29 results about "Nursing facility" patented technology

Provided is a system for sharing information on residents of a nursing facility among medical institutions such as hospitals and the staff of a group of nursing facilities that cooperate with such medical institutions. 【Solution means】A network for information sharing is constructed between a medical institution and a group of nursing facilities. Through the network, information necessary for the patient's recuperation is shared in advance, consultations between the staff of the medical institution and the staff of the nursing facility regarding changes in the condition of the resident are enabled via the network, the psychological burden on the nurses is reduced, and for residents at risk of deterioration, examinations and treatments are promptly carried out to prevent deterioration. A medical and nursing facility cooperation system, comprising: a facility registration means for registering the names of the medical institution and the nursing facility; a staff-in-charge registration means for each facility for registering the staff in charge for each facility; and a message time-series display means for displaying the transmission and reception of messages between the staff in charge of the medical institution and the staff in charge of the nursing facility in chronological order.

Methods and systems for generating a report that ranks patients at risk for readmission to an acute care facility from a post-acute care facility. A system receives, from the post-acute care facility, patient data for a plurality of patients. The system inputs the patient data into a risk machine-learning system that was previously trained using historical patient data and data reflecting any readmissions from one or more post-acute care facilities to one or more acute care facilities. The system determines, by the risk machine-learning system, a risk score for each patient. Each risk score represents risk of a respective patient being readmitted to an acute care facility from the post-acute care facility. The system further generates the report. The report including a list of at least a subset of patients from the plurality of patients ranked from the patient with the highest risk to the lowest risk of readmission.

To provide a technology for supporting supply of sanitary napkin to a nursing facility.SOLUTION: A control unit of supply support device according to the present invention acquires facility information containing toilet room information containing the number of object toilet number in which a package is arranged in the facility, and object user information containing information of the number of object users being female users at an age having menstruation, calculates the number of first supply packages being the number of packages corresponding to the sanitary napkins of the number containing the number of arranged napkins corresponding to the total number of packages arranged in all of the object toilet rooms calculated on the basis of the toilet room information, and predicted usage number of napkins being the number of sanitary napkins for which usage is predicted in a prescribed first period calculated on the basis of the object user information, and outputs supply information containing the calculated first number of supply packages.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

A care facility includes a connecting ring, a central building, and a plurality of residences. The central building is connected to the connecting ring. The plurality of residences are disposed about the connecting ring with each residence including a shared area, a private area, and an exterior entrance. The shared area includes a care bedroom that is connected to the connecting ring such that the care bedroom is accessible directly from the connecting ring. The private area includes a private bedroom that is connected to the care bedroom and separated from the connecting ring. The care bedroom is accessible directly from the private bedroom through a residence entrance. The residence entrance being securable to prevent access from the care bedroom and the connecting ring. The exterior entrance that provides access to the private bedroom separate from the connecting ring and the central building.

This disclosure provides methods for identifying patients requiring treatment for pressure ulcers and for treating these patients using clinical interventions selected based on subepidermal water content. This disclosure also provides methods for grouping patients based on pressure ulcer risk and methods for reducing the incidence of pressure ulcers in nursing facilities.

The invention relates to the technical field of postoperative nursing, in particular to an internal medicine postoperative rehabilitation nursing mechanism which comprises a bottom plate, a bed body is fixedly connected to the top of the bottom plate, a guardrail is fixedly connected to the side face of the bed body, a top groove is formed in the bottom plate and formed in the side face of the bed body, a rectangular plate is slidably connected into the top groove, and an electric telescopic rod is installed on the side face of the bottom plate. The side end of the electric telescopic rod is fixedly connected with the rectangular plate; through cooperative use of an electric telescopic rod, a driving motor, a threaded barrel, a threaded rod, a rotating seat, a micro air cylinder, a sliding plate, massage balls, through holes, an electric heating plate and a hot compress plate, the legs of a patient can be subjected to hot compress through the hot compress plate and the electric heating plate, and then the massage balls are driven by the micro air cylinder to move downwards, so that the massage balls massage the legs of the patient; manual massage is avoided, the leg of the patient is subjected to hot compress, the massage effect on leg muscles can be improved, and the nursing mechanism is more practical in use.

To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program that can monitor the relationship between operations carried out by a staff member and stress that the staff member undergoes.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit 211 that acquires over time operation information on the operations carried out by a staff member in a nursing-care facility and mental information representing a mental state of the staff member; a determination unit 212 that determines the emotions of the staff member at each time on the basis of the acquired mental information; and an output nit 214 that outputs the determined emotions of the staff member and the operation information in association with the time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

The present application relates to the technical field of healthcare facilities, and in particular, to a multifunctional infusion and injection auxiliary device and a method. The multifunctional infusion and injection auxiliary device comprises a frame and an electrical control box arranged on one side of the frame. The frame is provided with a transfer mechanism used for switching infusion containers, an automatic puncture mechanism used for controlling a puncture needle, and a patient interaction terminal. The automatic puncture mechanism corresponds to a puncture station of the transfer mechanism. The electrical control box is provided with an electrical control module, a first communication module, and a first barcode scanner used for recognizing infusion container information. The patient interaction terminal comprises a verification module used for verifying patient information and a second communication module used for receiving and sending patient information. The present application has the advantages of reducing nurses' workload and improving the safety and efficiency during the infusion process.

The utility model discloses an improved shoulder orthosis, which relates to the technical field of medical care facilities, and comprises a main strap, the upper end of the main strap is fixedly connected with two groups of shoulder connecting belts, and one ends of the two groups of shoulder connecting belts are respectively and fixedly connected with a first shoulder fixing belt and a second shoulder fixing belt. The lower end of the connecting rope is fixedly connected with an arm fixing plate, and the main strap, the first shoulder fixing strap and the second shoulder fixing strap are mainly made of elastic fabric; according to the shoulder and clavicle fixing device, conservative treatment and external fixation of the shoulder can be achieved through cooperation of the main strap and the side fixing straps when the shoulder and clavicle positions are fixed, meanwhile, the arm fixing plate and the shoulder joint fixing plate are further arranged to conduct external fixation on the shoulder, the functions are more diversified, and more comprehensive treatment and correction can be achieved easily. Meanwhile, the side fixing belts and the like are arranged, and the main material is designed to be an elastic fabric material, so that the comfort of the patient and the use convenience are further improved.

The present invention generally relates to a patient support device in a health care and care facility having casters attached to a base frame or chassis of the patient support device, and an accessory or a fifth driven wheel, in particular to a control assembly for deploying and retracting the fifth driven wheel. The control assembly may be controlled by a pedal of the central caster control mechanism, or may also be controlled by a servomotor attached to the central caster control mechanism, thus simultaneously controlling the position of the fifth driven wheel and the casters of the patient support apparatus.

The building of the nursing or medical facility includes: multiple living rooms (10A-10I); a shared passageway (131, 231) connecting the multiple living rooms (10A-10I); a toilet (30A-30G) attached to a portion of the multiple living rooms (10A-10I), allowing access from that portion of the living room without passing through the shared passageway; and a waste disposal room (40A-40E) adjacent to the toilet, allowing direct access from the toilet to the waste disposal room, which has an exit allowing access to the outside without passing through the shared passageway. This prevents the spread of pathogens or odors caused by bringing soiled clothing or other contaminated items into the shared passageway.

As an easily expandable module in a smart bedside wall system in a senior welfare facility according to one embodiment, the easily expandable module in a smart bedside wall system in a senior welfare facility includes a main frame of a plurality of modules selectively attached and detached between a bed and a wall, the easily expandable module in a smart bedside wall system in a senior welfare facility is a medical oxygen supply port module, as an auxiliary facility necessary for medical treatment and treatment (or nursing activities) in a ward anywhere (including an intensive care unit, an emergency room), since an outlet module, a switch module, a vacuum tank module, a LAN port module, a shelf or cabinet module, a storage box module, a monitoring module can be provided, it can be conveniently and selectively installed in a nursing facility, a private residence or a sanatorium, it can expand the selection range of consumers, provide convenience, and the bed fixed to the end wall can be conveniently detached and removed from the end wall at any time when it is necessary to use, so that the bed can be conveniently detached or assembled from the bed at any time, so that the bed user does not need to be moved from the bed to the bed, saving time and manpower, and can save costs. It is effective.

A health service system for caring for the health of a patient. In one example, the health service system operates to present media content in association with a telehealth consultation. The health service system generates a virtual waiting room for display on a patient device, which presents a media content presentation. After the media content presentation has concluded, the health service system facilitates the telehealth consultation between a patient and a care provider. In some configurations the health service system further includes at least one hub care facility. The hub care facility includes a locked door with a scanner that unlocks the locked door upon scanning a time sensitive door unlock code; and a locked medication locker with a scanner that unlocks the locked medication locker upon scanning a medication locker unlock code.

To select a proper collector for collecting wastes.SOLUTION: The information processor includes: a selection unit for selecting a collector who collects wastes disposed of by a disposing person on the basis of disposing-person information on a disposing person (the manager of a facility which uses non-woven products such as a nursing home or a day-care center or a general user of non-woven products in a home or the like) and collector information on a collector; and a provision unit for providing information on collection of wastes to the collector who was selected by the selection unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

To provide a device, a program and a method for reducing work errors at a site such as a medical institution or a nursing facility by quickly notifying a worker of cautions by simple work.SOLUTION: A care worker 11 inputs the name of the aged person and the kind of work (bathing assistance or the like) by voice from a microphone. A notice management device specifies the notice of the aged person at the time of taking a bath, and transmits it to an earphone 12 used by a care worker. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce mistakes during the work. The important notice management apparatus 1 transmits the identification information of the elderly person to the earphones 12 used by the worker 11. Thus, the aged person to be assisted is not mistaken. Furthermore, since the information for promoting a conversation with the elderly person is transmitted, communication with the elderly person to be assisted can be made smooth. The notice is also transmitted to the earphone used by the checker. As a result, it is possible to correct the erroneous notes.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

An ecosystem and platform for use within Long Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) enhances flow of accurate, usable medical data, and improves work atmosphere within typical nursing homes. These features include but are not limited to changes to call lights, changes to management of bed elevation, changes to data management, and changes to how nursing home workers and staff are compensated and incentivized. This ecosystem and platform leverages technology advances to be more effective in a nursing home environment. These features are all tied together to communicate directly to the staff via a single handheld device with data flowing through a centralized information hub that identifies patient needs.

The technical solution disclosed herein describes an apparatus for surface treatment of components of medical equipment, such as side rails, head plate, foot plate, etc. of a patient support device. The surface treatment is accomplished by applying a color material and / or a protective layer material to the component surface using a component surface treatment apparatus. Decorative patterns, logos, titles and the like are formed on the surface of the component by applying color materials and protective layer materials. The coloured material and / or protective layer material applied to the surface of the component is permanent, stable, hygienically friendly and resistant to any wear, damage or scratch and complies with the high requirements of medical equipment and components thereof used in health care and care facilities.

The present invention relates to a braking mechanism for casters used with patient support devices in hospitals, healthcare and nursing facilities or environments, which includes a two-way belt (8)-type brake that enables the casters (1) of the patient support device to move freely after unlocking. The braking mechanism proposed herein brakes any caster of the patient support device in both rotational directions.

The utility model relates to the technical field of medical care facilities, in particular to a multifunctional infusion and injection auxiliary device which comprises a frame and an electric control box arranged on one side of the frame. A transfer mechanism for switching infusion containers, an automatic puncture mechanism for controlling puncture needles and a patient interaction terminal are arranged on the frame, and the automatic puncture mechanism corresponds to a puncture station of the transfer mechanism; the electric control box is provided with an electric control module, a first communication module and a first code scanner used for identifying infusion container information, and the patient interaction terminal comprises a checking module used for checking patient information and a second communication module used for receiving and sending the patient information; the method has the advantages that the workload of nurses is reduced, and the safety and efficiency of the infusion process are improved.

To easily acquire a predicted value of a medical consultation fee based on one of disease data and a disease classification code.SOLUTION: An information processor has a first learning model generation unit for generating a first learning model to predict a medical consultation fee by using one of disease data and a disease classification code which correspond to a medical action performed in one of a medical institution and a nursing facility and facility constituting data of one of a medical institution and a nursing facility as input data and by using receipt data corresponding to one of disease data and a disease classification code and the facility constituting data as teacher data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The present invention relates generally to patient support devices in health care and care facilities having casters attached to a base frame or chassis of the patient support device, and in particular to the use of servomotors to double control such casters. The proposed technical solution discloses a bed that includes a patient surface articulating platform that may have a platform section, the articulating platform defining a support surface for a mattress, which in turn defines a patient support surface. The bed further includes an upper frame supporting the articulated platform, a lifting mechanism, which may be in the form of a scissor mechanism or a telescopic column or any other lifting mechanism suitable for a medical institution bed, a base frame, i.e., a chassis supported by a plurality of casters for movement relative to a support surface, such as a floor. The trundles are fixed to the bottom frame through pins. The chassis also includes an actuation pedal of a central control mechanism of the casters. An actuation pedal of a central control mechanism of the trundles mechanically actuates the trundles when rotated to a braked position (lower position), an unbraked position (upper position), or a travel position (intermediate position). The bed trundles may also be electrically controlled by motors, preferably servomotors, hydraulic motors, electric motors, or any other known motors suitable for use with medical institution beds. The presented embodiments preferably connect two types or methods of caster control, i.e., mechanical control of the caster and simultaneous electrical control of the caster, without any necessary signal or indication of in which manner the caster is actuated, and also without switching or positioning the actuation pedal of the central control mechanism of the caster to any intermediate position.

A height-adjustable drainage bag bedrail fixing structure relates to the technical field of clinical nursing facilities, and comprises a clamping device, the clamping device comprises a fixing part used for being in contact with a vertical rod and a hanging part used for hanging a drainage bag, the outer side face of the fixing part is an inclined plane, and the hanging part is hinged to the bottom end of the inclined plane; the binding belt is used for binding the clamping device and the vertical rod, and the binding belt bypasses the vertical rod and the hanging part and keeps tight; when the drainage bag is hung on the hanging part, the hanging part generates a lever effect under the action of gravity, the bottom end of the hanging part abuts against the fixing part, then the inner side face of the fixing part abuts against the vertical rod to form friction force, and fixing is achieved. According to the utility model, the height-adjustable fixation of the drainage bag on the vertical rod of the sickbed is realized, and standardized components (such as a fishtail clamp and a plastic ribbon) are combined to adapt to the vertical rods with different diameters, so that the reliability is ensured, the production cost is reduced, and the drainage bag is suitable for clinical rapid deployment and disposable use scenes.

The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for assessing blood flow in damaged or healing tissue. The present disclosure also provides methods for identifying patients at risk for developing or at risk for developing a pressure ulcer and treating the patient using an anatomically specific clinical intervention selected based on perfusion or blood oxygenation values, or a combination thereof. The present disclosure also provides methods for stratifying patient groups based on risk of wound development and methods for reducing the incidence of tissue damage in a nursing facility. The present disclosure also provides methods for analyzing trends in perfusion or oxygenation measurements to detect tissue damage before it is visible, and methods for comparing bilaterally symmetrical perfusion values ​​to identify damaged tissue.

The utility model relates to the field of projection devices, in particular to a movable projection device which comprises a mounting base and a placement basket, side plates are fixedly mounted on two sides of the top of the mounting base, second rotary connecting pieces are arranged in the middles of the inner sides of the side plates, and the middles of two sides of the placement basket are rotatably connected with the middles of the side plates through the second rotary connecting pieces. A projector can be conveniently placed in the placing basket, the angle of the placing basket can be adjusted according to actual conditions, and then the projection height can be adjusted, bolts are arranged at the top of the placing basket, bolts are inserted into the bolts, the bolts are inserted into pin holes of the side plates, the placing basket can be fixed, and a handle is rotationally installed between one sides of the tops of the two side plates through a first rotary connecting piece. The device is convenient to pull, so that the projection device is movable, and an image space is provided for patients who are difficult to obtain external stimulation and stay in hospitals, nursing facilities and the like at ordinary times.

The present invention discloses a facial expression recognition method based on intelligent nursing and nursing equipment thereof, which relates to the field of intelligent nursing technology; in order to solve the problem that the judgment of the patient's condition is not accurate enough and the scope of application is narrow; the recognition method includes the following steps: collecting the static facial image of the person who needs to be cared for in advance; preprocessing the collected static facial image; processing the preprocessed facial image into equal blocks, and extracting the texture feature points in the facial image using the LBP algorithm; deforming the texture feature points according to the facial animation parameter rules obtained by statistical learning and in combination with Bezier surface control; the nursing equipment of the recognition method includes a nursing mechanism for real-time monitoring of the person being cared for, and the nursing mechanism includes a bed body and a monitoring part fixed to the top of two or more legs. The present invention has a wide scope of application and high accuracy, effectively saves the energy and time of medical staff in caring, and at the same time ensures the life safety of the cared person.

The present invention aims to provide a fabric useful in production of clothes and other textile articles, in particular for use in a healthcare environment such as hospitals, long term care facilities, etc. The invention relates to a yarn consisting essentially of cotton fibres, hemp fibres, and fibres comprising porous particles, and to threads and fabrics comprising such yarns, as well as to the use of such clothing as healthcare staff uniforms. The yarn and fabric may further include at least one metal wire usable as a temperature sensor.

To provide a system for adjustment between an autonomous community and a business operator and a facility, creating a care plan for special nursing home for the aged and a health facility for the aged receiving care, and making plan creation of home care efficient for supporting business of care managers, thereby achieving reduction of business and efficiency of business.SOLUTION: A system for supporting business of care managers comprises: means for adjustment between an autonomous community, and a business operator and a facility; means for creating a care plan for users of special nursing home for the aged and a health facility for the aged receiving care; and means for creating a plan of home care.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1