Stretcher for child being medically cared for and osteoporosis patient, and method for using stretcher for child being medically cared for and osteoporosis patient

Abstract

To provide a stretcher for a child being medically cared and for and an osteoporosis patient that allows even a child being medically cared for and a severe osteoporosis patient to be transported.SOLUTION: A stretcher 100 for a child being medically cared for and an osteoporosis patient includes: an outside bag body 10 rectangularly formed of a sheet body through which gas does not pass; a bead filler body 20 stored in the internal space of the outside bag body 10 in which an inner bag body 22 made of a mesh material is filled with resin foam beads 26; an exhaust port 30 with a check valve that allows air to be discharged from the internal space of the outside bag body 10 and the bead filler body 20 outside the outside bag body 10, and allows the propriety of inflow of air from outside the outside bag boxy 10 to be switched; an engagement member 40 attached to the outside bag body 10 for maintaining an erection state of erection parts when causing a pair of outer peripheral edges facing each other of the outside bag body 10 to be erected at a predetermined height; and a gripping belt 50 attached to the pair of outer peripheral edges facing each other in the outside bag body 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a stretcher for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients, and a method of using the stretcher for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients.

Background Art

[0002] As an assistive device for assisting in the transportation of care recipients who have difficulty walking on their own feet, for example, the configuration of an assistive device as disclosed in Patent Document 1 (Utility Model Registration No. 3124647) is known.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] The assistive device disclosed in Patent Document 1 can quickly transport a care recipient who can sit on the assistive device by themselves. However, in the case of a care recipient who cannot sit on the assistive device by themselves, a severely immobile person such as a so-called medical care infant, or a patient with severe osteoporosis, it is substantially impossible for the care recipient themselves to move onto the stretcher, so there is a problem that transportation cannot be performed.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a stretcher for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients that enables transportation even for medical care infants and patients with severe osteoporosis, and a method of using the stretcher for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients.

[0006] As a result of intensive research to solve the above problems, the inventor of the present invention came up with the following configuration. That is, the present invention includes an outer bag formed in a rectangular bag shape by a sheet material that does not allow gas to pass through, a bead filling body housed in the internal space of the outer bag and filled with foamed resin beads in an inner bag made of a mesh material, an exhaust port with a check valve disposed on the outer surface of the outer bag, which allows exhaust from the internal space of the outer bag and the bead filling body to the outside of the outer bag and whose ability to allow air to flow in from the outside of the outer bag can be switched, a locking member attached to the outer surface of the outer bag that maintains the standing state of the standing portions when a pair of opposing outer peripheral edges of the outer bag are each raised to a required height, and a gripping belt attached along a pair of opposing outer peripheral edges of the outer bag. It is a stretcher for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients, characterized by having these components.

[0007] This enables a caregiver to carry even a medical care infant or a severe osteoporosis patient alone.

[0008] Further, it is preferable that a loop surface of a hook-and-loop fastener is attached to the inner surface of the outer bag, and a cushion to which a hook surface of the hook-and-loop fastener engaging with the loop surface is attached is further provided.

[0009] This can reduce the burden on the body of the person being transported.

[0010] Further, it is preferable that the outer bag further has a detachable pocket.

[0011] This can transport medical devices connected to the body of the person being transported together with the person being transported.

[0012] Further, it is preferable that a fall prevention body for preventing the person being transported from falling is disposed in the outer bag.

[0013] This can reliably prevent the person being transported from falling during transportation, and can reassure the caregiver during transportation.

[0014] Also, an outer bag body formed in a rectangular bag shape by a sheet body made of a material that does not allow gas to pass through, a bead-filled body housed in the internal space of the outer bag body and filled with foamed resin beads in an inner bag body made of a mesh material, an exhaust port with a check valve disposed on the outer surface of the outer bag body, capable of exhausting air from the internal space of the outer bag body and the bead-filled body to the outside of the outer bag body, and the inflow of air from the outside of the outer bag body can be switched; a locking member attached to the outer surface of the outer bag body for maintaining the standing state of the standing portions when a pair of opposing outer peripheral edges of the outer bag body are each raised to a required height; and a gripping belt attached along a pair of opposing outer peripheral edges of the outer bag body. A method of using a stretcher for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients, comprising the steps of placing the person to be transported on the inner surface of the outer bag body; raising a pair of opposing outer peripheral edges of the outer bag body together with the bead-filled body from both side portions of the person to be transported to a required height, and locking the locking members to maintain the standing state of the standing portions; attaching a pump to the exhaust port with a check valve and setting the exhaust port with a check valve to be exhaustable; operating the pump to exhaust air from the internal space of the outer bag body and the bead-filled body to the outside of the outer bag body; removing the pump from the exhaust port with a check valve; releasing the locking state of each locking member and positioning and fixing a medical tube attached to the person to be transported using each locking member; and lifting the gripping belt to transport the person to be transported to a predetermined place. There is also an invention of a method of using a stretcher for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients, characterized by comprising the above steps.

[0015] This enables a caregiver to transport a medical care infant or a severe osteoporosis patient alone.

[0016] Further, a loop surface of a hook-and-loop fastener is attached to the inner surface of the outer bag body, and before the step of placing the person to be conveyed on the inner surface of the outer bag body, a step of attaching a cushion to which a hook surface of the hook-and-loop fastener that engages with the loop surface is attached is preferably further included. Further, the outer surface of the outer bag body preferably further has a detachable pocket, and after the step of placing the person to be conveyed on the inner surface of the outer bag body, a step of accommodating a medical device attached to the person to be conveyed in the pocket is preferably further included.

[0017] By these, the physical burden on the person to be conveyed can be reduced.

Effects of the Invention

[0018] By adopting the configuration of the stretcher for medically cared children and osteoporosis patients according to the present invention and the method of using the stretcher for medically cared children and osteoporosis patients, even for medically cared children and severe osteoporosis patients who have been difficult to transfer until now, it becomes possible for a single caregiver to transfer them.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0020] Hereinafter, embodiments of a stretcher 100 for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients in the present invention (hereinafter simply referred to as the stretcher 100) will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 and 6, the stretcher 100 in the present embodiment includes an outer bag body 10, a bead filling body 20, an exhaust port 30 with a check valve, a locking member 40, a gripping belt 50, and a pump 60. Note that the pump 60 is an additional configuration and is not an essential configuration of the present invention.

[0021] The outer bag body 10 in the present embodiment is formed of a first sheet body 12 and a second sheet body 14 made of a material that does not allow gas to pass through, and has a dimension (about 80 cm) that is sufficiently wider than the width of the person to be carried 200. Examples of such materials include thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), but other known materials can also be used. The first sheet body 12 and the second sheet body 14 in the present embodiment are formed in a rectangular shape in plan view. The first sheet body 12 and the second sheet body 14 are laminated in the thickness direction of each other, and the outer peripheral edges of the first sheet body 12 and the second sheet body 14 are sewn or adhered to form a bag shape. Here, the first sheet body 12 becomes the outer surface of the outer bag body 10, and the second sheet body 14 becomes the inner surface of the outer bag body 10.

[0022] Further, a fall prevention body 16 is attached by sewing or the like to one edge of the outer bag body 10 in the present embodiment that intersects with the edge to which the gripping belt 50 is attached. The fall prevention body 16 in the present embodiment has a buckle 16B attached to the first end of three belt bodies 16A locked to a loop 16C attached to the outer bag body 10, and the second ends of the three belt bodies 16A are connected by a coupler 16D to form a substantially E-shaped configuration. The three buckles 16B are arranged at equal intervals in a straight line along the edge of the outer bag body 10. The loops 16C arranged at both end positions are arranged in a state orthogonal to the edge of the outer bag body 10 in the horizontal plane, and the loop 16C arranged at the central position is arranged parallel to the edge of the outer bag body 10. By adopting such an arrangement of the loops 16C, the load-bearing capacity of the three belt bodies 16A is improved. The fall prevention body 16 formed in this way is for preventing the conveyed person 200 placed on the stretcher 100 from falling during conveyance, but it can also reduce the mental burden on an assistant (not shown) when the conveyed person 200 is conveyed alone by the stretcher 100.

[0023] Before the outer bag body 10 is formed by the first sheet body 12 and the second sheet body 14, a bead filling body 20 is attached to the inner surface of the first sheet body 12 (the surface on the inner space side of the outer bag body 10) by a known method such as sewing or adhesion. The bead filling body 20 in the present embodiment has an inner bag body 22 formed of a mesh material divided into a plurality of compartments 24 at required width intervals, and each compartment 24 is appropriately filled with foamed resin beads 26. Examples of the foamed resin beads 26 include expanded polystyrene, but other known materials can also be used.

[0024] In this embodiment, the inner bag body 22 is disposed in a state where each partition 24 is parallel to a pair of outer peripheral edges when the outer bag body 10 is viewed in plan. As shown in FIG. 3, the partition 24 in this embodiment is divided into six sections such that the direction orthogonal to the center line in the left-right direction of the person to be conveyed 200 in the horizontal plane is the longitudinal direction, but the number of sections is not limited to six. The bead filling body 20 is preferably formed to a size that does not create a gap in the internal space of the outer bag body 10. The bead filling body 20 formed in this way is attached by sewing or adhesion in a state where it is positioned so that the accommodation position on the inner surface of the first sheet body 12 does not shift.

[0025] Also, on the first sheet body 12 which is the outer surface of the outer bag body 10, an exhaust port 30 with a check valve is attached which communicates the internal space of the outer bag body 10 and the external space and can switch whether air can flow into the internal space of the outer bag body 10 from outside the outer bag body 10. A pump 60 described later is connected to the exhaust port 30 with a check valve. When the caregiver rotates the switching dial 32 to turn on a check valve (not shown) built into the exhaust port 30 with a check valve, the discharge of air from the internal space of the outer bag body 10 to the outside of the outer bag body 10 is permitted and the inflow of air from outside the outer bag body 10 into the internal space of the outer bag body 10 is prevented. Thereby, the internal space of the outer bag body 10 can be evacuated (depressurized) using the pump 60. On the contrary, when the caregiver turns off the check valve, the inflow of air from outside the outer bag body 10 into the internal space of the outer bag body 10 is permitted and the evacuated state (depressurized state) of the internal space of the outer bag body 10 can be released.

[0026] Similarly, grip belts 50 are attached at two locations on the surface of the first sheet body 12. The grip belts 50 are attached by sewing or the like so as to form two C-shapes, and are arranged in a state where the opening portions of the mutual C-shapes face each other. An adjuster 52 is attached to the grip belt 50, and the size of the annular body formed by the grip belt 50 can be adjusted according to the build of the caregiver. Also, a buffer pad 54 is slidably attached to the grip belt 50.

[0027] Furthermore, a pocket 70 is disposed on the surface of the first sheet body 12. The pocket 70 in the present embodiment has a mesh body 76 to which two first surface fasteners 72 for pockets, which are attached in parallel to the outer surface of the outer bag body 10, and a second surface fastener 74 for pockets, which is locked to the first surface fastener 72 for pockets, are attached. The mesh body 76 is preferably formed of a rubber string. The pocket 70 having such a configuration is detachable from the first sheet body 12 as shown in FIG. 4 with the mesh body 76 to which the second surface fastener 74 for pockets is attached to the first surface fastener 72 for pockets. Further, since the mesh body 76 has an extension load capacity, even a medical device (such as a pulse oximeter) (not shown) worn on the conveyed person 200 can be easily accommodated.

[0028] And a locking member 40 is attached to a corner portion of the second sheet body 14 which is the inner surface of the outer bag body 10. A surface fastener having a male surface (hook surface) on the front surface and a female surface (loop surface) on the back surface is used for the locking member 40 in the present embodiment. The locking member 40 is in a state of being wound in a flat spiral shape when not in use, and when stretched, it extends in a direction orthogonal to the outer peripheral edge of the outer bag body 10 in the horizontal plane (see FIGS. 5 and 6). When deforming the stretcher 100 into the use mode, the locking member 40 is disposed at a position facing the locking member 40 so as to maintain the standing state of the standing portions where a pair of opposing outer peripheral edges of the stretcher 100 are raised to a required height. Further, when fixing a medical tube or a power cord of a medical device (both not shown) worn on the conveyed person 200 along the outer peripheral edge of the outer bag body 10, any of the locking members 40 disposed at each location may be used. Thus, even if there is only one caregiver, the stretcher 100 can be deformed into the use mode. Further, it is also possible to reduce the physical burden on the conveyed person 200 caused by the movement of the medical tube or the power cord of the medical device when conveying the conveyed person 200.

[0029] In addition, a loop surface 90 of a hook-and-loop fastener for fixing the cushion 80 is attached to the second sheet body 14. The loop surface 90 is attached in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the partition 24 of the bead filling body 20 in the horizontal plane at the center position in the width direction of the second sheet body 14 (outer bag body 10). A hook surface (not shown) of a hook-and-loop fastener is attached to the bottom surface of the cushion 80, and the cushion 80 can be attached to the second sheet body 14 as needed. Further, even when the cushion 80 is not attached, it is convenient that the loop surface 90 is exposed on the surface of the second sheet body 14 which is the contact surface with the person to be conveyed 200, without causing a physical burden on the person to be conveyed 200.

[0030] Next, a method of using the stretcher 100 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 7. The caregiver executes a step of installing the outer bag body 10 so that the second sheet body 14 faces upward as shown in FIG. 2 (S1). The caregiver may, if necessary, place the cushion 80 on the second sheet body 14 and execute a step of fixing the cushion 80 by locking the hook surface attached to the bottom surface of the cushion 80 to the loop surface 90. Next, the caregiver executes a step of moving the person to be transported 200 onto the stretcher 100 (cushion 80) (S2). When the person to be transported 200 is placed on the cushion 80, the center line in the left-right direction of the person to be transported 200 intersects the longitudinal direction of the partition 24 of the bead filling body 20 (see FIG. 3). Next, the caregiver executes a step of raising upward by a required height a part of the outer bag body 10 protruding from both sides of the person to be transported 200 (both end required length parts in the longitudinal direction of the partition 24 of the bead filling body 20 (required length range of a pair of opposing outer peripheral edges of the outer bag body 10)) as shown in FIG. 5 (S3). Then, the caregiver executes a step of locking the locking members 40 (the raised parts) arranged facing each other to the raised parts (S4). Thereby, the raised state of the raised part is maintained, and the stretcher 100 can be held in a U shape. Next, the caregiver executes a step of rotating the switching dial 32 to turn on the check valve built in the check valve-equipped exhaust port 30 and connecting the pump 60 to the check valve-equipped exhaust port 30 as shown in FIG. 6 (S5). The step of connecting the pump 60 to the check valve-equipped exhaust port 30 and the step of switching the check valve by the switching dial 32 may be interchanged.

[0031] Next, the assistant operates the pump 60 to execute the exhaust step of the internal space of the outer bag body 10 (S6). When the exhaust is performed from the internal space of the outer bag body 10, the foamed resin beads 26 of the bead filler 20 filled in the bead filler 20 adhere to each other, and the bead filler 20 hardens. When the bead filler 20 hardens, since the stretcher 100 can maintain a U-shaped configuration, the assistant releases the locked state of the locking members 40 and executes the step of positioning and fixing the medical tube of the conveyed person 200 and the power cord of the medical device with the locking members 40 so that they do not move (S7). Next, the assistant executes the step of accommodating the medical device attached to the conveyed person 200 in the pocket 70 (S8). Then, the assistant executes the step of removing the pump 60 from the exhaust port 30 with a check valve (S9). After that, the assistant lifts the gripping belt 50 and executes the step of transporting the conveyed person 200 together with the stretcher 100 to a predetermined location (S10). Note that the step of removing the pump 60 may be performed before the step of switching the locking members 40, and the step of accommodating the medical device in the pocket 70 can be performed at an appropriate timing between after the step of placing the conveyed person 200 on the cushion 80 and before the step of transporting.

[0032] As shown in FIG. 3, the bead fillers 20 accommodated inside the stretcher 100 are such that the longitudinal direction of each partition 24 is orthogonal to the center line in the left-right direction of the conveyed person 200 in a horizontal plane. Therefore, the conveyed person 200 is held at equal intervals in the height direction. As a result, the physical burden on the conveyed person 200 during transportation is reduced, and even a medical care infant or a patient with osteoporosis can be safely transported. After transporting the conveyed person 200 to a predetermined location such as a hospital or a shelter in this manner, the assistant executes the step of rotating the switching dial 32 in the direction opposite to the rotation operation direction when exhausting to release the check valve (S11). As a result, the inflow of external air into the internal space of the outer bag body 10 from the exhaust port 30 with a check valve is allowed, and the bead filler 20 that was in a hardened state also recovers its flexibility, and the stretcher 100 can be returned to a flat plate shape (END).

[0033] As described above, the stretcher 100 according to the present invention has been described based on the embodiments. However, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, in this embodiment, the width dimension of the outer bag body 10 of the stretcher 100 is about 80 cm, but it is not limited to this width dimension. The planar dimension of the outer bag body 10 can be appropriately changed according to the physique of the person to be transported 200.

[0034] In addition, in the above embodiment, the bead filling body 20 is exemplified in a form in which one inner bag body 22 is divided into a plurality of compartments 24 and then each compartment 24 is filled with foamed resin beads 26. However, the bead filling body 20 is not limited to this form. It is also possible to adopt a form in which a plurality of bead filling bodies 20 filled with foamed resin beads 26 in each of a plurality of inner bag bodies 22 are arranged in the inner space of the outer bag body 10 in a parallel arrangement. In this case, it is preferable that the longitudinal direction of the bead filling body 20 intersects orthogonally in the horizontal plane with respect to the center line in the left-right direction of the person to be transported 200.

[0035] In addition, in this embodiment, the locking member 40 has been described in a form using a hook-and-loop fastener. However, the locking member 40 is not limited to the hook-and-loop fastener. It is also possible to adopt a form using a belt body and a buckle or the like as the locking member 40.

[0036] Furthermore, it is also possible to adopt a form in which the modification examples described in the above embodiments are appropriately combined.

Explanation of reference numerals

[0037] 10: Outer bag body 12: First sheet body, 14: Second sheet body, 16: Fall prevention belt, 16A: Belt body, 16B: Buckle, 16C: Loop, 16D: Connector 20: Bead filling body 22: Inner bag body, 24: Compartment, 26: Foamed resin beads 30: Exhaust port with check valve 32: Switching dial 40: Locking member 50: Holding belt 52: Adjuster, 54: Cushion pad 60: Pump 70: Pocket 72: First surface fastener for pocket, 74: Second surface fastener for pocket, 76: Mesh body 80: Cushion 90: Loop surface 100: Stretcher (for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients) 200: Person to be transported

Claims

1. An outer bag body formed in a rectangular bag shape by a sheet body made of a material that does not allow gas to pass through, A bead-filled body housed in the internal space of the outer bag body and filled with foamed resin beads in an inner bag body made of a mesh material, An exhaust port with a check valve disposed on the outer surface of the outer bag body, enabling exhaust from the internal space of the outer bag body and the bead-filled body to the outside of the outer bag body, and capable of switching whether air can flow in from the outside of the outer bag body, A locking member attached to the outer surface of the outer bag body, maintaining the standing state of the standing portions when a pair of opposing outer peripheral edges of the outer bag body are each raised to a required height, A stretching device for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients, characterized by having a gripping belt attached along a pair of opposing outer peripheral edges of the outer bag body.

2. A loop surface of a hook-and-loop fastener is attached to the inner surface of the outer bag body, The stretching device for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients according to claim 1, further comprising a cushion to which a hook surface of the hook-and-loop fastener engaging with the loop surface is attached.

3. The stretching device for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a detachable pocket on the outer surface of the outer bag body.

4. The stretching device for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a fall prevention body for preventing the person being transported from falling is disposed on the outer bag body.

5. An outer bag body formed in a rectangular bag shape by a sheet body made of a material that does not allow gas to pass through, A bead-filled body housed in the internal space of the outer bag body and filled with foamed resin beads in an inner bag body made of a mesh material, An exhaust port with a check valve disposed on the outer surface of the outer bag body, enabling exhaust from the internal space of the outer bag body and the bead-filled body to the outside of the outer bag body, and capable of switching whether air can flow in from the outside of the outer bag body, A locking member attached to the outer surface of the outer bag body, maintaining the standing state of the standing portions when a pair of opposing outer peripheral edges of the outer bag body are each raised to a required height, A method of using a stretching device for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients, having a gripping belt attached along a pair of opposing outer peripheral edges of the outer bag body, Placing the person to be conveyed on the inner surface of the outer bag body; Standing up a pair of opposing outer peripheral edges of the outer bag body together with the bead filling body from both side portions of the person to be conveyed at a required height, and locking the locking members to maintain the standing state of the standing portion; Attaching a pump to the exhaust port with a check valve and setting the exhaust port with a check valve to be exhaustable; Operating the pump to exhaust from the internal space of the outer bag body and the bead filling body to the outside of the outer bag body; Removing the pump from the exhaust port with a check valve; Releasing the locking state of each locking member and positioning and fixing a medical tube attached to the person to be conveyed using each locking member; Lifting the gripping belt and conveying the person to be conveyed to a predetermined location. A method of using a stretcher for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients, characterized by comprising the steps.

6. A loop surface of a hook-and-loop fastener is attached to the inner surface of the outer bag body, Before the step of placing the person to be conveyed on the inner surface of the outer bag body, further comprising the step of attaching a cushion to which a hook surface of the hook-and-loop fastener that engages with the loop surface is attached. A method of using a stretcher for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients according to claim 5.

7. The outer surface of the outer bag body further has a detachable pocket, After the step of placing the person to be conveyed on the inner surface of the outer bag body, further comprising the step of accommodating a medical device attached to the person to be conveyed in the pocket. A method of using a stretcher for medical care infants and osteoporosis patients according to claim 5 or 6.

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