HK40004742A - Assistive tool for transfer assistance, standing assistance, etc. - Google Patents

Description

Auxiliary tools for transfer assistance and standing assistance

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a standing assistance used when an elderly person, a physically handicapped person, or the like moves from a bed to a wheelchair, changes a sitting posture to a lift chair, a chair, or the like, and stands up a person to be assisted in a sitting posture to a transfer destination to be guided to sit on the person.

Background

The standing assist tool is generally used for standing up of a person to be assisted who has difficulty in standing up, wheelchair transfer, and sitting down or lifting of a chair. In accordance with the physical condition of the assistor, there are disclosed a lift chair device for supporting the entire body weight, a rising auxiliary mechanism attached to a wheelchair or the like, a spring-up seat surface using a spring, a traction belt to be pulled up by the assistor (patent documents 1 and 2), an assisting garment (patent document 3), an auxiliary tool to fix and pull up the feet (patent document 4), and the like.

Among these, the traction belt, the nursing garment, and the auxiliary tool for fixing and pulling up the foot are advantageous in that they can be used in various scenes because they are cheaper, lighter, and transportable than other methods.

In the traction belt disclosed in patent document 1, the belt is worn on the person to be assisted who is in a seated posture, and then the traction belt is pulled up obliquely upward with respect to the belt, whereby the person to be assisted is guided to a standing posture.

The traction belt disclosed in patent document 2 includes an assisting belt body composed of a hip belt and a hip belt instead of the waist belt disclosed in patent document 1, and guides the assisting person to a standing posture by pulling up the traction belt attached to the assisting belt body obliquely upward.

In the clothes for caregivers and caregivers shown in patent document 3, a band-shaped grip portion is attached to an apron of a caregivers and trousers of a caretaker, thereby facilitating standing assistance.

In the assisting tool for fixing and pulling up the foot shown in patent document 4, the assisting person is connected to the lower leg of the assisted person by a tool such as a shin guard, and the assisted person having no leg strength is prevented from being unable to support his or her body weight with the knee and bending the knee, thereby facilitating the standing assistance.

Patent document 1: japanese patent application laid-open No. 2004-514503.

Patent document 2: japanese registered utility model No. 3155229.

Patent document 3: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 11-81010.

Patent document 4: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2004-41631.

However, the method disclosed in patent document 1 is advantageous in that the assisting person can grip the traction belt and pull up the person to be assisted, but has the following problems: the operator is burdened by having to lift the person to be assisted during wearing, and the person to be cared is stressed by the narrow area of the belt, so that the person to be assisted may be fractured by an elderly person who has fragile bones, and the person to be assisted is liable to become unstable during the pulling operation.

The method disclosed in patent document 2, which is proposed to solve the problem, is advantageous in that the method can be relatively easily worn by the person to be assisted without making the direction wrong, and a stable pulling-up operation can be performed. There are cases where it is not always advantageous for the assistor who is accustomed to the task of pulling up with his or her body to ease the task.

In a method disclosed in patent document 3, which is conceived to be worn regularly, a handle is attached to a garment or an apron worn by an assistor and to a waist side portion and a back portion of pants worn by the assistor. The assistor grips the grip of the waist back with one hand and grips the grip of the waist side portion with the other hand. This is advantageous in terms of saving the time and effort for wearing, but the method of grasping the back of the waist and pulling it up may cause the clothing to bite into the thighs of the person to be assisted, causing physical pain, and is not necessarily a preferred method.

In order to assist a person who is difficult to support his or her body weight with knees and cannot be kept in an upright position, patent document 4 discloses an assisting tool including a knee support cuff and a plate connecting the cuff, wherein the knees of the person are fixed to push the knees of the person against the knee support cuff, thereby preventing the person from crouching forward. This is a good way of partially compensating for the disadvantages of the pull tape or the assisting garment, but the assisting tool needs to be made in a size that exactly matches the leg of the person to be assisted, so that it does not slip off and is not too tight and has less freedom of construction. That is, the knee brace or the like has a lack of versatility for use by persons to be assisted having various leg thicknesses, and may be detached from use under a shower assistance that is liable to slip when the person is loosely tightened.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the present invention has an object to provide an auxiliary tool such as transfer assistance and standing assistance which can eliminate the above-mentioned trouble of wearing, has a shape similar to a pad, clothes, or a support which can be worn by a care recipient on a daily basis, and can support standing at any time, and can easily support a care recipient who cannot keep standing by integrating a function of fixing knees.

The present invention has a cushion or a mattress that does not cause discomfort even when the person is frequently worn, or a sitting surface portion that wraps the buttocks in the form of a pants-like garment or a supporter, and has a pulling-up belt for gripping by the person on the side surface, and thus functions as a waist holding portion that stably supports the waist of the person to be assisted in transfer assistance or standing assistance by wrapping and supporting the person from the waist to the thighs during the pulling-up operation.

The pulling belts mounted on both sides of the side portions make the grasping position of the assistor lower than the heart opening of the person to be assisted in the seated state. This is necessary to lift the buttocks of the person to be assisted by pulling up the buttocks obliquely forward.

The traction bands attached to both sides of the above-mentioned side portions are attached in a pair to the left and right lumbar side portions, or one end of each of the traction bands attached to the left and right sides is attached to the lumbar side portion near the femoral neck greater trochanter or near the ilium above the femoral neck greater trochanter, and the other end is fixed to the vicinity of the femoral center when standing up. By this, the center of gravity is effectively moved.

Also, the strength for supporting the body weight of the person to be assisted must be maintained by firmly bonding the traction belt to a firm cloth material wrapping the buttocks.

When in use, the knee fixing part is integrated with the traction belt and the waist holding part. This is to prevent the person to be assisted from crouching forward due to the knee bending, and to function as a fulcrum of the lever principle while maintaining the standing position of the person to be assisted in the pulling operation. The knee joint support may be made of cloth or a belt wrapped around the knee, or may be made of a hard portion such as wood, metal, or rubber that is not deformed in shape, and a soft portion having cushioning properties that comes into contact with the lower leg portion of the person to be assisted.

According to the invention of claim 1, the waist support portion is configured by wrapping and supporting at least the waist portion or the hip portion, or both the waist portion and the hip portion, or from the waist portion to the thigh portion of the person to be assisted with a cloth having a strength capable of supporting the body weight of the person to be assisted, and is configured by a cloth, a belt, a net, or the like, and the knee fixing portion is configured by wrapping and supporting at least the front surface and the side surface of the lower leg portion near the knees or from the knees to the ankles, by restricting the knees of the person to be assisted from freely bending, and wrapping and supporting at least the waist portion or the side surface of the lower leg portion from the knees to the ankles, in order for the assisting person to pull up the person to be assisted sitting; thus, the user can perform the standing assistance at any time while wearing the pad, pants, or pants in a daily fashion during the pulling-up operation by the assistor.

According to the invention of claim 2, the knee fixing portion is formed of a cloth or a band that is wound around the knee portion, the shin portion, or the lower leg portion, and is integrated with one of the waist holding portion and the traction band during the supporting, but the winding can be easily released or the knee fixing portion can be easily detached other than during the supporting. This makes it possible to avoid a squat motion in which the knees of the person to be assisted who cannot be held in the standing position are collapsed, and to function as a fulcrum of the lever principle in the standing assistance. By being detachable, there is usually no restriction on the legs, and the device becomes a whole immediately at the time of use and functions as a transfer assistance/standing assistance tool. The cloth or the belt used in the knee fixing portion can be provided with both flexibility and strength to ensure a stable feeling, and can be prevented from biting into the person to be assisted or the assisting person by having a certain width.

According to the invention of claim 3, the waist holding portion forms at least a part of a seat surface of the pad or the pants, and may be worn by the person to be assisted other than during the supporting. This can eliminate the time and effort required to assist the waist holding portion and the belt in the installation. The entire function can be realized only by attaching the knee fixing portion at the time of assistance.

According to the invention of claim 4, the traction band is coupled to a pair of the left and right waist sides, or coupled to a pair of the left and right iliac bones and the femoral sides, and the length of the traction band is limited or adjustable so that the grip position of the traction band is not higher than the heart mouth when the traction band is used; this can effectively apply the pulling force and prevent the thigh of the person being assisted from being bitten. When the person who grasps the traction belt acts on the body weight in the rearward direction, if the traction belt is too long, it is difficult to move the body weight effectively, and therefore the grasping position is preferably lower than the heart opening.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a front view showing an auxiliary tool such as a mat-type transfer assist or a standing assist according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a state before the knee fixing portion is attached to the assistant tool such as a pants-type transfer assist or standing assist according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a relationship between a traction band attaching position and a bone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a side view of an auxiliary tool such as a pants-type transfer assist or a standing assist in a state where the knee fixing portion, the waist holding portion, and the traction belt are coupled according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing a lower leg portion around which a knee fixing portion is wound according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a front view showing the knee fixing part of the embodiment of the present invention arranged by being detached from the pad type and the pants type.

Fig. 7 is a side view showing a state of use of an assist tool such as a transfer assist tool or a standing assist tool according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

The following description refers to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, the supporting tool a for transfer assistance, standing assistance, or the like according to the present invention includes a knee fixing portion 1, a pad 2 corresponding to a waist holding portion, and a traction belt 3 coupled to the pad.

The portions of the traction belt and the waist holding portion shown in fig. 1 may be constituted by the pants-like portion 4 and the traction belt 3 as shown in fig. 2. In addition, in the case of a pad shape, as in the case of a pants shape, the close contact and stability between the assisting tool and the person to be assisted can be improved by using a cloth or a belt for connecting the abdomen and the back.

In either case of fig. 1 and 2, both ends of the traction belt 2 at the left and right waist portions are firmly coupled to the pad-like portion 2 or the pants-like portion 4. As shown in fig. 3, the upper end 5 is attached to a position near the ilium above the femoral neck, and the lower end 6 is attached near the center of the femur. The lower end 6 may also be near the femoral neck.

Further, if the grip position of the traction belt 2 is too high, pulling up by the rearward movement of the weight of the assistor becomes difficult, but the weight of the assistor 9 can be pulled up by gripping the traction belt of the standing assistance tool a of the present invention which is at an appropriate position lower than the ostium of the person 8 to be assisted, for example, near the femoral neck, as shown in fig. 5, and moving the weight of the assistor backward.

As described above, the pad or the pants-like portion can be always worn, and the wearing time can be saved.

Fig. 4 shows a state in which the knee fixing portion 1 is wrapped around in a seated state. The knee fixing portion coupling belt 7 is integrated by being coupled to the traction belt.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a leg in a case where the knee fixing portion 1 is wrapped around the lower leg portion 8 of the person to be assisted. The knee of the assistor is fixed by pushing the knee against the knee fixing portion.

Fig. 6 shows a state where the knee fixing portion is detached. By simply attaching and detaching the knee fixing portion, the knee can be fixed only during assistance, and is not restrained otherwise.

Hereinafter, the components of the rising auxiliary seat face according to the present invention will be described in detail.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the pad-like or pants-like waist holding portion has a shape that can be used or worn daily as a pad, a mattress, or clothes, and is made of a cloth or the like that is a strong material such as denim or canvas that can support the body weight of the person to be assisted without being damaged even when the person is pulled up by transfer assistance or standing assistance.

The shape and structure of the pad-like or pants-like waist holding portion may be appropriately selected, and for example, the pad may be thickened to provide a bedsore prevention function, or a mesh fabric may be introduced into a part of the pad to maintain air permeability. Further, any part of the present invention can be applied to shower assistance or the like by use of a waterproof raw material, hydrophobic treatment, or the like.

The traction belt is a handle to be gripped by the person to be assisted when the person to be assisted stands up, and is made of denim or canvas, synthetic fiber such as nylon, resin, leather, or the like, which does not break during the pulling-up operation.

The pants or pants-like parts and the traction belt must be coupled to each other with a strength capable of supporting the body weight of the person to be assisted by means of a strong string and slit method, etc.

The shape and material of the traction band may be appropriately selected, but it is preferable that the position to be grasped by the assistor in the pulling-up action be in the vicinity of the femoral neck lower than the heart opening of the assistor.

The knee fixing portion is a member that suppresses the knee movement so as not to collapse, and is wound as shown in fig. 4. In order to facilitate the attachment and detachment, the surface fastener 10 may be used as shown in fig. 6. In order to easily attach and detach the traction belt portion, the waist holding portion, and the knee fixing portion, a buckle 11 may be used as shown in fig. 6. Of course, various methods such as a snap, a button, and a ring can be used for attachment and detachment.

In fig. 1 and 4, the knee fixing portion is coupled to the traction belt, but the coupling method is not limited thereto. Instead of using the traction belt as the joint portion of the knee fixing portion, the waist holding portion and the knee fixing portion may be joined by a structure such as a ring or a belt insertion hole for joining provided in the waist holding portion, or a buckle provided therein.

By attaching the traction belt to the appropriate grip position as described above, the assistor 12 can move his or her body weight within a range not too large to bend down nor too large to lean back, as shown in fig. 7, and the person to be assisted can be pulled up. The weight shift is effective when the weight shift is performed efficiently by being attached to the thigh side as in the present invention. In the study of the inventors, when the handle is attached to the hip, the movement of the body weight is not sufficiently performed as compared with the case of attaching the handle to the side portion.

Next, a use example of the standing assist tool according to the first embodiment will be described below.

First, as shown in fig. 7 (a), the assisting person 12 grasps the left and right traction bands with the arms extended from the front of the person 13 to be assisted in a state of wearing the standing assistance tool of the present invention. At this time, the supporting foot of the assistor is pushed against the part wound around the lower leg of the assistor as shown in the sectional view of fig. 5, and the assistor preferably passes the hand around the back of the assistor.

Then, the assistor pulls the other leg not on the assistor side backward with the arms properly stretched, and moves the center of gravity backward around the support leg as shown in fig. 7 (b). Under the condition of direction conversion, the person to be assisted is guided to a sitting state after rotating by taking the supporting legs as the base.

In this pulling-up and seating, the assisting operation is easily performed by the lever principle using the grip position of the traction belt as an action point, the center of gravity of the movement of the assistor as a force point, and the knee fixing portion as a fulcrum. That is, the center of gravity is moved as described above, so that the person to be assisted is naturally pulled up and guided to stand up and sit on the seat, and the assisting person has no burden on the arms and waist.

In addition, unlike the conventional standing assist tool, the standing assist tool according to the present invention is in a state in which the person to be assisted is frequently used except for the knee fixing portion, and thus, the wearing time can be saved, and therefore, the work efficiency is high, and the standing stability is high because the contact area with the person to be assisted is large. It is also effective in a slippery shower aid if a hydrophobic treatment or a water repellent blank is used.

While one embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail, it should be understood that modifications, variations and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the claims.

Description of the reference numerals

Auxiliary tool body for transfer assistance, standing assistance and the like

1 Knee fixing part

2-pad type waist holding part

3 traction belt

4 trousers type waist holding part

5 Upper end side mounting position of traction belt

6 lower end side mounting position of traction belt

7 binding belt

8 lower leg section of the person to be assisted

9 section of the lower leg of the person to be assisted

10-surface fastener

11 band buckle

12 assisting people

13 assisted person.

Claims (4)

1. An auxiliary tool for transfer assistance and standing assistance, which is characterized in that,

the waist support portion is made of cloth, a belt or a net, and the traction belt is installed at the waist front portion, the waist rear portion, the waist side portion, the hip portion, or the waist side portion of the assisted person or installed at the thigh side portion from the waist side portion; in the assisting operation, the knee fixing portion, the waist holding portion, and the traction belt 3 elements are connected.

2. Assistance tool for transfer assistance, rise assistance or the like according to claim 1,

the knee fixing portion is made of a cloth or a band that is wound around the knee, the shin, or the lower leg, and is integrated with one of the waist holding portion and the traction band during the supporting, but the winding can be easily released or the knee fixing portion can be easily detached during the supporting.

3. Assistance tool for transfer assistance, rise assistance or the like according to claim 1, 2 or 3,

the waist holding portion forms a part of the pad or the pants, and is worn by the person to be assisted other than during the supporting.

4. Assistance tool for transfer assistance, standing assistance or the like according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

the traction belt is coupled to the pair of left and right waist side portions or coupled to the pair of left and right iliac bones and the femoral side portion with respect to the waist holding portion, and the belt length is restricted or adjustable so that the grip position of the traction belt is not higher than the heart orifice when in use.