JPH11244343A - Wheel chair for dental consultation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wheel chair for dental consultation which is appropriate to a consultation visiting a patient at home and to a consultation inside a consultation room. SOLUTION: This wheel chair for dental consultation has a wheel chair K for reclining, elevating and fixing a head, a dental portable treatment unit, and a light pole P for supporting a light. Various equipment constructing the portable treatment unit is detachably attached to the wheel chair K, and the light pole P is detachably attached to the wheel chair K or the equipment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dental care wheelchair used for home medical care (home visit), in-hospital medical care, welfare facilities, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Dental home visits are encouraged from the viewpoint of national policy and insurance system due to the necessity of home nursing for the elderly due to the aging society. Currently,
Due to the fact that dentists have reached a saturation point in number, home visits for patients outside the office are becoming more popular, rather than waiting for patients.

[0003] However, due to its specialty, dental care is
A functional couch suitable for this is needed and is in use. However, this kind of medical table is so heavy that it is almost impossible to take it out.

[0004] For this reason, some dentists build or purchase dental visit cars and use them for house visits. However, this car is not only very expensive, but also has not been widely used in terms of legal maintenance.

[0005] Under these circumstances, at present, several people take the portable dental care unit to the patient's house with very heavy thought and carry out medical treatment.

FIG. 5 shows an example of this type of portable medical unit. In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a main body case, which is not shown but is equipped with a power source and houses a water tank and a drain tank. Reference numeral 22 denotes an operation panel.
23 is a contra-angle handpiece, 24 is a multi-syringe, 25 is a vacuum tip, these are standard sets for treatment. 26 is a cover of the main body case 21, and 27 is a compressor. The weight of the main body case 21 and the lid 26 is about 9.0 kg.

However, in the case of such a medical care unit, as described above, not only is it difficult to carry, but also it is difficult to secure a treatment posture of the patient and effective lighting (lighting) corresponding thereto. . This is because the lighting at the home visit is often used. For this reason, treatment was difficult and sometimes very dangerous.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and has the same function as a dentist's table in a dental office and is easy to move. It is another object of the present invention to provide a wheelchair for dental care in which it is easy to secure writing corresponding to various treatment positions.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A wheelchair for dental care provided by the present invention includes a wheelchair capable of reclining, elevating and stabilizing (fixing) a head, a portable dental care unit, and a light for supporting a light. The various accessories that comprise a pole and constitute the portable medical unit are detachably attached to a wheelchair, and the light pole is detachably attached to a wheelchair or an accessory.

[0010]

According to the wheelchair for dental treatment of the present invention, various equipment and a light pole constituting a portable medical treatment unit are provided.
Since it is configured to be mounted on a wheelchair, its movement is easy.

In addition, since the wheelchair can be reclined and elevated, and various medical treatment equipment and a light pole are mounted on the wheelchair, the whole wheelchair has the same function as the dentist's office. ing.

Further, since the compressor can be carried in a wheelchair, a compressor having a higher function and a water and drainage tank having a larger capacity can be mounted.

Therefore, when treating a patient on a wheelchair, it is possible to ensure a posture that the patient can easily treat and an effective writing corresponding to the posture. In addition, the same treatment as in a dentist's office can be performed on a patient.

Further, since the various accessories are detachable from the wheelchair, it is difficult to move the wheelchair. Therefore, even if the patient cannot be treated on the wheelchair, that is, for example, on a futon on a tatami mat Even a bedridden patient or a bedridden patient can be treated by removing various accessories from the wheelchair and setting them in a position that is easy to use.

At this time, effective writing corresponding to the treatment posture of the patient can be ensured, and the same treatment can be performed on the patient as in a dental office.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are perspective views showing a dental care chair according to an embodiment.

In the figure, K is a currently used wheelchair, which can be reclined and elevated.
That is, although the detailed configuration of the wheelchair K is not shown,
When the backrest 1 is tilted down, the backrest 1 reclines, and the backrest 1 and the seat 2 are moved up and down by the elevation of the legs 3 so that they can be kept in a stable posture at any angle. 4 is a wheel mounted on the leg 3, and 5 is an armrest.

A portable dental care unit is mounted on the wheelchair K. In this embodiment, this unit includes a standard treatment tool T, a unit body H, and a compressor C.

In this embodiment, the standard treatment tool T comprises a vacuum tip 6, a multi-syringe 7, and a contra-angle handpiece 8, and is mounted on the unit main body H.

The unit main body H is a case having a width of 410 mm, a depth of 220 mm, and a height of 510 mm, and is provided with a power supply. The weight is 9.0 kg. Although not shown, a water tank and a drainage tank are provided in the case so that they can be taken in and out.

If the water tank and the drainage tank are not housed as accessories of the portable medical unit in the case, they can be detachable from the wheelchair as separate accessories.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a cup housed as a fixture in the unit main body H. A water supply pipe 9a for supplying water from the water supply tank to the cup 9 is provided in the unit main body H.
And a spiton 10 for receiving gargle water. Gargle water received by the spitton 10 is discharged to the drainage tank.

The compressor section C has a width of 280 mm, a depth of 170 mm, a height of 220 mm and a weight of 4.8 kg.

An operation panel 11 is provided on the unit main body H, and is provided with a main switch, a spray switch, a micro engine changeover switch, a vacuum switch, a drain tank lamp and the like.

P is a light pole that supports the light 12.

The unit main body H is located on the left side of the wheelchair K,
It can be detachably attached to the right side by a hook structure. The standard treatment tool T can be hooked on the hooked portion of the unit main body H, but has a structure that can be hooked on the hooked portion 13 of the wheelchair K.

The light pole P is mounted on the unit main body H in an upright state, and is detachable. Although not shown, the structure is such that it can be attached to and detached from the frame of the wheelchair K.

As described above, the wheelchair for dental treatment according to the embodiment includes a unit main body H constituting a portable medical treatment unit, a standard treatment tool T, a compressor C, and a light pole P attached thereto. Since it is configured to be mounted on the wheelchair K, it can be easily moved by pushing the wheelchair K.

[0030] For this reason, home-visit medical treatment of home patients can be performed by operating only one wheelchair.

The wheelchair K is capable of reclining, elevating, and stabilizing (fixing) the head, and various medical equipment H, T, etc., and the light pole P are connected to the wheelchair K.
Therefore, the entire wheelchair for dental care of the embodiment has the same function as the dentist's office.

For this reason, even in the case of a home visit or a house call, when a patient is treated on the wheelchair K, it is possible to secure an easy-to-treat posture and effective writing corresponding to the posture. Not only that, but for the patient,
The same treatment can be performed as in the dentist's office. For this reason, there is no danger of the treatment being dangerous.

Further, in the wheelchair for dental care of the embodiment, various accessories H, T, P, etc. can be detached from the wheelchair K.

For this reason, it is difficult to move to the wheelchair K, and therefore, even if the patient cannot be treated on the wheelchair K, it is easy to remove the various accessories H, T, P, etc. from the wheelchair K and use them. Can be set to treat.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, even a person who is bedridden on a bed B and cannot move his / her body freely can be treated with his / her upper body raised slightly upward. In this case, the unit main body H to which the light pole P is attached and the compressor section C are arranged on the floor, and the lighting by the light pole P is adjusted.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, even if a patient R who is bedridden on a futon F on a tatami mat and cannot move freely, various equipments H, T, P, etc. are arranged near the patient R. Thus, the dental treatment can be performed while adjusting the lighting by the light pole P.

The various equipment to be mounted on the wheelchair K are:
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. If the types of equipment are increased and high-performance equipment is used, the wheelchair of the present invention can be further enhanced as a moving medical table.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the above-described configuration is employed, it has the same function as a medical table in a dental clinic, is easy to move, and has various functions. It is easy to secure writing corresponding to the treatment posture, and therefore, it is possible to obtain a wheelchair for dental care suitable for home-visited medical care, in-hospital medical care, and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wheelchair for dental care according to an embodiment viewed from the front side.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the wheelchair for dental care according to the embodiment as viewed from the rear side.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a use state of the dental care wheelchair of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a use state of the wheelchair for dental care according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional portable dental care unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 K Wheelchair 1 Backrest 2 Seat 3 Leg 4 Wheel 5 Armrest T Standard treatment tool H Unit main body C Compressor 6 Vacuum tip 7 Multi syringe 8 Contra-angle handpiece 9 Cup 10 Spitton 11 Operation panel P Light pole 12 Light 13 Cover Stop

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A portable wheelchair capable of reclining, elevating and stabilizing a head, a portable medical treatment unit for dental use, and a light pole supporting a light, and various accessories constituting the portable medical treatment unit are: A wheelchair for dental care, wherein the light pole is detachably attached to a wheelchair or an accessory, respectively.