JPH08243130A - Nurse call means with visual display means - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To display a response signal from a nurse at a nurse center visually. CONSTITUTION: A panel shape display/operating means 3 is loaded on a foot board. APC 8(programmable controller) incorporated with the start-up control circuit 4 of a floor part corrugation mechanism is provided in a control box 5 in a bed 1. The PC 8 fetches a call signal by a nurse call switch 9 arranged at the bedside of a patient, and also, stores the call signal transiently, and transmits it to the nurse center after converting the call signal to an appropriate signal, while, fetches the response signal from the nurse center, and converts the response signal to a display signal based on a program, and displays it on the panel shape display/operating means 3. In this way, it is possible to use this means by an audibly handicapped person without generating a trouble and to surely transmit a message at a place such as a wide room where a voice is hard to hear.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a nurse call means having a visual display means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a nurse call switch leading to a nurse center has been provided near a bed and within reach of a patient. It was sent as a call signal to the nurses who were present so that the patient and the nurse could easily communicate with each other.

[0003]

However, in such a conversation, that is, a contact system by voice, it may be difficult to hear in the case of a patient with a deteriorated hearing ability or a large room with a large number of patients. There are things I can't do. The present invention has been proposed in order to improve the above-mentioned inconveniences, and by visually displaying a response signal from nursing at a nurse center, a message can be transmitted to a patient with hearing loss without any problem. It is an object of the present invention to provide a nurse call means having a visual display means.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in a bed, a nurse calling means arranged at the patient's hand and a signal from the nurse calling means are fetched and transmitted to a nurse center while being transmitted from the nurse center. And a control means for taking in the response signal, and a display means for displaying visual information corresponding to the response signal is provided at an appropriate position on the bed by the control means. In the above configuration, the bed has an electric floor undulating mechanism,
It is characterized in that the control means is mounted in a control box having a built-in start control circuit for a power motor in the floor undulating mechanism. Further, the control means is characterized in that the control procedure and the display format of the display means can be set in advance. Further, the control means is configured such that an operation switch for operating the floor portion is displayed on the display means so that the display means can be input as the operation means. Further, it is characterized by including a voice notification means for taking in a response signal from the nurse center and for notifying by voice based on the response signal.

[0005]

When the patient operates the nurse call means provided near his / her hand, a call signal is sent to the nurse waiting at the nurse center via the control means, and the nurse is informed that the patient is calling. Can be recognized. Then, the nurse replies that the call signal was accepted as a response signal. Then, the response signal, via the control means,
It is displayed as visual information on the display means. Further, the operation means (operation switch) is displayed on the display means, and the operation command can be issued by pressing the operation means, and the undulating operation of the floor can be performed instead of the hand switch.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a nurse call means provided with a visual display means according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a nurse call means 1 provided with a visual display means. This bed 1
Includes a means for visually transmitting information between a patient and a nurse, and a panel-shaped display / operation means 3 (e) on the footboard 2.
x. Liquid crystal display means) is installed. Further, the bed 1 is provided with a floor undulation mechanism (not shown), and has a control box 5 having a built-in activation control circuit 4 for controlling the activation of the floor undulation mechanism (see FIG. 2). ).
The floor undulating mechanism has a motor 6 and is controlled by an operation command from a hand switch 7 to control box 5
The starting control circuit 4 in 1 supplies the starting power based on the operation command to the motor 6 to undulate the floor.

A visual information transmission means between the patient and the nurse is built in the control box 5 together with the activation control circuit 4 for the floor undulation mechanism, and is a programmable controller 8 as control means (hereinafter referred to as PC8). )
It has. Although not shown, the PC 8 has a control unit,
It is configured by a program storage unit, a data storage unit, an input / output unit, and the like. The PC 8 is configured to store the program input by the program setting unit in the program storage unit and control and execute the control by the control unit based on this program. That is, the PC 8 takes in the call signal from the nurse call switch 9 arranged at the bedside of the patient based on the inputted program, and
These call signals are temporarily stored in the data storage unit,
The call signal from the data storage unit is converted into an appropriate signal and transmitted to a nurse center (not shown), while the response signal from the nurse center is taken in and the response signal is converted into a display signal based on the program. The panel-shaped display / operation means 3 displays the information. Further, in addition to the panel-shaped display / operation means 3, the PC 8 can be connected with a voice notification means 10 for outputting a voice message.

The nurse call means provided with the visual display means according to the present invention is constructed as described above. Next, its operation will be described. Initially, a program is set in the program storage section of the PC 8. At this time, the display format in the panel-shaped display / operation means 3 can be set to a desired one. When the patient presses the nurse call switch 9 provided near his / her hand, the call signal is taken into the PC 8 and temporarily stored in the data storage unit.
The control unit converts the calling signal into an appropriate signal and transmits the signal to a nurse center (not shown) so that the nurse can recognize that the patient is calling. Then, the nurse replies that the call signal was accepted as a response signal. The response signal can be displayed in a predetermined display format by the control unit on the panel-like display / operation means 3 as a message (for example, "Soon, I will go.") (See FIG. 3) ). This allows the patient to visually recognize that the nurse is coming,
When the patient is deaf, it is very effective. Further, it is possible to display a program on the panel storage / operation means 3 in the program storage section as an operation means (operation switch), and set a program to issue an operation command by pressing the operation means. Instead of the switch, the displayed operation switch can be operated to perform the undulating operation of the floor (see FIG. 4). Furthermore, the response signal from the nurse center may be notified by voice to the patient by the voice notifying means 10.

As described above, regarding the visual information transmission means between the patient and the nurse according to the present invention, the control box 5 in the bed 1 is equipped with the activation control circuit 4 for activation control of the floor undulation mechanism and the PC 8. As described above with reference to the embodiment, the processing capability of the activation control circuit 4 may be increased so as to have the function of the PC 8.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, by visually displaying the response signal from the nursing at the nurse center, there is no problem even for a hearing-impaired patient, and the voice is heard in a large room. It is possible to convey a message reliably even in a place where is difficult to hear.

[0011]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic overall perspective view showing an embodiment of a nurse call means provided with a visual display means according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a control configuration of a visual information transmission means between a patient and a nurse according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a display pattern explanatory diagram showing one display pattern of the display means in the visual information transmission means between the patient and the nurse according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a display pattern explanatory view showing one display pattern of the display means in the visual information transmission means between the patient and the nurse according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Bed 2 Footboard 3 Panel Display / Operating Means 4 Start Control Circuit 5 Control Box 6 Motor 7 Hand Switch 8 Programmable Controller 9 Nurse Call Switch 10 Voice Notification Means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A bed, comprising nurse calling means arranged at the patient's hand, and control means for receiving a signal from the nurse calling means and transmitting the signal to the nurse center, and for receiving a response signal from the nurse center. A nurse call means provided with a visual display means, characterized in that the control means provides a display means for displaying visual information corresponding to the response signal at an appropriate position on the bed. 2. The bed has an electric floor undulating mechanism, and the control means is mounted in a control box having a start control circuit for a motor for powering the floor undulating mechanism. Nurse call means comprising the visual display means of claim 1. 3. The nurse call means having a visual display means according to claim 1, wherein the control means is configured so that a control procedure and a display format of the display means can be set in advance. 4. The visual system according to claim 3, wherein the control means is configured to display an operation switch for operating the floor on the display means and to enable the input of the display means as the operation means. Nurse call means equipped with dynamic display means. 5. A voice notifying unit for receiving a response signal from a nurse center and notifying the user by voice based on the response signal.
Nurse call means provided with the visual display means according to 4 above.