JP3377980B2 - Bed care assistance device and placement assistance member - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention improves the blood flow of a cared person who is placed under a bed where the blood flow of the cared person cannot be improved, and the bed placed on the bed is rocked to lie on the bed. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a bed assisting device for care and a placement assisting member for assisting the placement of the bed assisting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The circulation of blood in the human body is mainly controlled by the action of the heart, and in conjunction with the action of the heart, we routinely move the body so that the blood flow in the body is smooth. Has been maintained. However, since bedridden care recipients cannot take the daily physical movements described above,
Blood flow circulating in the body is stagnated, which may lead to deterioration of the functions of internal organs and tissues. It is also well known that stagnation of blood flow causes bed sores in a body part in contact with the bed floor. Therefore, the caregiver sometimes has to move the body of the care receiver to improve the blood flow, but in the current situation that the aging progresses and the number of care receivers increases and there is a shortage of caregivers, such work is The physical burden on the person is large. Therefore, conventionally, various nursing beds have been provided that promote the blood flow of the care receiver (prevent bed sores) by moving the bed floor.

[0003]

However, conventional care beds for promoting blood flow of the cared person in the related art are generally expensive, and the purchase of such beds imposes a heavy financial burden on ordinary households and hospitals. In addition, with the purchase of such a care bed, the existing bed used by the care-receiver until becoming bedridden becomes unnecessary and wasteful. Furthermore, since the care bed with the conventional back-raising mechanism and torso-raising mechanism cannot sufficiently improve the blood flow of the cared person, it is necessary to consider a measure to improve the blood flow separately when the cared person becomes bedridden. Met. Nowadays, it is expected that the number of bedridden caregivers will increase toward an aging society, and if the blood flow of the caregivers can be improved with the existing beds, the above problems can be solved.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the purpose thereof is to swing an existing bed to improve the blood flow of a cared person lying on the bed. Another object of the present invention is to provide an arrangement assisting member for assisting the arrangement of the care assisting device and the care assisting device of the bed.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, at least two units are arranged under a bed so as to face each other, and the bed to be placed is rocked to lie on the bed. A bed care assisting device for improving the blood flow of a cared person, which includes a rocking body for rockably supporting the bed via a floor lower part of the bed or a placement assisting member, and a lower part of the rocking body. A base provided with height adjusting means for supporting the rocking body, and rocking the bed raises the base to lower the left and right lower end portions of the bed or the left and right lower end portions of the placement assisting member. It is an auxiliary device for care of a bed, characterized in that it is carried out while alternately abutting on the placing surface of the bed.

According to the invention of the above structure, the rocking body supported on the base is moved to the left and right while alternately abutting the left and right lower end portions of the bed or the left and right lower end portions of the placement assisting portion against the placing surface of the bed. Since it can be rocked, the bed can be rocked to the left and right to prevent stagnation of blood flow of the care recipient lying on the bed. In addition, the existing bed can be used as a bed for improving blood flow of the bedridden cared person.

The invention according to claim 2 is interposed between the bed care assistance device according to claim 1 and the lower part of the bed, and assists the arrangement of the bed care assistance device. Is a placement assisting member.

According to the invention of the above-mentioned structure, a bed constituent member is provided on the lower floor of the bed due to the structure of the bed, and the constituent member obstructs the lower floor portion of the bed for caring for the bed according to the present invention. Even when the support device cannot be supported by the oscillating body, the bed care assist device can be arranged by interposing the disposition assisting member between the bed care assist device and the lower floor of the bed.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an assisting device 50 for bed care (hereinafter referred to as this device) according to the first embodiment. It comprises a rocking body 10 to be supported and a base 20 provided with a screw type jack body 21 for supporting the rocking body 10 by a rotary shaft 29.

In the swinging body 10 shown in FIG. 1, a steel plate member having a bottom plate 13 and a side plate 14 which is bent in a U-shaped cross section is formed in a substantially U-shape on the front surface, and a pair of vertical piece portions 15 are formed. The horizontal piece 16 is provided. A ridge (not shown) that bulges outward is formed on the outer periphery of the bottom plate 13 to enhance rigidity. A rectangular support plate 11 is fixed to each upper end of the vertical piece 15 by welding. An anti-slip member (not shown) having a high friction resistance such as synthetic rubber, natural rubber or elastomer is attached to the entire upper surface of the support plate 11, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the bed 40 placed on the support plate 11 does not slip on the support plate 11 even when the rocking body 10 is swung left and right. Further, a shaft insertion hole 12 is formed in the center of the side plate 14 of the lateral piece portion 16 of the oscillating body 10, and a rotary shaft 29 axially supported by a bearing 30 of a base 20 described later which is inserted through the shaft insertion hole 12.
The side plate 14 around the shaft insertion hole 12 is fixed by welding.

The base 20 pivotally supports a well-known screw type jack body 21 shown in FIG. 1 and a rotary shaft 29 fixed to the rocking body 10 which is erected on a base plate 28 of the screw type jack body 21. And a bearing 30. This screw type jack body 2
Reference numeral 1 denotes a fixed plate 22, legs 23 and 24 having a substantially U-shaped cross section assembled in a pantograph shape, and a long rod-shaped male screw body 25.
And a rectangular tube-shaped first screw support tube 26 and a second screw support tube 27 that support the elongated rod-shaped male screw body 25, and a base plate 28 that is rotatably connected to the upper ends of the legs 24. . That is, the legs 23 and 24 are constituted by a pair of lower legs 23 and a pair of upper legs 24, the lower ends of the lower legs 23 are individually rotatably connected to the fixed platen 22, and the upper ends of the lower legs 23 are
The first screw support cylinder 2 having an insertion hole through which the long rod-shaped male screw body 25 is inserted together with the lower end of one upper leg 24 at an obliquely upper position.
6 is rotatably connected. Also, the other lower leg 23
The upper end of is obliquely upwardly connected to the lower end of the other upper leg 24 and is rotatably connected to a second screw support cylinder 27 in which a female screw to be engaged with the elongated rod-shaped male screw body 25 is engraved on the inner circumference. There is. The legs 23 and 24 assembled in this manner have a pantograph shape, and a rectangular base plate 28 is connected to the upper ends of the upper legs 24. Further, the long rod-shaped male screw body 25 has a male screw threaded in about 1/2 from one end to the other end, and the other end has a handle 31 for rotating the long rod-shaped male screw body 25. Are formed. At the center of the base plate 28, a pair of bearings 30 that pivotally support the rotary shaft 29 are erected so as to face each other in the lateral direction, and the rotary shaft 29 causes the base 20 to support the rocking body 10. Then, the long rod-shaped male screw body 2 inserted into the first screw support cylinder 26 and further screwed to the second screw support cylinder 27
5 is rotated by operating the handle 31, and the second screw support cylinder 27 moves left and right while being in screw contact with the long rod-shaped male screw body 25, so that the second screw support cylinder 27 and the first screw support cylinder 27
The legs 23, 24 rotatably connected to the screw support cylinder 26 move up and down, and the base 20 moves up and down, and thus the rocking body 10 supported by the base 20 moves up and down to raise the height of the device 50. Allows adjustment.

Next, the present device 5 constructed as described above.
A method of using 0 will be described. The bed 40 placed on the device 50 is a bed 40 having a back-raising mechanism as shown in FIGS. 2 to 3, and a crank device 41 for vertically operating the back-raising mechanism is vertically installed at the center of the lower floor of the bed 40. Has been done.
The two main devices 50 are arranged such that the front faces are opposed to each other in the lower front and the lower rear of the bed 40 so that the pair of vertical piece portions 15 of the rocking body 10 sandwich the crank device 41. When the bed 40 is not rocked, the base 20 of the device 50 is lowered to move the legs 42 of the bed 40 as shown in FIG.
Since the lower end contacts the mounting surface 43 of the bed 40, the bed 40 can be kept horizontal. Then, in order to improve the blood flow of the cared person, the handle 31 of the long rod-shaped male screw body 25 of the base 20 is rotated to raise the base 20. Base 2
Since the bed 40 placed on the rocking body 10 also rises with the rise of 0, the lower ends of the legs 42 of the bed 40 are separated above the placement surface 43 of the bed 40. In this way bed 4
When the lower ends of the left and right legs 42 of 0 are separated above the mounting surface of the bed 40, a caregiver or a nurse alternately applies a force to the bed 40 in an upward direction and a downward direction, as shown in FIG. Further, since the rocking body 10 of the device 50 rocks to the left and right, the bed 40 can rock to the left and right. As described above, according to the present device 50, the bed 40 can be easily rocked to the left and right, so that the body of the care-receiver lying on the bed 40 also rocks to the left and right, thereby improving the blood flow and stagnation of the blood flow. Can be prevented. In order to improve the blood flow of the cared person, the bed 40 may be tilted from the horizontal position by about 5 to 10 degrees and repeatedly rocked. Therefore, the regulation of the tilt due to the left and right swings of the bed 40 is controlled by the legs 4 which are the lower left and right ends of the bed 40.
Since the lower end of the bed 40 is alternately brought into contact with the mounting surface 43 of the bed 40, the base 20 is raised.
The tilt angle of 0 may be adjusted so as to be the tilt angle, and the lower ends of the legs 42 of the bed 40 are placed on the mounting surface 43 of the bed 40.
It is sufficient to separate it slightly from.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, chain gears 32 are fitted in the vicinity of the handle 31 of the long rod-shaped male screw body 25 of the present apparatus 50 arranged at the lower front and the lower rear of the bed, respectively, and the chain 33. The rotation operation of the handle 31 of one of the present devices 50 may be transmitted to the other of the present device 50 via the. By configuring in this way,
By simply adjusting the height of the base 20 of one of the present devices 50, the base 20 of the other of the present devices 50 can be adjusted to the same height at the same time. Further, the configuration is not limited to the combination of the chain gear 32 and the chain 33, and any means may be used as long as the rotational operation of the handle 31 of one of the present devices 50 can be transmitted to the other of the present device 50. For example, a combination of a belt wheel and a belt may be used.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 5 shows an arrangement of a bed care assisting device 50 (hereinafter referred to as the present device) 50 and a bed care assisting device 50 interposed between the bed 70 and the lower floor of the bed 70. It is a perspective view which shows the arrangement | positioning assistance member 60 which assists.

There are various types of beds that are used by so-called healthy persons or beds that do not have a mechanism for improving the blood flow of the care-receiver, and in particular, various configurations of beds provided under the floor of the bed. There is also a bed having a structure in which the member is an obstacle and the device 50 cannot be arranged under the floor of the bed. The placement assisting member 60 according to the present invention is a member for enabling the present apparatus 50 to be applied to such a bed 70. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the placement assisting member 60 is a plate member made of steel formed in a substantially bowl-shaped hat on the front side, and is composed of a main body portion 61 and a wing portion 62. Stoppers 63 made of bent pieces for preventing the bed 40 from falling off are provided at both ends of the wing portions 62. Also,
The left and right lower end portions 73 of the bed 70 are provided on the upper surfaces of the wings 62.
Is placed, and the upper and lower surfaces of the main body 61 are supported by the oscillating body 10 of the present device 50.

A method of using the placement assisting member 50 will be described below. A case where the placement assisting member 60 is used by placing the bed care assisting device 50 according to the first embodiment will be described. Assisting device 50 for nursing
Is omitted. In the bed 70 shown in FIGS. 6 to 7, a crank device 71 for operating the back-raising mechanism and a crank device 72 for operating the torso-raising mechanism are vertically installed in the lower part of the bed 70. Therefore, the lower part of the bed 70 cannot be supported by the oscillator 10 of the device 50. Therefore, by interposing the placement assisting member 60 between the lower floor of the bed 70 and the device 50, the device 50 can be applied to the bed 70. That is, prior to placing the bed 70, the placement assisting member 60 is previously set.
Is laid at a predetermined position, and then the left and right legs 73 of the bed 70 are placed on the upper surfaces of the wing portions 62. Then, the device 50 is placed under the main body 61 of the placement assisting member 60 with the base 20 lowered. Since the main body 61 of the placement assisting member 60 does not touch the lower floor of the bed 70 in this state, a certain space is formed between the lower floor of the bed 70 and the placement assisting member 60. When the care receiver is not rocked, the device 50 is lowered and the bed 70 is moved as shown in FIG.
Keep horizontal. Then, in order to improve the blood flow of the cared person, as shown in FIG. 7, the base 20 of the device 50 is raised and the bed 70 is raised through the placement assisting member 60, and the bed 70 is repeatedly rocked. Let As described above, the swinging motion of the bed 70 from the horizontal position to the horizontal position of the bed 70 is 5
The inclination of the bed 70 is sufficient because the inclination of about 10 degrees is sufficient, and the weight of the bed 70 and the cared person is less likely to cause the bed 70 to slide off the placement assisting member 60. Is provided so that the bed 70 can be surely prevented from sliding down.
As the bed 70 swings, the lower ends of the two wing portions 62 of the placement assisting member 60 alternately contact the mounting surface 74 of the bed 70 while restricting the left and right swings of the bed 70.

The present invention can be embodied with various modifications, and will be exemplified below. (1) The oscillating body 10 is not limited to the substantially U-shaped front surface, but can be configured in various forms such as a front inverted triangular shape. (2) The height adjusting means of the base 20 may be a hydraulic jack or the like.

[0019]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above in detail, it has the following effects. The invention according to claim 1 is arranged under the bed, and can prevent the stagnation of the blood flow of a bedridden caregiver who is lying on the bed by swinging the bed to the left and right. It is possible to prevent the deterioration of the function of the organization and the bedsores. In addition, the existing bed can be used as a bed to improve the blood flow of bedridden care recipients, so it is possible to avoid purchasing a bed that improves blood flow separately and reduce the financial burden on ordinary households and hospitals. Can be made.

According to the invention described in claim 2, the bed assisting device for bed according to claim 1 can be applied to beds having various structures.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bed care assistance device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a case where the bed care assist device according to the first embodiment is arranged and the bed is not rocked.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a case where the bed care assistance device according to the first embodiment is arranged and the bed is swung.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the bed care assisting device according to the first embodiment in which the chain gear and the chain are attached to the long rod-shaped male screw body.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an arrangement assisting member according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a case where a bed care assistance device is arranged via an arrangement assistance member according to a second embodiment and the bed is not rocked.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a case where a bed care assistance device is arranged via an arrangement assistance member according to a second embodiment and the bed is swung.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 rocker 11 Support plate 15 Vertical piece 16 horizontal piece 20 bases 21 screw type jack body 23 Lower leg 24 Upper leg 25 Long rod male screw 28 base plate 29 rotation axis 30 bearings 40, 70 beds 42,73 bed legs 43,74 Bed surface

Front page continuation (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A61G 7/05

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An assisting device for bed care, wherein at least two beds are arranged under a bed so as to face each other, and the bed to be placed is rocked to improve blood flow of a care recipient lying on the bed. And a pedestal provided with an oscillating body for oscillatingly supporting the bed via the lower floor of the bed or an arrangement assisting member, and a height adjusting means arranged below the oscillating body for supporting the oscillating body. The rocking of the bed is performed by raising the base and alternately contacting the left and right lower end portions of the bed or the left and right lower end portions of the placement assisting member with the placing surface of the bed. Aid for bed care. 2. An arrangement assisting member, which is interposed between the bed care assisting device according to claim 1 and a lower floor of the bed to assist in disposing the bed care assisting device. .