JPH0531141A - Patient carrying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a patient carrying device which can carry a patient to a required place without burden on the patient and an attendant. CONSTITUTION:A stretchable supporting body 2 is stood on a movable machine stage 1 and a bed body 3 carrying a patient is provided on one side of this supporting body 2. This bed body 3 is provided in such a way that a carrying part 4 for the upper half part of the body wherein the upper half part of the body of the patient is placed and a carrying part 5 for the lower half part of the body wherein the lower half part of the body of the patient is placed are separable, and the carrying part 4 for the upper half part of the body is formed by a back carrying part and a back-side hip carrying part 7, which are bendable and the carrying part 5 for the lower half part of the body is formed by a legs-side hip carrying part 8 and a legs carrying part 9, which are bendable, and the carrying part for the upper half part 6 of the body and the carrying part 5 for the lower half part of the body are placed at the same horizontal plane and are freely rotatable at the supporting body 2 as a center.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a patient transporting machine which is less burdensome on a patient when a patient sleeping on a bed is moved to a desired place and is easy for a caregiver to work on.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the problems to be solved by the invention
When moving a patient sleeping in bed to the desired location,
Two caregivers took the upper and lower half of the patient separately and moved the patient to a carrier, or the entire body of the patient and moved to the desired location. It was a laborious task for both the caregiver and the caregiver.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention aims to provide a patient carrier which solves this problem.

[0004]

The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

An extendable and retractable support body 2 is erected on a movable machine base 1, and a bed body 3 for mounting a patient is provided on one side of the support body 2. The bed body 3 is placed on the upper body of the patient. Upper body placement part 4 to be placed and lower body placement part 5 to which the lower body of the patient is placed
And the upper half body placing part 4 are formed by a back placing part 6 and a back side hip placing part 7, and the back placing part 6 and the back side hip placing part 7 can be bent. The lower body placing section 5 is formed by the leg side hip placing section 8 and the leg placing section 9, and the leg side hip placing section 8 and the leg placing section 9 are provided to be bendable, and the back side hip placing section 5 is provided. The abutting end surfaces of the placing portion 7 and the leg-side buttocks placing portion 8 are formed with notches 7 ′ and 8 ′, respectively, at substantially the center thereof to form end faces of the back-side buttocks placing portion 7 and the leg-side buttocks placing portion 8 respectively. Is provided so that an opening window portion 10 is formed substantially in the center when and are contacted with each other, and the upper half body placing portion 4 and the lower half body placing portion 5 are provided rotatably around the supporting body 2 in the same horizontal plane. It is a thing.

[0006]

Operation: The upper body placing section 4 and the lower body placing section 5 are opened and rotated so that the upper body placing section 4 and the lower body placing section 5 face each other. In this state, the patient lays down the machine base 1. Move to the center of the bed 51 (see Figure 3). In this state, the upper half-body placing section 4 and the lower half-body placing section 5 are positioned at a right angle to the side of the bed.

The support body 2 of the machine base 1 is expanded and contracted so that the height of the bed body 3 is slightly higher than the height of the bed 51 of the patient.
Raise the upper body of the sleeping patient, rotate the upper body placing section 4 to position the upper body placing section 4 on the bed 51 of the patient (see FIG. 4), and return the patient to the original state. Placing the patient's upper body on the upper body placing section 4, then lifting the patient's lower body, and rotating the lower body placing section 5 to place the lower body on the lower body placing section 5 as described above. The patient is placed on the bed 3 from the patient's bed (see FIG. 5),
Therefore, by moving the machine base 1, the patient can be transported to a desired place.

Further, the upper half body placing portion 4 is formed of a back placing portion 6 and a back side hip placing portion 7, and the back placing portion 6 and the back hip placing portion 7 are provided to be bendable. Therefore, the patient's burden can be reduced by raising the back rest portion 6 when placing the patient on the upper half body rest portion 4, and the lower half body rest portion 5 is connected to the leg side hip rest portion 8 and the leg rest portion. 9 and the leg side hip rest portion 8 and the leg rest portion 9 are formed.
Since and are provided so as to be bendable, the burden on the patient is similarly reduced.

Further, since the opening window portion 10 is formed at the substantially center of the contact portion between the back side buttocks placing portion 7 and the leg side buttocks placing portion 8,
The patient's buttocks are located on this opening window portion 10, and therefore the patient's buttocks are prevented from being caught by the contact between the back side buttocks placing portion and the leg side buttocks placing portion 8.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention.
The support rod 12 is erected on the machine base 1 with the casters 11, and the support rod 12 is
A support cylinder 13 is fitted to the support cylinder 12, and an electric power cylinder 14 for raising and lowering the shaft which moves up and down by a ball screw operation by a battery power source is attached to the upper part of the support cylinder 13. It is fixed to the top of the support rod 12.

A support casing 15 is attached to the front side of the support cylinder 13, and support shafts 16 and 17 are vertically installed at the left and right ends of the support casing 15.
・ Support plates 18 ・ 19 that project the lower part of 17 obliquely forward from the support cylinder 13.
The support cylinders 20 and 21 that are horizontally rotatable but cannot move up and down are loosely fitted to the support shafts 16 and 17.

A bed body 3 comprising an upper half-body placing section 4 and a lower half-body placing section 5 is provided on the front side of the support cylinder 13, and bearing rods 22 and 23 are provided on one side of the upper half-body placing section 4 and the lower half-body placing section 5. Stand upright, weld the upper part of the support rods 22 and 23 to the lower part of the support cylinders 20 and 21,
Locking pieces 52 and 53 are fixed to the support tubes 20 and 21. ..

A battery-driven electric power cylinder 24 for the upper half-body placing portion for rotating the upper half-body placing portion 4 is attached below the supporting casing 15, and its base portion 25 is pivotally attached to the lower portion of the supporting casing 15.
The tip of a shaft portion (26) that expands and contracts by a ball screw provided in the electric power cylinder (24) for the upper half-body mounting portion is pivotally attached to the locking piece (52) on the upper portion of the support cylinder (20).

A battery-powered lower body placing electric power cylinder 27 for rotating the lower body placing portion 5 is attached below the upper body placing electric power cylinder 24, and a base portion 28 thereof is attached.
Is supported by a bearing 29 that is erected from the support plate 18, and a tip end of a shaft portion 30 that expands and contracts by a ball screw provided in an electric power cylinder 27 for placing the lower half of the body is used to rotate the lower half of the body 5 for supporting. It is pivotally attached to the locking piece 53 attached to the.

The machine base 1 supported by four casters 11 which can easily turn in the traveling direction is pushed onto the floor to move the machine base 1
Is moved to the center of the side of the bed 51 where the patient is lying down, and the upper body placing section 4 and the lower body placing section 5 are positioned on the side of the bed 51 at substantially right angles.

When the electric power cylinder 14 for raising and lowering is driven, the support cylinder 13 attached to the electric power cylinder 14 for raising and lowering moves up and down with the outer diameter portion of the support rod 12 as a guide by screw operation. The support casing 15, the support shafts 16 and 17, the support cylinders 20 and 21, and the support rods 22 and 23 attached to the
The upper and lower body rest portions 4 and 5 attached to the support rods 22 and 23 ascend and descend using the as a guide. Therefore, the height of the bed body 3 can be freely adjusted by operating the lifting / lowering electric power cylinder 14.

When the upper body mounting electric power cylinder 24 is operated in a contracting direction, the shaft portion 26 of the upper body mounting electric power cylinder 24 pivotally attached to the locking piece 52 of the support cylinder 20.
2, the locking piece 52 rotates clockwise around the support shaft 16 as a support shaft as shown in FIG. 2, so that the support rod 22 welded to the lower portion of the support cylinder 20 pivotally attached to the support shaft 16 is also supported. Support shaft as well
It rotates about 16 as a fulcrum, and as a result, the upper body rest 4 is shown in FIG.
It is installed at the position indicated by the chain line.

On the contrary, the electric power cylinder 24 for the upper body placing part
2 is extended, the upper body placing portion 4 is rotated counterclockwise from the position indicated by the chain line in FIG. 2 and installed in the position shown in FIG.

Further, an electric power cylinder for the lower body placing portion
When 27 is operated in the contracting direction, the shaft portion 30 of the electric power cylinder 27 for the lower half of the body is contracted, and the locking piece 53 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. As a result, the support rod 23 welded to the lower portion of the support cylinder 21 pivotally attached to the support shaft 17 also rotates about the support shaft 17 as a support shaft, and as a result, the lower half-body mounting portion 5 is indicated by the chain line in FIG. It is installed at the position (when the lower body placing portion electric power 27 is extended, the explanation is omitted because it is the same as the above).

A vertical rod is provided on the upper surface of the support casing 15 on the upper body placement portion 4 side.
31 is provided upright, and an upper locking piece 32 is attached to the head thereof, and the upper locking plate 32 and the lower locking plate on one side of the back placing portion 6 of the upper half body placing portion 4 are provided.
A bending electric cylinder 33 in which the shaft is projected and retracted by a ball screw operation by a battery power supply is laid between 37, and the base portion 34 and the upper locking plate 32 of the bending electric cylinder 33 are moved forward and backward.
It is connected by a short link chain (so-called chain) 35 that is rotatable in the left / right and up / down directions and has 2 to 3 links.
Pivot to.

When the tip end of the shaft portion 36 of the bending electric cylinder 33 is operated in a contracting direction, the tip end of the backrest portion 6 becomes a continuous portion of the backrest portion 6 and the backside buttocks portion 7. Since the bent portion 38 is pivoted upward, the patient can be placed on the bed 3 with the upper half of the body raised.

Further, the lower half body placing portion 5 is formed by the leg side hip placing portion 8 and the leg placing portion 9, and is provided at the connecting portion between the leg placing portion 9 and the leg side hip placing portion 8. A bending shaft 39 of a hinge-like joint is provided, and the leg placing portion 9 is provided so as to be vertically bendable with respect to the leg side buttocks placing portion 8 with the bending shaft 39 serving as a support shaft, and one side of the bending shaft 39 is provided. A fixed vertical rod 40 is provided upright on the leg mounting portion 9, and a semicircular pawl wheel 41 having the bending shaft 39 as a rotation center is fixed to one side of the leg mounting portion 9.

A fulcrum 42 is provided at an appropriate position on the fixed vertical rod 40, and the base of the ratchet handle 43 is pivotally attached to this fulcrum, and the pawl 44 at the tip of the ratchet handle 43 is connected to the ratchet teeth 54 on the outer periphery of the pawl 41. It is attached to the meshed state. Therefore,
The leg rest 9 is capable of rotating in a stepwise manner with a click only about the bent portion 39 as a support shaft, but the pawl portion 44 interferes with the ratchet teeth 54 of the pawl wheel 41 to prevent the reverse rotation. Due to the existence of the so-called ratchet mechanism, the leg rest 9 does not rotate downward.

When the ratchet handle 43 is grasped, the pawl portion 44
Since the engagement between the tip of the leg and the ratchet portion of the ratchet wheel 41 is released, the tip of the leg placing portion 9 can be rotated downward. Therefore, when the ratchet handle 43 is grasped to adjust the leg placement portion 9 to a desired angle and the hand is released from the ratchet handle 43, the ratchet mechanism causes the pawl portion 44 to mesh with the ratchet teeth of the ratchet wheel 41. It becomes a "stop", and the bending angle of the leg rest 9 is maintained.

When the leg rest 9 is returned to its original position, if the tip of the leg rest 9 is rotated upward, the ratchet teeth 54 of the ratchet wheel 41 and the pawl 44 are rotated in small intervals. When actuated, the ratchet teeth are rotated while meshing with the teeth of the ratchet teeth. Therefore, if the rotation of the leg rest 9 is stopped at an appropriate angle, the leg rest 9 is held at that position.

Reference numeral 45 in the figure denotes a back spring.

Further, an electromagnet 46 or the like is attached to the facing abutting portion between the upper half-body placing section 4 and the lower half-body placing section 5, and the two are strengthened by being locked by an operation switch.

Further, the locking rod 57 is laid between the locking members 55 and 56 and the locking rod 57 is attached to the bed body 3, whereby the upper half body placing part 4 and the lower half body placing part 5 are The rotation is blocked, and the bed body 3 is fixed as one body.

Further, an L-shaped gripping bar 58 which traverses the bed 3 connected to the locking rod 57 is set to a height within the reach of a reclining patient, and the end of the lateral rod portion is set. By detachably providing the support casing 15 to the upper body placing portion 4 and the lower body placing portion 5 as an integrated body, while the patient is lying down, the hand is extended and grasped by the grip bar. Some actions can be performed.

Further, the cutouts 7 ', 8'on the contact end surfaces of the back side buttocks placing portion 7 and the leg side buttocks placing portion 8 are windows 10 for preventing the patient's buttocks from being caught.

The electric power cylinders of this embodiment are
Although a cylinder driven by an optimum battery power source is used for this type of patient transporter, a cylinder using another power source such as a commercial power source, oil, or a pneumatic pressure source may be used.

Reference numeral 48 is a battery box, 49 is a switchboard, and 50 is an operation box (including lock / unlock of the electromagnet 46).

[0033]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, when a patient sleeping in a bed is moved to a desired place, two caregivers take the upper body and the lower body of the patient as in the conventional case. The patient can be moved to the desired place without burdening the patient or the caregiver without separately holding and moving the patient to the carrier or holding and moving the entire body of the patient. It will provide an excellent patient carrier.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a usage state of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a partly cutaway main part showing a mechanism for rotating about a support body of an upper half body placing part and a lower half body placing part according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage state of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage state of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage state of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Machine stand 2 Support body 3 Bed body 4 Upper half body placing part 5 Lower half body placing part 6 Back placing part 7 Dorsal buttocks placing part 7'Notch part 8 Leg side buttocks placing part 8'Notch part 9 Leg placing part Part 10 Opening window part

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. An extendable and retractable support body is erected on a movable machine base, and a bed body on which a patient is placed is provided on one side of the support body.
The bed body is separably provided in the upper body placing part on which the upper half of the patient is placed and the lower half placing part on which the lower half of the patient is placed, and the upper half placing part is mounted on the back placing part and the back hip placement. The back rest portion and the back side buttocks portion are provided to be bendable, and the lower body rest portion is formed by the leg side buttocks portion and the leg rest portion, and the leg side buttocks are formed. The placing portion and the leg placing portion are provided so as to be bendable, and the notch portions are formed at substantially the center of the abutting end surfaces of the back side hip placing portion and the leg side hip placing portion, respectively. When the end face and the end face of the leg-side buttocks mount part are brought into contact with each other, an opening window is formed in the center, and the upper half body mount part and the lower half body mount part are centered on the fulcrum in the same horizontal plane. A patient carrier characterized in that it is rotatably installed in the.