JPH09276347A - Walker for patient - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a patient walk easier, by holding the weight of a standing and walking patient by a holding device with a rolling body magnetically attracted to the ceiling of a building and movably guided. SOLUTION: A walker 1 for a patient comprises a guide plate 3 mounted on the ceiling part 2 of a building and a walking device 4 to roll along the guide plate 3. The walking device 4 is composed by attaching an attracting material 7, a rolling body 9, and a holding device 10 to the guide plate 3 by a patient holding attaching part 11 to a base bed 6 parallel to the guide plate 3, and is attached the guide plate 3 by the magnetic attraction force of the attracting material 7. The rolling body 9 rolls on the guide plate 3 to move. The height of the guide part 5 of the guide plate 3 is set so that a small gap is formed between the guide part 5 and the upper face of the attracting material 7. The body weight of a patient K is supported by the ceiling part 2 by holding the patient K with a holding device 10 to reduce loads on feet and the waist part to make the patient walk easier.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a patient who has difficulty walking or standing up without being restricted by a walking path.
Further, the present invention relates to a patient walking aid that can improve the life of the patient by reducing the chances of interfering with each other and reducing the burden on the legs and waists even when the patients are close to each other.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a patient who has a disease on his / her legs or lower back is walking indoors, a crutch or a walking aid for running on the floor is used.

However, in the former case, since the weight is supported on the side of the body, a load is applied to the arm, the maneuvering of the arm does not work well, the use of the arm and the hand is restricted, and fatigue is severe. There's a problem. Also, in the latter, the frame surrounds the body, so it is not possible to approach furniture and the like, and it is difficult to store and take out in a chest of drawers, and cooking work on a kitchen table, for example, and the work range is limited. . Furthermore, it was not easy to enter and leave the frame, and it was not easy to use.

For this reason, there has been an increasing demand among the patients for a walking aid which has less fatigue in the house and can expand the range of movement.

As a result of repeated research on the above-mentioned demands, the inventor mounted a guide plate having magnetism on the ceiling, and rolled the guide plate and an adsorbent provided with a magnetic body that adsorbs to the guide plate. By rolling a walking tool provided with a rolling element and a mounting portion for mounting a holding tool for holding the patient, a part of the weight of the patient is hung on the ceiling part through the walking tool by rolling along the guide plate. The inventors have completed the present invention, finding that they can be held and walk easily and that they can walk without being restricted by the walking path.

According to the present invention, a patient who has difficulty walking or standing up is not subject to the restrictions of the walking path, and even when a plurality of patients are close to each other, the weight burden on the foot and waist is not imposed on the patient. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a walking aid for patients that can be easily reduced and moved to improve the life of patients.

[0007]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a guide plate, which is continuously provided on a ceiling portion of a building along a walking place and has a magnetic guide portion on a lower surface thereof, and a base, and the guide portion. An adsorbent made of a magnetic material that adsorbs each other, a rolling element that rolls the guide plate and rolls the guide plate with a small gap between the guide portion and the adsorbent, and a holder that holds a patient. It is a patient walking aid comprising a walking tool provided with a holding tool mounting portion to be mounted.

With the above structure, the weight of the patient can be borne on the ceiling through the walking tool when standing up and walking, so that the burden on the legs and waist is reduced and walking is facilitated. Further, since the arm is not burdened as in the case of using a crutch, the hand and the arm can be used freely and the workability can be improved.

Further, unlike the conventional walker that moves on the floor, it is not necessary to provide a frame body that surrounds the patient, so that the patient can approach the furniture or the cooker, and can store and cook articles. Work can be done easily. Moreover, since a plurality of patients can work in close proximity to each other, a wider range of work can be performed as compared with the case of using a conventional one such as collaborative work.

In addition, since there is no frame surrounding the patient unlike the conventional walking equipment, the walking aid can be easily and safely put on and taken off.

Further, in the case where the holder is elastically expanded and contracted as described in claim 2, it is possible to prevent a shock from being applied to the patient even in the case of an accident such as a fall of the patient, and safety is ensured. Can be further improved.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the figure, the patient walking aid 1
Is composed of a guide plate 3 provided on the ceiling 2 of the building and a walker 4 capable of rolling along the guide plate 3.

The guide plate 3 is a plate which is continuously attached along the downward surface of the ceiling portion 2 at a walking place A, which is a range where the patient K walks, and the lower surface of which is magnetic ordinary steel or the like. Is used for forming the guide portion 5. Such a guide plate 3 may be formed by arranging a plurality of plates in a continuous manner in a room. A hanging piece 3a is provided at the end of the walking place A as shown in FIG. 1 to clearly set the walking place A. In addition, when mounting on the ceiling portion 2, it is taken into consideration that the head portion does not protrude from the lower surface of the guide plate 3 by using flat-headed nails, screws or the like.

The walker 4 has a base 6 made of a plate arranged substantially in parallel with the guide plate 3, an adsorbent 7 and a rolling element 9.
And a holder attachment portion 11 for attaching the holder 10 for holding a patient.

The adsorbent 7 is a magnet made of a magnetic material. In this example, the adsorbent 7 is formed by stacking a plurality of magnet pieces 7a ... This adsorbent 7
Is attached to the upper surface side of the base 6, that is, the side facing the guide plate 3, and is housed in the adsorbent storage portion 15 formed of a non-magnetic material such as synthetic resin or wood.

As shown in FIG. 2, the adsorbent storage portion 15 is
The rectangular block body has a bottomed hole 16 having an upper opening at a substantially central portion thereof, and the magnet pieces 7a ... Further, a lid 17 formed of a synthetic resin or a non-magnetic material such as 18-8 stainless steel is attached to the opening of the bottomed hole 16, and the adsorption material 7 is moved by the lid 17. It is impossible to enclose.

At least three rolling elements 9 are provided upright on the side of the base 6 facing the guide plate 3 and surrounding the adsorbent storage portion 15, and in this embodiment, there are upward running wheels 9a. ,
Formed by swivel casters.

These rolling elements 9 can roll on the guide plate 3, and the rolling elements form a small gap g between the guide portion 5 of the guide plate 3 and the upper surface of the adsorbent 7 during rolling. Its height is set to have and separate.

Therefore, the walking tool 4 is prevented from being attracted downward to the lower surface of the guide plate 3 by the magnetic force of the adsorbent 7 and falling, and is movable in any direction by rolling of the rolling elements 9. Can be done.

The attraction strength of the adsorbent 7 is determined by the magnet material 7a ...
It can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the number of loaded holes, and the lid 17 made of the non-magnetic material has a bottomed hole 16 as shown in FIG.
By providing a counterbore portion 19 at a position opposite to and adjusting the counterbore depth, the required strength can be determined by changing the small gap g. Further, when the magnet pieces 7a are superposed, the magnetic strength of the adsorbent 7 can be changed by mixing the non-magnet pieces 21.

The holder mounting portion 11 is formed by a fishing metal fitting which is mounted on the lower surface of the base 6, that is, the surface opposite to the adsorbent 7, in this example. As shown in FIG. 1, the holder 10 is a fitting 23 such as pants that can be worn from the foot of the patient K, and a connector 24 that connects the fitting 23 and the holder mounting portion 11. Consists of. This connecting tool is composed of a plurality of lower cords 25, which are fixed to the upper end of the wearing tool 23.
And an upper string 27 which is connected through a connecting metal fitting 26 that aggregates the lower strings 25 ... And which can be engaged with the holder mounting portion 11.

The lower cord 25 is a non-stretchable band in this example, and has a length adjusting tool 25a in the middle. The upper cord 27 is formed of a cord-like body which has elasticity and can be expanded and contracted, for example, using soft rubber or the like.

Then, the guide plate 3 is continuously attached to the ceiling portion 2 along the walking place A in the building, and the walking equipment 4 is attracted to the guide plate 3 with the holder attaching portion 11 facing downward. Since the small gap g is interposed between the guide part 5 and the adsorbent 7, the walking equipment 4 can freely move within the range of the walking place A by rolling of the rolling elements 9 without falling. .

On the other hand, the patient K wears the holder 10, engages the connector 24 with the holder attachment portion 11 and operates the length adjusters 25a ...
By gradually shortening the length of 7, a part of one's own weight can be carried on the ceiling via the walking equipment 4.

Therefore, the weight of the patient's K's legs and waist supported by the patient wearing the holding tool 10 that engages with the walking tool 4 is reduced, and walking is facilitated. Moreover, the walking equipment does not have a frame that surrounds the patient like the conventional walker that runs on the floor, so the range of activity is widened, for example, storage and removal in a chest of drawers, and adjustment work toward the cooktop. Can be easily done, and because there are no restrictions on arms and hands like crutches, life and work can be done easily,
You can improve your life.

When the holder 10 is formed to have elasticity and expands and contracts as in this example, even if the patient K unexpectedly falls, it is possible to prevent the patient K from being shocked and to run. It can improve safety.

Further, even when there is a narrow portion such as the door 31 in the walking place A, the walking equipment 4 can be formed smaller than the patient K, and therefore, for example, as shown in FIGS. As shown, it is possible to easily set a narrow passage A1 through which the walk portion 4 can pass in the ceiling portion 2A above the door 31, and in that case, there may be some steps on the floor. There is no trouble passing through. As described above, the patient walking aid of this example can be simply installed without having to remodel the house when installing it.

FIG. 5 shows another example of use. In the present example, the wearing tool 23A is a band worn by the patient K himself, and is formed so as to be detachable by using a hanging metal fitting provided at the lower end of the lower cord 25A using this band.

When the holder is easily formed as in this example, it is possible to install the holder only in a place where walking is difficult, such as an inclined surface, and the range of use can be expanded.

In the present invention, the attraction force may be further increased by further attaching a magnetic material having a pole opposite to that of the adsorbent to the guide plate, or a ball caster may be used as the rolling element. I can. As described above, the present invention can be modified into various aspects.

[0031]

As described above, since the patient support tool of the present invention has the structure according to claim 1, a part of the weight of the patient can be carried by the ceiling part through the walking tool. When worn by a patient with weak legs and hips, the burden on the legs and waist can be reduced and the hands and arms can be easily moved without being restricted, and work efficiency and living environment can be improved. In addition, since there is no frame surrounding the patient like the conventional walking aids that roll on the floor, it is possible to work close to walls, furniture, etc., and it is possible for multiple patients to work close to each other. Therefore, collaborative work can be done easily.

Further, when the holder is formed so as to be capable of expanding and contracting as in the second aspect, even in the case of an accident such as a patient accidentally falling, it is protected against impact and safety can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the walking equipment.

FIG. 3 is a partial sectional front view of the same.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a traveling place, (A) is a front view thereof, and (B) is a bottom view thereof taken along line XX.

FIG. 5 is a front view illustrating another form.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Ceiling part 3 Guide plate 4 Walking tool 5 Guide part 6 Base 7 Adsorbent 9 Rolling element 10 Holding device 11 Holding device mounting part A Walking place g Small gap K Patient

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A guide plate continuously provided on a ceiling of a building along a walking place and having a magnetic guide portion on a lower surface thereof, and a base made of a magnetic material attracting the guide portion to each other. A member, a rolling element that rolls the guide plate and rolls the guide plate with a small gap between the guide portion and the adsorbent, and a holder mounting portion for mounting a holder that holds a patient. Patient walking aid consisting of a walking device. 2. The patient walking aid according to claim 1, wherein the holder has elasticity and expands and contracts.