KR20110000199A - Matress device for preventing decubitus ulcer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A decubitus prevention mattress device is provided, which can ventilate a site of a bed that comes into contact with the patient's body. CONSTITUTION: A decubitus prevention mattress device comprises: a mattress(110); a plurality of protrusion units(120) capable of protruding upward from the upper side of the mattress; and an operation unit(150) which is connected to the protrusion unit to make the protrusion unit projected to the top of the mattress. A plurality of protrusion units are connected to the operation unit to be selectively and alternatively protruded with time difference. In the mattress, a plurality of through grooves are equipped.

Description

Mattress Device For Preventing Decubitus Ulcer

The present invention relates to a mattress, and more particularly, to a mattress device having a protrusion unit that operates to prevent bedsores.

The present invention relates to a mattress for preventing bedsores, and more particularly, to prevent bedsores caused by undesired blood circulation due to compression of the mattress and the body parts of the physically-impaired or patient for long periods of time lying on the mattress. To ensure that

In general, the mattress is widely used as a tool for making a comfortable bed for human beings by placing it on the bed or on the floor of the bed.For patients who are unnatural or unable to move properly, the mattress is in contact with the mattress if it is laid for a long time. Body parts that are pressed by the weight will interfere with the blood circulation.

However, healthy people can lie in bed for long periods of time, and if their body parts are disturbed by blood circulation, they can turn themselves to prevent blood circulation.However, those who are uncomfortable or unhealthy will touch the bed if they are in bed for a long time. Because the body parts are pressed for a long time by the body weight and blood circulation is not properly performed, it is easy to cause pressure sores, which are skin swelling, and this pressure sore causes many complications and side effects. Will result.

Therefore, in order to prevent bedsores caused by the cause of the above, that is, blood circulation disorders and the cause of inadequate ventilation of the contact surface, if the subject is a patient, the bedside contact surface of the body should be changed as often as possible. In addition, it is necessary to modify the seating shape regularly to distribute the load or to improve ventilation.The patient who is inconvenient to move can only be moved by the caregiver, so it is not easy to change the contact surface. They needed a fundamental solution to bed sores.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems and disadvantages, the object of the present invention is as follows.

First, it is an object of the present invention to provide a mattress so that the elderly or inconvenient patients can be ventilated to the area where the body is in contact even when lying on the mattress for a long time.

Secondly, the purpose of the mattress and the body contact area to be different over time.

Third, the purpose is to provide a mattress that can prevent bedsores, but also automatically detect the stool discharged by the user to promptly inform the guardian.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with a mattress and a plurality of protrusion units capable of ascending protrusion to the upper surface of the mattress and an operation unit connected to the protrusion unit so that each of the protrusion unit is protruded, the plurality The two protruding units are provided with a mattress device for preventing bedsores, characterized in that they are connected to the operating unit so as to selectively alternate with the time difference.

Here, the mattress is provided with a plurality of through grooves, the protruding unit may be inserted into the through groove, respectively.

The protrusion unit may be divided into at least two groups, and the divided group protrusion units may be operated at the same time.

The protruding unit may include a protruding portion protruding to the outside and a tube body provided below the protruding portion and supplied with hydraulic pressure through the operation unit.

At this time, at least two hydraulic supply pipes are provided between the tube body and the operation unit, and the tube forming the grouped protruding units to simultaneously operate the grouped protruding units when supplying hydraulic pressure through the respective hydraulic supply pipes. A sieve may be connected to each of the hydraulic supply units.

The operation unit may include an outer case provided with an operation switch and a pump provided inside the outer case and connected to the hydraulic supply pipe.

In addition, at least two pumps may be provided to be individually connected to the respective hydraulic supply pipes.

On the other hand, the upper surface of the mattress is configured to include a sensor for detecting the user's toilet, a controller electrically connected to the sensor and a notification unit electrically connected to the control unit to notify the outside when the user's toilet detected. Can be.

In this case, the toilet sensor may be a temperature / humidity sensor, or a capacitive sensor.

The transmitter / receiver module may further include a signal exchange unit capable of exchanging a signal at a position separated from the toilet sensor.

The mattress is formed by stacking at least two unit mattresses and at the same time, each unit mattress is made of a flexible material, and at least one unit mattress of the stacked unit mattresses is upwardly projected. At the same time as having a plurality of possible protruding unit may be provided with an operation unit for causing the protruding unit to protrude upward.

Here, the unit mattress is provided with a hydraulic supply pipe therein, the protruding unit is provided at a predetermined spaced position on the unit mattress and at the same time a plurality of protruding units are connected to the hydraulic supply pipe is provided, the hydraulic supply pipe is It can be connected to the operation unit.

In addition, when unit mattresses having at least two protrusion units are stacked, the position of the protrusion units in the unit mattress having each protrusion unit may not be interfered with each other.

Referring to the effects of the present invention bed sock prevention mattress device configured as described above are as follows.

First, the present invention has the effect that it is possible to efficiently ventilate between the user's body and the mattress by allowing the protrusions arranged along a plurality of columns and rows to operate differently column by row or row by time.

Second, the present invention is attached to the sensor that can detect the user's toilet is inconvenient to bring the effect that the user can always keep clean.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the present invention is not limited or limited to the following embodiments. Note that, in the following description, components that are substantially the same in structure and function and can be handled identically can be identified by the same reference numerals.

Of the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the bed restraint mattress device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 schematically shows the relationship between the major components constituting the bed restraint mattress device of Figure 1 It is a cross section.

As shown, the present invention bedsore prevention mattress device 100 is a mattress 110 and a plurality of protruding unit 120 and the protruding unit 120, which is upwardly protruding to the upper surface of the mattress 110, each of the mattress ( It includes a working unit 150 connected to the protruding unit 120 so as to protrude to the top of the 110, the plurality of protruding unit 120 has a time difference to selectively project the alternating (operation unit ( 150).

The mattress 110 is provided with a plurality of through grooves 115 (see FIG. 3), and the protrusion units 120 are inserted into the through grooves 115, respectively.

In this case, the through groove 115 is generally arranged in a plurality of regular rows and rows to the upper surface side of the mattress 110, but is not limited thereto, and the installation form of the through groove 115 may vary according to the user. have.

On the other hand, the protruding unit 120 is divided into at least two working groups are configured to operate by the divided groups.

For example, the protrusion units 120 arranged in four columns or rows allow the protrusion units 120 of the first and third rows to operate together, and the protrusion units 120 of the second and fourth rows are operated. To work together.

To this end, the plurality of tube bodies 135 belonging to the same group to be connected to the same hydraulic supply pipe 130 at the same time, the hydraulic supply pipe 130 is operated unit 150 provided outside the mattress 110 Is connected to.

That is, when the hydraulic pressure is supplied through the operation unit 150, the plurality of protrusion units 120 connected to one hydraulic supply pipe 130 are operated at the same time.

In addition, the operation unit 150 is provided inside the case 155 and the case 155 forming an appearance, and the pumps 151 and 152 for supplying hydraulic pressure through the hydraulic supply pipe 130 and the pumps 151 and 152 are operated. It is configured to include a controller 160 to adjust.

Further, the hydraulic supply pipes 130 connected to the protruding units 120 operated by the groups are respectively connected to the pumps 151 and 152, respectively.

The hydraulic material supplied through the pumps 151 and 152 may be any one of a gas such as air or a liquid form such as water or oil.

Figure 3 is an enlarged view for explaining the installation structure of the protrusion unit in the mattress.

The protruding unit 120 is a protrusion 121 which can be protruded into the upper surface of the through groove 115 and the protrusion 121 to protrude upward from the lower side of the protrusion 121. It consists of a tube body 135.

As shown, the tube body 135 in the protruding unit 120 is made of a flexible material such as rubber, silicon, and the like, or air or water is injected into the tube body 135 at a constant pressure. If the tube body 135 is inflated so that the protrusion 121 of the upper portion protrudes to the upper side of the through groove 115, and when the supplied hydraulic pressure is removed, the tube body 135 is folded By the protrusion 121 is configured to return to the original position.

At this time, it is preferable that the return of the protrusion 121 is made by the weight of the protrusion 121 itself, but may be auxiliary to the spring to assist the protrusion 121 to return to its original position. .

In addition, of course, the length of the tube body 135 is determined according to the degree of protrusion of the protrusion 121.

On the other hand, the mattress 110 is a toilet (170) and the controller (not shown) that is electrically connected to the toilet detection sensor 170 that can detect the user's toilet and the user is electrically connected to the controller. It is configured to further include a notification unit 171 to notify the outside when the toilet is detected.

Here, the toilet sensor 170 is made of a device for generating an electrical signal when the fluid, etc., or a temperature / humidity sensor or a capacitive sensor may be adopted.

The notification unit 171 may be configured as a predetermined speaker or a display device for visually informing.

At this time, the toilet sensor 170 and the notification unit 171 is preferably provided with a transmission / reception module for transmitting and receiving signals at positions spaced apart from each other.

Referring to the operation of the mattress device for preventing bedsores according to the first embodiment of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

When the user or the caregiver operates the controller 160 of the operation unit 150, the pumps 151 and 152 are sequentially operated to supply hydraulic pressure through the hydraulic supply pipes 130 connected to the respective pumps 151 and 152.

In this case, the protruding units 120 divided by groups according to the hydraulic supply pipe 130 are projected to the upper side of the mattress 110 alternately with a time difference.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, two groups, namely, the protruding units in the A position as the first group, the protruding units in the B position as the second group, and the protruding unit 120 constituting the first group are After protruding upward, the protruding unit 120 descending again and forming the second group can alternate with each other.

In addition, when the user discharged urine or stool, the toilet detection sensor 170 detects this, it is possible to inform the guardian or caregiver of the toilet discharge situation through the notification unit 171.

At the position where the toilet sensor 170 is lying down by the user, at least one or more will be installed at a position where the toilet is easily detected.

1 to 4 illustrate a first group protrusion unit and a second group protrusion unit, that is, a protrusion unit composed of two groups.

That is, in the drawings and description, the protrusion unit is divided into two groups and operates by group, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The protrusion unit may be separated by more groups.

In addition, the type of operation of the projecting unit for each group may be made by a column or a row other than the method as shown in FIG. 4 or may be made of other forms of operation.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying Figures 5 to 9 will be described a bed sore prevention mattress apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a side view showing the bed restraint mattress device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing the main configuration of the bed restraint mattress device according to a second embodiment of the present invention .

The bed restraint mattress device 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a mattress 210 formed by stacking at least two unit mattresses 211, 212, and 213.

Here, each of the unit mattress (211,212,213) is made of a highly flexible flexible (flexible) material, at least one or more unit mattress (211,212,213) of the stacked unit mattress (211,212,213) a plurality of protrusion units capable of upward protrusion operation In addition to the (211a, 212a, 213a) is provided with an operation unit 250 for the protrusion unit (211a, 212a, 213a) to protrude upward.

The unit mattress 211, 212, 213 is provided with a hydraulic supply pipe 230 therein, and the protruding units 211a, 212a, 213a are provided at a predetermined distance from the unit mattress 211, 212, 213 and at the same time the hydraulic supply pipe ( The plurality of protruding units 211a, 212a, and 213a are provided at the same time.

On the other hand, as shown, between the protruding units (211a, 212a, 213a) are each provided with non-projection (211b, 212b, 213b) that is not affected by the supply of hydraulic pressure, that is, does not expand.

The hydraulic supply pipe 230 is provided in the form of penetrating the upper side or the lower side or the non-projection (211b, 212b, 213b) of the non-projection (211b, 212b, 213b), in Figure 7 the non-projection (211b, 212b, 213b) shows the state in which the hydraulic supply pipe 230 is located,

Here, the non-projection parts 211b, 212b, and 213b are not deformed according to the supply of hydraulic pressure, but are configured to be deformable when pressurized from the outside.

The operation unit 250 is provided inside the case 255 and the case 255 forming the exterior, and the pump (251, 252, 253) for supplying the hydraulic pressure through the hydraulic supply pipe 230 and the controller for operating the operation of the pump ( 260).

On the other hand, when the unit mattress (211,212,213) having at least two protrusion units (211a, 212a, 213a) is laminated, the protruding in the unit mattress (211,212,213) is provided with each of the protrusion units (211a, 212a, 213a) The positions of the units 211a, 212a and 213a are made so as not to interfere with each other in a plan view.

The pumps 251, 252, and 253 are connected to unit mattresses 211, 212, and 213 provided with the protruding units 211a, 212a, and 213a, respectively.

In more detail, in the case of supplying the hydraulic pressure through the hydraulic supply pipe 230 using the selected pump, only the protruding units 211a, 212a, and 213a of the mattress connected to the pump are formed to expand and swell upward.

That is, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the protruding units 211a, 212a, and 213a function as the protruding portions in the first embodiment.

On the other hand, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the mattress 210 is a control unit (not shown) that is electrically connected to the toilet sensor 270 and the toilet sensor 270 that can detect the user's toilet and the like. And a notification unit 271 electrically connected to the control unit to notify the outside when the user senses a toilet.

Here, the notification unit 271 also includes a predetermined speaker device or a display device.

Referring to the operation of the bed restraint mattress device according to a second embodiment of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

When the user or caregiver operates the controller 261 of the operation unit 250, the pumps 251, 252, and 253 operate sequentially to supply hydraulic pressure into the unit mattress through the hydraulic supply pipes 230 connected to the respective pumps.

In this case, the protrusion unit of the unit mattress supplied with hydraulic pressure by the pump of the unit mattress is inflated upward operation.

For example, in the mattress 210 composed of three unit mattresses 211, 212, 213 as shown in FIG. 7, when the hydraulic pressure is supplied to the uppermost mattress 211, the protrusion unit 211a protrudes upward.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, even when hydraulic pressure is supplied to the unit mattress 212 positioned at the center, the protruding unit 212a of the unit mattress 212 protrudes upward.

In this case, the non-projection portion 211b of the unit mattress 211 located at the top thereof protrudes upward together with the protruding unit 212a of the unit mattress 212 located at the center.

Finally, the unit mattress 213 located at the bottom is also protruded upward by the above operating principle, in which case the non-projections 211b and 212b of the unit mattress located at the top and center are also protruded upward together. This is the same as in FIG. 9 attached.

In addition, even in the case of the second embodiment of the present invention, when the user discharged urine or stool, the toilet detection sensor 270 detects this, and the toilet or the caregiver through the notification unit 271 to the toilet discharge situation You will be notified.

As described above, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, and the fact that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms in addition to the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope thereof has ordinary skill in the art. It is obvious to them. Therefore, the above-described embodiments should be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive, and thus, the present invention is not limited to the above description and may be modified within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

For example, as shown in FIG. 10, different pumps are not connected to each hydraulic supply pipe 130, and each hydraulic supply pipe 130 is connected to one pump 300, and the pump 300 And a valve 450 is provided between each of the hydraulic supply pipes 130 to alternately open and close the valve 450 through the control unit 400 to supply hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic supply pipes 130 alternately. You may.

This configuration is, of course, applicable to both the first embodiment and the second embodiment.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the mattress device for preventing bedsores according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the relationship between the major components constituting the mattress device for preventing bedsores of FIG.

3 is an enlarged view illustrating main parts for explaining an installation structure of the protruding unit;

4 is a view for showing a state in which the protrusion unit is operated alternately;

5 is a side view schematically showing a mattress device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of FIG. 5;

7 to 9 are views for showing a state in which the projection unit is operated alternately; And

FIG. 10 is a block diagram schematically illustrating another connection type between the pump and the hydraulic supply pipe in the above embodiments.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

110,210: mattress 120,211a, 212a, 213a: protrusion unit

130,230: hydraulic supply pipe 150,250: operating unit

160,260: controller 170,270: toilet sensor

Claims (14)

It includes a mattress and a plurality of protrusion units capable of protruding upward to the upper surface of the mattress and an operation unit connected to the protrusion unit so that each of the protrusion unit is protruded, The plurality of protrusion units are mattress device for preventing bedsores, characterized in that connected to the operation unit so as to selectively alternate with the time difference. The method of claim 1, The mattress is provided with a plurality of through grooves, The protruding unit is mattress device for preventing bedsores, characterized in that each inserted into the through groove. The method of claim 2, The protrusion unit is divided into at least two groups, Bedsore prevention mattress device, characterized in that the divided groups for each projecting unit to be operated at the same time. The method of claim 3, The protruding unit, A protrusion protruding to the outside; And A tube body provided below the protrusion and supplied with hydraulic pressure through the operation unit; Bed sock prevention device characterized in that configured to include. The method of claim 4, wherein At least two hydraulic supply pipes are provided between the tube body and the operation unit. Bed restraint mattress device characterized in that the tubular body of the protruding unit of the group is connected to each of the hydraulic supply pipe at the same time so that the grouped protruding unit to operate at the same time when supplying the hydraulic pressure through the respective hydraulic supply pipe. The method of claim 5, The operation unit, An outer case provided with a controller; And A pump provided inside the outer case and connected to the hydraulic supply pipe; Bed sock prevention device characterized in that configured to include. The method of claim 6, The pump is provided with at least two or more bedsores prevention mattress device, characterized in that connected individually to each of the hydraulic supply pipe. The method of claim 1, A toilet detecting sensor configured to detect a user's toilet on an upper surface of the mattress; A controller electrically connected to the sensor; And A notification unit electrically connected to the control unit to notify the outside when a user detects a toilet; Bed sock prevention device characterized in that configured to include. The method of claim 8, The toilet detection sensor, Bed restraint mattress device, characterized in that the temperature / humidity sensor. The method of claim 8, The toilet detection sensor, Bed restraint mattress device, characterized in that the capacitive sensor. The method of claim 8, Bed restraint prevention mattress device further comprises a transmission / reception module to enable the exchange of signals in the location of the toilet sensor and the notification unit spaced apart. The method of claim 1, The mattress is made of at least two unit mattresses are stacked and each unit mattress is made of a flexible material, At least one or more unit mattresses of the stacked unit mattress is provided with a plurality of protrusion units capable of upward protrusion operation and at the same time the protruding unit mattress device for preventing the protruding unit is provided. The method of claim 12, The unit mattress is provided with a hydraulic supply pipe for supplying hydraulic pressure to the protruding unit, respectively, The protruding unit is provided for each spaced position on the unit mattress and at the same time a plurality of protruding units are connected to the hydraulic supply pipe, The pressure supply pipe is mattress device for preventing bedsores, characterized in that connected to the operation unit. The method of claim 13, When the unit mattress with at least two protruding units is stacked, The bed mattress device for preventing bedsores, characterized in that the position of the protrusion unit in the unit mattress provided with each projecting unit in the plane so as not to interfere with each other.

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