
The closing portion 7 is entirely wrapped with a cover made of the same material as the cover placed on the bed 3, and is shown in a state wrapped with the cover in the drawing.
A knob loop 9 is attached to the closed portion 7, and when the knob loop 9 is pulled, it is easily removed from the hole 5.

The bed 3 is mounted in a horizontal posture on a pair of legs 11 and 11 and is supported by lifting.
On the floor surface, a pair of left and right base legs 13 are arranged in parallel with each other at a distance. Each base leg 13 is flat and has a rectangular shape as viewed from above. Both base legs 13 and 13 are connected by a rectangular connecting body 15 and 15 to form a rectangular base frame as a whole.
A base leg 17 is erected and fixed on each base leg 13. The base leg 17 has a rectangular tube shape, and a support leg 19 is loosely fitted inside the base leg 17. The base part 17 and the support leg 19 constitute a leg part 11.
The bed 3 is fixed to the pair of left and right support legs 19, 19 via an attachment portion 21.

A motor and an actuator having a spindle are housed inside the base leg 17, and a support leg 19 is fixed to the spindle.
When the motor is actuated upon receiving power supply, the spindle expands and contracts in the vertical direction, and the acting force resulting from the expansion and contraction is transmitted to the support leg 19. Therefore, the support leg 19 moves up and down with respect to the base leg 17 by receiving this acting force. As the support leg 19 moves up and down, the leg portion 11 expands and contracts.
Therefore, the bed 3 can be moved up and down by the expansion and contraction of the pair of leg portions 11 and 11 to change the height position.

Reference numeral 23 denotes an operation unit. The operation unit 23 is a stepping type and is placed on the floor. The operation surface of the operation unit 23 is divided into left and right, and as shown in the enlarged view, an UP (up) pedal and a DN (down) pedal are arranged on the right operation surface. By stepping on, the bed 3 is raised or lowered. Also, memory pedals (M1, M2) are arranged on the left operation surface. The height of the memory pedal is stored in advance, and when the memory pedal is depressed, the memory pedal is raised or lowered to the stored height. Since there are two memory pedals, the height that makes it easy to transfer a cared person with an average physique is stored in the memory pedal (M1), and the height that is as close as possible to the Western-style toilet 27 described later is the memory pedal ( M2). Normally, the use of the memory pedals (M1, M2) eliminates the need for delicate stepping adjustment when the bed 3 is raised and lowered.
The cable 25 connected to the operation unit 23 is branched in the middle and finally connected to the motors housed in the two base legs 17 and 17, respectively.
A power cable (not shown) is also drawn from the motor side, and power is supplied to the power cable when connected to a wall outlet.

A Western-style toilet 27 is fixedly installed below the bed 3. In the figure, only a toilet is shown for the convenience of visual recognition, but in reality, a tank is also provided, and plumbing work and electrical work are performed to enable normal use.
The toilet 27 has no lid and the opening 29 is always open.
Since the bed 3 side is movable, it is aligned so that the hole 5 on the bed 3 side comes directly above the opening 29 of the toilet 27.

The excretion assisting apparatus 1 is configured as described above, and the leg portions 11 and 11 are expanded and contracted by the stepping operation of the operation unit 23, and the height of the bed 3 is changed.
FIG. 2 shows a state where the bed 3 is set at a low position, and FIG. 3 shows a state where the bed 3 is set at a high position.

Hereinafter, excretion assistance using this excretion assistance apparatus 1 will be described.
First, with the bed 3 set at a high position, the person being cared for or carried on the lifting device of the care lift device is transferred to the bed 3. Also, lower the underwear of the care recipient. Then, the care receiver is placed in a supine position, and the crotch portion is exposed downward along the hole 5.
At the time of transfer or the like, by setting the bed 3 to a certain height, it is not necessary for the assistant to bend the waist greatly, and the burden on the waist is reduced.

The operation unit 23 is stepped on and the bed 3 is lowered, and the cared person performs excretion, mainly defecation. The crotch part is directly above the opening 29 of the toilet 27 through the hole 5, and excrement is dropped from a position not so high from the toilet seat, so there is little jumping. Moreover, since the function on the toilet bowl 27 side is used for the processing of the excrement dropped into the opening 29, the assistant does not need to perform a special post-processing.
Thereafter, the operation unit 23 is stepped on and the bed 3 is raised. When the height is increased, as described above, the burden on the waist of the caregiver is reduced. Therefore, the crotch can be easily wiped and the underwear can be raised to prepare the clothes.
After that, the use in the excretion assistance apparatus 1 is complete | finished by holding again or transferring to the lifting tool of a care lift apparatus.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and even if there is a design change within a range not departing from the gist of the present invention. Included in the idea.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Excretion assistance apparatus 3 ... Bed 5 ... Hole part 7 ... Closure part 9 ... Knob loop 11 ... Leg part 13 ... Base leg 15 ... Connection part 17 ... Base leg 19 ... Supporting leg 21 ... Mounting part 23 ... Operation part 25 ... Cable 27 ... Western style toilet 29 ... Opening

Claims (4)

A bed on which the cared person can be placed in a lying position; a hole formed in the bed for exposing the crotch part of the cared person to the lower side; and an extendable leg part that lifts and supports the bed , An operation unit for controlling the expansion and contraction movement of the leg, and a toilet bowl,
An excretion assisting device, wherein the hole of the bed is disposed immediately above the opening of the toilet, and the height position of the bed is changed by expansion and contraction of the leg. In the excretion assistance apparatus according to claim 1,
An excretion assisting device, wherein the leg portion is formed of a cylindrical base leg and a support leg that is loosely fitted in the base leg so as to be vertically movable with respect to the base leg. In the excretion assistance apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
An excretion assisting device characterized in that the operation unit is a stepping type. In the excretion assistance apparatus in any one of Claim 1 to 3,
An excretion assisting device comprising a closing part for removably closing a hole of a bed, wherein the closing part forms an upper surface substantially flush with the bed around the closing part.

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