JPH0463704B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a medical bathtub device, and in particular, for functional recovery training for physically disabled persons, it is possible to perform training exercises quickly and accurately while saving hot water and water depending on the training purpose. The present invention relates to a medical bathtub device that allows

(Prior art and its problems) Persons with upper and lower limb disabilities perform training to recover their impaired function while using buoyancy in hot water. The main event of this training is to increase muscle strength and range of motion of joints by lying supine in hot water using manual gymnastics exercises, and then perform gait training in hot water to recover walking function.
In order to meet this need, walking bathtubs and exercise bathtubs have recently come to be integrally formed. However, even if a hospital or facility attempts to use only an exercise bathtub, it is necessary to fill up the walking bathtub with bath water, and for this purpose, approximately 6 to 10 tons of water must be supplied while being heated, which takes a long time. It required large expenses.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is based on the premise that the training bath has an exercise bath and a walking bath that communicate with each other. An object of the present invention is to provide a medical bathtub device that can minimize the amount of hot water used.

(Structure of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following structure. That is, a training bathtub in which an exercise bathtub shaped to allow a patient to move his/her limbs in a substantially horizontal state and a walking bathtub for patient's walking training are formed in communication with each other; , a partition wall configured to take an upright position that defines the exercise bathtub and the walking bathtub, and a reclining position where the exercise bathtub and the walking bathtub communicate with each other; formed on the bottom wall of the exercise bathtub; a stepped portion in which the partition wall in the reclined position is stored; The configuration is as follows.

(Operations and Effects of the Invention) With this configuration, the exercise bathtub and the walking bathtub are separated by the partition wall, and training using only the exercise bathtub or training using only the walking bathtub can be performed. be able to. In this case, only the bathtub on the side corresponding to the training to be performed needs to be filled with hot water, so hot water and fuel for obtaining hot water can be saved.

Furthermore, when the partition wall is in the collapsed position and the exercise bathtub and walking bathtub are in communication with each other, walking training can be performed over a long range of both bathtubs. In this case, the partition wall in the collapsed position, that is, stored in the step, is as if it constitutes a part of the bottom wall of the bathtub.
Since the bottom wall of the exercise bathtub and the bottom wall of the walking bathtub are continuous and flush with each other via the partition wall in the collapsed position, walking training in the exercise bathtub and the walking bathtub can be performed as if they were in one long bathtub. It can be done in the same way as inside.

Furthermore, since the stepped section in which the partition wall in the reclining position is stored is formed on the exercise bathtub side, when performing walking training only in the walking bathtub with the partition wall in the upright position, the bottom wall of the walking bathtub has the above-mentioned structure. No step portion is formed due to the step formation, and there is no support for walking training in this case.

(Example) Examples of the present invention will be described below based on the attached drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an exercise bathtub made of a stainless steel plate or the like, and a walking bathtub 2 formed of a transparent synthetic resin material is integrally connected to the tip side of the exercise bathtub to form one training bathtub.

A lift 6 consisting of a hydraulic cylinder 4 and a column 5 is erected on the floor 3 near the exercise bathtub 1, and an L-shaped arm 8 is installed from the upper end of the lift 6 via a mounting member 7. A stretcher 9 is provided for allowing the person to enter and leave the bath in the transport vehicle, wheelchair, and bathtub. The disabled person exercises his upper and lower limbs at the position of the stretcher 9 shown in Fig. 2, but for walking training, the stretcher 9 is lowered further using the lift 6, the front part 10 of the stretcher is bent downward, and the disabled person After standing up on the bathtub bottom wall 11, the bathtub is moved to the walking bathtub 2. For this reason, the central portion of the exercise bathtub 2 has a depth that reaches the bottom surface 13 of the digging portion 12, and is provided at approximately the same height as the bottom wall of the walking bathtub 2. A person with a disability training in the walking bathtub 2 holds a pair of handrails 17 parallel to the premises via a mounting rod 16 whose base end is fixed to the line above the bathtub in order to maintain a standing posture with the upper limbs.

A partition wall 18 according to the present invention is provided at the connecting portion between the bathtubs 1 and 2. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3, a stepped portion 19 is provided on the bottom wall 11 of the exercise bathtub 1 so that the top surface becomes the same surface when the partition wall 18 is collapsed to the open position. The rear edge of the lower end of the partition wall 18 is pivotally connected to the front end line of the partition wall 18 by a hinge 20.

In order to partition and close the bathtub by raising the partition wall 18, a column-shaped holding frame 21 with a square cross section is provided on the inner surface of both side walls of the walking bathtub 2. A seal member 2 made of rubber or the like is provided on one side of the holding frame 21 along its entire length.
2 are bonded together, and the partition wall is pressed against the sealing member 22.

In the part of the walking bathtub where the holding frame 21 is provided, the stainless steel plate of the exercise bathtub is bent and extended. The lower end of the holding frame 21 is a bottom wall 2 connected to the walking bathtub bottom wall 24 by extending the bottom wall lower plate 23 of the exercise bathtub.
4 is formed. Bottom wall lower plate 2 of the exercise bathtub 1
The rising surface 25 bent from the front end line of 3 is the holding frame 2
It is said to be the same surface as one side of 1. Rising surface 25
A stepped portion 26 made of a stainless steel plate is formed at the center of the plate. The lower end front line of the partition wall 18 is cut out to form an engaging lower surface 27 that rests on the step portion 26 . This rising surface 25 and stepped portion 26
A sealing member 22 extending from the holding frame is fixed to the holding frame.

A clamp 30 is provided on the upper end surface of the holding frame 21, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. The clamp 30 is provided with a pair of mounting plates 31, and a slidable hook portion 34 is interposed at the distal end side of an arm 33 whose base end is pivotally attached to a support shaft 32 of both mounting plates 31. The proximal end of a tightening member 36 is pivotally attached to a support shaft 35 in the center of the clamping member 34, and when the tip bent portion 37 of the tightening member 36 is engaged with the side surface of the holding frame 21, it is removably fixed with a pin 38. be done.

The operation of the present invention configured as above will be explained. When a disabled person is given walking training, the partition wall 18 is laid down to a horizontal open position as shown by the solid line in FIG. When the partition wall is laid down, the front end of the span plate 41, which is hinged to the lower part of one side thereof, slides on the bottom wall 24 of the walking bathtub, and extends horizontally. Therefore, the disabled person can practice walking over the entire length of the walking bathtub bottom wall 24, the spanning board 41, the lodging partition wall 18 of the exercise bathtub, and the bottom wall 11.

On the other hand, the disabled person who was lying on his back on the carrier outside the bathtub was transferred onto the stretcher 9 and then moved to the exercise bathtub 1 using the lift 9.
He lowered himself into the bath, then stood him up on the partition wall and carried him on a stretcher 9.
evacuate outside the bathtub. At that time, the tubular handrail 17
A small-diameter auxiliary handrail 17' (indicated by a dotted line in FIG. 1) housed inside the bathtub 1 is previously pulled out and placed inside the exercise bathtub 1.

When only the exercise bathtub 1 or only the walking bathtub 2 is used, the partition wall 18 is raised and closed.
and a walking bathtub 2. At that time, grasp the handle (not shown) provided on the partition wall 18 and pull it up.
It is pressed against one side of both holding frames 21. after that,
The hook portion 34 of the clamp 30 is engaged with one side of the partition wall 18 while being pulled out from the arm 33. Thereafter, while pulling forward the tightening member 36 pivotally attached to the hook portion 34, the bent portion 37 is hooked onto one side of the holding frame 21, engaged while being tightened, and then locked with the pin 38. In this way, the partition wall 18 is connected to the holding frame 21.
When tightened, the sealing member 22 closes both bathtubs in a watertight manner. Furthermore, since the lower surface 27 of the step of the partition wall 18 is placed in engagement with the step 26 of the bottom wall of the bathtub, the hinge 20 portion will not be deformed or damaged even if an impact load is applied from above. When an exercise bathtub is divided by a partition wall, hot water is supplied to the bathtub, and then the disabled person is brought in on a stretcher and exercised.

The lift with a stretcher used in the present invention is used for a person with a lower limb disability who is unable to stand, and if the lift is used by a person with a disability who has recovered the function of the lower limbs, stairs with handrails may be provided inside and outside the side wall of the bathtub.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a plan view of a bathtub equipped with a partition wall and a lift with a stretcher, Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of Figure 1, and Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-section of the main part of the bathtub area with a partition wall installed. 4 is a plan view of the clamp, and FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG. 4. 1... Exercise bathtub, 2... Walking bathtub, 3... Floor surface, 6...
Hydraulic lift, 8... Arm, 9... Stretcher, 11, 14
...Bathtub bottom wall, 18...Partition wall, 20...Hinge, 21...
Holding frame, 30...clamp.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A training bathtub in which an exercise bathtub shaped to allow a patient to move his/her limbs in a substantially horizontal state and a walking bathtub for walking training of the patient are formed in communication with each other; a partition wall provided so as to be freely tiltable and capable of taking an upright position that defines the exercise bathtub and the walking bathtub, and a reclining position where the exercise bathtub and the walking bathtub communicate with each other; and a bottom of the exercise bathtub. a step formed on a wall and housing the partition wall in the reclined position, the bottom wall of the exercise bathtub and the bottom wall of the walking bathtub being continuous with each other via the partition wall in the reclined position. A medical bathtub device characterized in that the medical bathtub device is configured to form a flush surface.