JPH10211284A - Inhalation auxiliary mask - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate any necessity of holding an inhalator with a hand and reduce the load of a patient required for the treatment by providing a mask body to be worn on the head of the patient with an atomized medicine emission part insertion part and an inhalator holding means. SOLUTION: An inhalation auxiliary mask 1 is provided with, at least, a mask main body 2 for covering around the mouth part of a patient, an atomized medicine emission part insertion hole 3 for an inhalator, and an inhalator holding means 4 and worn on the head part of the patient by a mask wear means 5. It is also provided with a respiratory air hole 6 and a face abutment part 7. The inhalation auxiliary mask 1 is worn on the head part of the patient with the mouth part and the nose part covered therewith by the aid of a wear means 5. An inhalation beak tube 50 is attached to a neburizer via a communication tube 51 so as to inject the liquid medicine in an atomization chamber 52. An atomization medicine emission part 54 of the inhalator beak tube 50 is held by a ring elastic body 4a of the inhalator holding means 4. The atomization medicine emission part 54 is inserted in the atomization medicine emission part insertion hole 3 so as to actuate the neburizer. This constitution allows an patient to inhale without any necessity of holding the inhalator with a hand.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inhalation assisting mask that allows a patient or a nurse to inhale a liquid medicine such as an atomized bronchodilator without manually supporting an inhalation beak or the like. In particular, the present invention relates to an inhalation assistance mask suitable for use in inhalation treatment of bedridden patients and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, so-called inhalation treatment, in which a bronchodilator or the like atomized by a nebulizer is sucked from the oral cavity or nasal cavity to a patient having a respiratory disease, has been widely performed. And during this treatment,
The patient must constantly support the inhaler (inhalation cannula or inhalation canal) by hand, and in the case of the inhalation cannula, the medicine can be sprayed for a few minutes to more than ten minutes. We must continue to support for minutes.

[0003]

However, it is not easy to continuously support the inhaler in a fixed state, and it is impossible for a patient with quadriplegia or an elderly bedridden patient, in particular, to provide a nurse (caregiver). And nurses) on their behalf. During this time, nurses are detained, and in particular, nurses often perform this task, which is one of the causes of reduced work efficiency when labor shortages occur.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an inhalation assisting mask that allows a patient or a nurse to inhale without manually supporting the inhaler, thereby significantly reducing the burden on the patient or the nurse required for inhalation treatment. Is to provide.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a mask body covering at least the vicinity of the mouth of a patient, and an atomized medicine releasing section of an inhaler provided on the mask body are arranged from the outside of the mask body. Atomized medicine discharge portion insertion hole for insertion inside, inhaler holding means provided on the mask body for holding the inhaler, and mask mounting for mounting the mask body on the patient's head And a means for assisting inhalation.

It is preferable that the mask main body is provided with a breathing hole. It is preferable that a face contact portion for smoothly bringing the mask body into contact with the face is provided at a peripheral portion of the mask body. It is preferable that the inhaler holding means is formed of an annular elastic body. The inhaler holding means may be provided with a suction pipe mounting portion at a tip protruding from the mask body.

[0007]

According to the inhalation assisting mask of the present invention, the atomized medicine releasing section of the inhaler is inserted into the atomized medicine releasing section insertion hole provided in the mask body, and the inhaler is held by the inhaler holding means. Further, by mounting the mask main body on the head by the mask mounting means, it is possible to receive the inhalation therapy without manually supporting the inhaler.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An inhalation assisting mask according to the present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view of one embodiment of the inhalation assistance mask of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a left side view of the inhalation assistance mask shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the inhalation assisting mask 1 of this embodiment includes a mask main body 2 covering at least the vicinity of the mouth of a patient, and an atomizing medicine discharging device provided on the mask main body 2 for an inhaler. And an inhaler holding means 4 provided in the mask body 2 for holding the inhaler.
And a mask mounting means 5 for mounting the mask body 2
And a breathing hole 6 provided in the mask body 2, and a face contact portion 7 provided in a peripheral portion of the mask body 2 and suitable for contact with the face. Hereinafter, each configuration will be sequentially described in detail.

[0010] The mask body 2 is for covering the vicinity of the mouth of the patient, and forms an inhalation space 9 in front of the mouth of the patient for inhaling an atomized chemical solution when the mask is worn.

The shape of the mask body 2 may be any shape as long as it covers at least the vicinity of the mouth of the patient and can be worn to form the inhalation space 9 inside (face side). In the example of the inhalation assistance mask 1, one end side of two sheet materials 2 a and 2 b (or one sheet material is folded and polymerized) is used as an opening 8, and the other peripheral edge is closed by fusion or the like. It is formed in the bag body formed. When the mask is mounted, the mask is mounted such that the mouth is inserted into the opening 8. In addition, the inhalation assistance mask 1 of this embodiment is formed so as to cover not only the mouth but also the nose of the patient, and the upper part of the opening 8 as shown in FIG.
A notch 9 cut out diagonally upward is provided to facilitate insertion of the nose.

Inhalation space 9 formed inside (face side)
Is at least provided with a space in which the atomized drug release section of the inhaler can be arranged, and of a size that can maintain a certain distance between the atomized drug release section and the mouth to enable inhalation. Good. In addition, the suction space may not be a particularly closed space as in this embodiment, but the one in which all of the opening peripheral portion abuts on the face to form a closed space,
It is included in the scope of the present invention.

As a material for forming the mask body, any material such as synthetic resin and paper may be used, but a synthetic resin frequently used for medical devices is preferable. As synthetic resins, soft polyvinyl chloride, hard polyvinyl chloride,
Polyethylene, polypropylene, polycarbonate, silicone resin, nylon resin, ethylene-vinyl acetate resin, or various elastomers can be suitably used.

The mask body 2 of this embodiment is made of soft polyvinyl chloride.
As shown in FIG. 1, the internal space (inhalation space) is contracted. When the mask is mounted, as shown in FIG. 8, the internal space (inhalation space) is expanded by being pulled in the horizontal direction and contracted in the vertical direction. It is configured to be. That is, since the mask main body 2 of this embodiment has a certain degree of flexibility, the mask main body 2 has a substantially planar shape when not mounted, and does not become bulky.

The mask main body 2 is provided with an atomizing medicine discharge section insertion hole 3 for inserting the atomized medicine discharge section 54 (see FIG. 8) of the inhaler 50 from the outside of the mask main body 2 to the inside. The atomized medicine discharge section insertion hole 3 is provided with the atomized medicine discharge section 5.
Although any shape may be used as long as the shape 4 can be inserted, in this embodiment, the atomized medicine discharge portion 5 of the inhalation beak 50 is used.
4 is formed in a circular shape having a diameter slightly larger than that of the atomized medicine releasing section 54, since the cylindrical shape is corresponding to the cylindrical shape.

The insertion hole 3 for the atomized medicine releasing section of this embodiment corresponds to the atomized medicine discharging section 54 of the suction beak 50 used for inhalation from the mouth. At the time of inhalation from the nose, a nose attachment (not shown) having a bifurcated tip is attached to the tip of the atomized medicine releasing section 54. In order to insert the nose attachment, the nose attachment is inserted. The present invention also includes one provided with two insertion holes for the atomized medicine release portion. Further, as an insertion hole for the attachment for the nose, a long hole extending in the horizontal direction, or a combination of the above-described insertion hole 3 for the atomized medicine discharge portion for the mouth and the insertion hole for the nose is also included in the scope of the present invention. .

The position where the atomized medicine discharge portion insertion hole 3 is provided is preferably in the vicinity of a portion in front of the mouth portion (approximately at the center of the mask body) when it is mounted, but is not limited to this. Instead, it may be provided at any part, for example, near the lower part, according to the form of the mask body 2 as appropriate. As shown in FIG. 1, the insertion hole 3 for the atomized medicine releasing section of this embodiment is provided on the front side of the center of the sheet material 2a (the right end side in FIG. 2).

The mask body 2 is provided with inhaler holding means 4 for holding an inhaler (inhalation beak). That is, since the inhalation assisting mask of the present invention is configured so that the inhaler is held by the inhaler holding means 4, it becomes possible for a patient or a nurse to inhale without manually supporting the inhaler. .

As shown in FIG. 2, the inhaler holding means 4 of this embodiment comprises an annular elastic body 4a and an annular body attaching portion 4b for attaching the annular elastic body 4a to the mask body 2. The annular body attachment portion 4b is integrally formed with the fusion portion 2c of the mask body 2 and has an insertion hole 4c for inserting the annular elastic body 4a. The annular elastic body 4a is inserted into the insertion hole 4c, and is attached to the mask body 2 in a loop shape by binding both ends. Rubber strings, rubber bands, or the like can be suitably used as the annular elastic body 4a. In order to hold the inhaler, as shown in FIG. 8, the atomized medicine releasing section 54 is inserted into the annular elastic body 4a, and the annular elastic body 4 is placed near the base end 55a of the L-shaped tubular section 55.
a is wound and held.

Although it is preferable to use an annular elastic body, a simple string or the like may be used. Further, the inhaler holding means of the present invention is not limited to such a structure, any structure may be used as long as it can hold the inhaler in a state where it can be inhaled when the mask is worn, For example, a hook-and-loop fastener for detachably holding the suction tube of the inhaler, or an elastic body is mounted in the above-mentioned insertion hole 3 of the atomized medicine discharge portion, or the entire mask body is made of an elastic material, and its elasticity is increased. A device that presses and holds the atomized medicine releasing portion by force is also included in the category of the present invention.

The mask mounting means 5 is for mounting the mask main body 2 while covering the face. The mask mounting means 5 holds the inhaler with the above-mentioned inhaler holding means, and the head is mounted on the head with the mask mounting means. By attaching to the part, a patient or a nurse can perform inhalation treatment without manually supporting the inhaler.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mask mounting means 5 of this embodiment is formed of a string member attached near the opening 8 of the mask main body. 2b, mounting means mounting holes 2d, 2e
Are respectively inserted and tied up.

A length adjusting member 5a for adjusting the length is provided near the center of the string member constituting the mask mounting means 5, and the length of the string member is adjusted in accordance with the size of the patient's head. It is configured so that the height can be adjusted. Specifically, the length adjusting member 5a includes an insertion hole through which the string member can be inserted, and adjusts the length of the string member by sliding the length adjusting member 5a along the outer surface of the string member. I can do it.

The structure of the mask mounting means of the present invention is as follows.
The structure is not limited to the above-described structure, and may be any structure as long as the mask main body can be mounted thereon. The elastic member may be used as a string member.

The breathing hole 6 is provided so that the patient can breathe smoothly when the mask is worn, and is always necessary when the suction space 9 is closed when the mask is worn. On the other hand, when a gap is formed between the periphery of the opening and the face depending on the shape of the opening 8, it is not always necessary. However, it is more preferable that the breathing hole 6 is provided in the vicinity of covering the mouth and nose of the patient from the viewpoint of smoothing the breathing of the patient.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the breathing hole 6 of this embodiment is provided near the upper portion (located in front of the patient's nose). More specifically, two small circular holes are formed in the upper portions of the sheet materials 2a and 2b, respectively. However, the shape and dimensions of the breathing hole 6 are not limited to this, and may be, for example, a long hole or a slit.

Furthermore, it is preferable that a face contact portion 7 suitable for contact with the face is provided on the peripheral edge of the opening end of the mask body 2. The face contact portion 7 is for preventing the peripheral edge portion from contacting and damaging the face and for more smoothly contacting the face.

As shown in FIG. 2, the face contact portion 7 of this embodiment is formed of a band-shaped member (specifically, an adhesive tape) covering the open end, so that the open end is not exposed. Is coated. However, the structure of the face contacting portion 7 is not limited to this, and any structure may be used as long as the structure comes into contact with the face more smoothly without contacting and damaging the face. The edge of the opening may be chamfered. Further, as a face contact portion, a polyethylene foam, a urethane foam, an ethylene-vinyl acetate foam, a silicone rubber, or a vinyl chloride foam is formed on a peripheral portion (open end). What attached a flexible member, such as a body, may be sufficient.

Next, a description will be given of an inhalation assisting mask 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. FIG. 3 is a front view of another embodiment of the inhalation assisting mask of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a right side view of the inhalation assisting mask shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. It is a line sectional view.

The difference between the inhalation assisting mask 10 of this embodiment and the above-described inhalation assisting mask 1 is that the configuration of the mask body 12, the inhaler holding means 14, the breathing hole 16 and the face contact portion 17 and the mist This is the position of the chemical release part insertion hole 13 and the others are the same. The same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. Hereinafter, differences will be sequentially described.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the mask body 12 is integrally formed as a concave body so that a suction space 19 is formed inside. The insertion hole 13 for the atomized medicine discharge portion is formed at a substantially central portion thereof, and the inhaler holding means 14 is formed below the insertion hole 13 for the atomized medicine discharge portion.

The inhaler holding means 14 has a protruding piece 14a protruding forward, an annular body mounting hole 14b provided in the protruding piece 14a, and an annular body provided in the annular body mounting hole 14b from the outside. And an annular elastic body 14d (a rubber band in this embodiment) disposed in the annular body mounting hole 14b from the annular body disposing groove 14c.

As shown in FIG. 3, the breathing vent 16 is
Each of the left and right sides is formed by three long holes each extending obliquely, and the face contact portion 17 is constituted by a flexible portion provided on the periphery of the opening end of the concave body. Care has been taken to ensure that no harm is caused by contact with the face.

The face contact portion 17 is formed by integrally softening the peripheral portion thereof after being integrally formed as a mask body. As a partial softening method, a mask body is formed of a semi-hard resin (for example, a semi-hard vinyl chloride resin, polyamide) or the like, and then a portion to be softened (periphery of an opening end) is a plasticizer [if vinyl chloride resin is used. ,
In the case of DOP (diethylhexyl phthalate, dioctyl phthalate) or polyamide, for example, a method of immersing it in paraoxybenzoic ethylhexyl (POBO) for a predetermined time to impregnate a plasticizer can be used. Alternatively, the portion other than the face contact portion 17 may be partially cured. As the partial curing method, the mask body is formed of a soft resin containing a plasticizer (for example, a soft vinyl chloride resin) and then cured. Solvent [eg, alcohols (eg, ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol)] that dissolves the desired portion without dissolving the resin base material (eg, polyvinyl chloride) and dissolving the plasticizer [eg, DOP (diethylhexyl phthalate, dioctyl phthalate)] A method of extracting the plasticizer by immersing the plasticizer in a predetermined time. In addition, as a method of partially curing, a mask body is formed of a crosslinkable soft resin (for example, ethylene vinyl acetate polymer), and then a portion that is not to be cured (peripheral portion of the opening end) is masked, and an electron beam or X-ray is applied. There is also a method of irradiating a predetermined amount of wire to partially crosslink and cure.

When holding the inhaler 50,
As shown in FIG. 9, the atomized medicine releasing section 54 is
4d, and inserted near the base end 55a of the L-shaped tubular portion 55.
The annular elastic body 14d is wound around and held.

Next, a description will be given of an auxiliary suction mask 20 according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. FIG. 6 is a front view of another embodiment of the inhalation auxiliary mask of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the inhalation auxiliary mask shown in FIG.

The difference between the inhalation assistance mask 20 of this embodiment and the inhalation assistance mask 10 is that the inhaler holding means 2
4. Only the form of the mask mounting means 25 is the same. The same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

The inhaler holding means 24 of this embodiment is similar to that of FIG.
As shown in the figure, provided near the lower portion of the mask body 12,
Two supports 24a, 24b projecting forward
And a suction pipe fitting portion 26 provided at the distal end of each of the supports 24a and 24b. The suction pipe fitting portion 26 includes a cylindrical body 26a having an inner diameter substantially the same as the outer diameter of the suction pipe, and a cylindrical body 26a.
a of the suction pipe insertion hole 26b provided in a. Then, when holding the inhaler 50, as shown in FIG. 10, the vicinity of the base end portion 55a of the L-shaped tubular portion 55 is inserted and held in the suction tube fitting portion 26.

The mask mounting means 25 of this embodiment
Is formed of a band (band) 25a instead of a string member, and surface fasteners 25b and 25c are provided at ends of the band 25a, respectively.
b and 25c, the mask body 1
2 can be mounted on the head.

Next, an example of use of the inhalation assisting mask of the present invention will be described using the inhalation assisting mask 1 with reference to FIG. First, the inhalation assistance mask 1 of the present invention is mounted on the head by using the mask mounting means 5 so as to cover the mouth and nose of the patient. Next, the suction beak pipe 50 is attached to a nebulizer (not shown) via a communication pipe 51, and a required amount of a drug solution 57 (for example, a bronchodilator) is injected from a drug solution inlet 53 into an atomization chamber 52 (mist chamber). After the injection, it is sealed with a rubber stopper 56. Then, the atomized medicine releasing portion 54 of the suction beak 50 is inserted into the annular elastic body 4a, and the L-shaped tubular portion 55 is inserted.
The annular elastic body 4a is wound around the base end portion 55a of the above, and the inhalation beak 50 is held by the inhalation auxiliary mask 1. When the nebulizer is actuated in this state, the chemical is atomized in the atomizing chamber 52 and the atomized medicine releasing section 54 is formed through the L-shaped tubular section 55.
Thus, the atomized chemical liquid is discharged into the suction space 19 formed inside the mask. The patient inhales the atomized drug solution discharged into the inhalation space 19, and when the required amount of the drug solution has been inhaled, removes the inhalation beak 50 from the inhaler holding means 4 and ends the inhalation treatment.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the inhalation assisting mask of the present invention is used for performing inhalation treatment using an L-shaped nebulizer glass device has been described as an example. In some cases, a large number of tubes (inhalation tubes) are arranged. In such a case, the inhaler holding means of the present invention is applied by appropriately changing the design of the inhaler holding means to a form capable of holding the tubes. In addition, the inhalation assisting mask of the present invention has a structure (inhaler holding means or suction pipe holding means, etc.) that does not require a hand to support an inhalation portion (inhaler or inhalation tube, etc.) when performing inhalation treatment with a nebulizer. ), And is not limited to those used for L-type nebulizer glassware, and includes, for example, an inter-type nebulizer glassware, a penicillin-type nebulizer glassware, a crocodile-type nebulizer glassware, and the like. What can be held is also included in the scope of the present invention. In this case, if necessary, the form of the inhaler holding means may be formed so as to be adapted to the form of each inhaler.

[0042]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a patient or a nurse can inhale without holding the inhaler by hand, and the burden on the patient or the nurse required for inhalation treatment is significantly reduced. Can be. Furthermore, inhalation treatment can be performed in a comfortable position. According to the invention described in claim 2, it is possible to make breathing more smoothly when the mask is worn. According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the face from being damaged when the peripheral edge of the opening of the mask body abuts. According to the invention described in claim 4 or 5, the inhaler can be stably held.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of an inhalation assisting mask according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the auxiliary suction mask shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of another embodiment of the inhalation assistance mask of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the suction assist mask shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a front view of another embodiment of the inhalation assistance mask of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the suction assist mask shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the suction assist mask shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an operation of the suction assist mask shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the suction assist mask shown in FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Inhalation assistance mask 2 Mask main body 3 Atomized medicine discharge part insertion hole 4 Inhaler holding means 5 Mask mounting means 6 Respiratory vent 7 Face contact part 8 Opening 8a Notch 9 Inhalation space

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takayo Obata 3-33, Matsubara-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi (72) Inventor Sayako Nakahara 1-2-2, Yatomi-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi (72) Inventor Midori Koyama 4-39, Wakamiya-cho, Nakamura-ku, Aichi Prefecture (72) Inventor Aiko Kukita 1-3-12, Singanji, Kita-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A mask body for covering at least the vicinity of the mouth of a patient, and an atomized medicine discharge portion inserted into the mask body for inserting an atomized medicine discharge portion of an inhaler from the outside of the mask body. An inhalation assisting mask comprising: a hole; inhaler holding means provided on the mask body for holding the inhaler; and mask mounting means for mounting the mask body on a patient's head. . 2. The inhalation assisting mask according to claim 1, wherein the mask main body is provided with a breathing hole. 3. The inhalation assistance mask according to claim 1, wherein a face contact portion for contacting the face is provided at a peripheral portion of the mask body. 4. The inhalation assisting mask according to claim 1, wherein said inhaler holding means is formed of an annular elastic body. 5. The inhalation assisting mask according to claim 1, wherein said inhaler holding means has a suction pipe mounting portion at a tip protruding from said mask body.