JP2002177221A - Optical bench for medical treatment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical bench for medical treatment capable of approaching an optical instrument for the medical treatment to a patient and examining even a user of a wheelchair without forcing him/her to take an unnatural posture by capable of moving in the front/rear, while raising/lowering a table for mounting the optical instrument for the medical treatment. SOLUTION: This optical bench for the medical treatment is provided with the table 1 for mounting the optical instrument for the medical treatment, a support 2 supporting the table 1 at a prescribed height, and a base part 3 supporting the support on a floor. This optical bench is provided with the diagonally inclined support 2 and the support 2 is so constituted as to be extendable in the length direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medical optical table, and more particularly, to a medical optical table which can be moved back and forth while raising and lowering a table on which an optical apparatus for medical examination is placed, so that the optical apparatus for medical examination can be brought closer to a patient. The present invention relates to a medical optical bench that enables even a wheelchair user to perform an examination without forcing an unnatural posture.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, an ophthalmologist uses many kinds of examination instruments when examining a patient. Among them, a visual examination of an eye involves a doctor enlarging and observing a patient's eye. Use medical examination optics. By the way, this kind of medical optics is not limited to medical optics for doctors to enlarge and observe the patient's eyeballs, and this kind of medical optics is installed and used while the doctor and the patient face each other. Usually, the medical optics are used by being mounted on a table of a medical optical table installed between a doctor and a patient facing each other.

[0003] By the way, a conventional medical optical bench used for this purpose includes a table on which medical examination optical instruments are mounted,
The table is configured to include a column supporting the table at a predetermined height and a base portion supporting the column on the floor. The column of the medical optical bench is configured to be extendable and retractable so that the medical optical device can be mounted so that the lens of the medical optical device can be adjusted to the position of the eyes of a doctor or a patient sitting on a chair. It is configured such that the height of the table to be placed can be changed.

[0004]

By the way, the above-mentioned conventional medical optical bench is configured such that the height of the table on which the medical examination optical device is mounted can be changed by making the support columns extendable. However, since it is not possible to adjust the position in the front-rear direction, such as bringing the medical optical equipment closer to the patient, for example, a physically handicapped person in a wheelchair may be obstructed by the footrest at the front end of the wheelchair. As a result, it is difficult to approach the optical device for examination, and therefore, there is a problem that the examiner must be examined in an unnatural posture despite his physical disability.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional medical optical table, and has a configuration in which a table on which an optical device for medical examination is placed can be moved up and down while being moved back and forth. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medical optical bench that can be approached so that a user of a wheelchair can perform a medical examination without forcing an unnatural posture.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, a medical optical bench according to the present invention comprises a table on which medical examination optical equipment is mounted, a column supporting the table at a predetermined height, and a column. And a base for supporting the base on the floor, characterized in that the column is provided obliquely and the column is configured to be extendable and contractible in its length direction.

In this medical optical bench, a column for supporting the table is provided at an angle, and the column is configured to be extendable and contractible in the length direction thereof. Can be moved in the front-rear direction, whereby the diagnostic optical device can be brought closer to the patient, and even a user in a wheelchair can perform a medical examination without forcing an unnatural posture. Moreover, in this medical optical bench, since the table is moved back and forth by the expansion and contraction of the inclined column, the configuration can be extremely simplified. Mass production at cost.

In this case, the column can be expanded and contracted by an electric actuator.

Thus, the table can be automatically moved by operating the switch of the electric actuator.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the medical optical bench according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 7 show an embodiment of a medical optical bench according to the present invention. This medical optical bench is used for medical optical equipment S
A table 1 on which the table 1 is placed, a column 2 for supporting the table 1 at a predetermined height, and a base 3 for supporting the column 2 on the floor
And And this medical optical bench is supported
Are provided obliquely, and the column 2 is configured to be extendable and contractible in its length direction by the electric actuator 4.

The table 1 has a substantially semi-elliptical shape in which the doctor D has a convex shape and the patient K has a linear shape. The table 1 is horizontally supported by the columns 2, and a control box 5 of the electric actuator 4 is provided below. Is provided.

The base 3 has a U-shape in which the patient K has a concave shape, and a plurality of casters 6 used for movement and a plurality of height adjustment screws 7 used for installation are provided below the base. Is provided.

On the other hand, the support column 2 is erected from the base of the base portion 3 and, in this embodiment, specifically, is inclined so as to be inclined toward the patient K as shown in FIG. It is provided at an angle. In addition, the inclination angle of the support 2 is not particularly limited, but as in the present embodiment, the inclination angle is 70 °.
It is desirable to set to about ± 10 °. This pillar 2
The first column 8 fixed to the base 3 and the first column 8
The cylindrical second support 9 slidably disposed inside the support 8
The center of the table 1 is fixed to the upper end of the second support 9. As shown in FIG. 4, the second support 9 is slidably supported by a rail 10 fixed to the side wall of the first support 8, and the second support 9 has an electric actuator fixed to the base 3. Four rods 11 are fixed by pins 12.

As described above, the medical optical bench of this embodiment is
Since the column 2 for supporting the table 1 is provided obliquely and the column 2 is configured to be extendable and contractible in its length direction, the table 1 is moved back and forth by the expansion and contraction of the column 2 as shown in FIG. Thus, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the medical optical device S can be brought closer to the patient K, and even a user of the wheelchair H can perform a medical examination without forcing an unnatural posture. In addition, in this medical optical bench, the table 1 is moved by expansion and contraction of the inclined support column 2.
, The configuration can be extremely simplified, and a medical optical bench having the function of moving the table 1 back and forth can be mass-produced at low cost.
Further, since the column 2 is expanded and contracted by the electric actuator 4, the operation of moving the table 1 can be automatically performed by operating the switch of the electric actuator 4.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the change in the height direction due to the forward and backward movement of the table 1
It can be absorbed by the height adjustment function of the optical device S for examination placed on the top.

[0017]

According to the medical optical bench of the present invention, the column supporting the table is provided obliquely and the column is configured to be extendable and contractible in its length direction. The table can be moved in the front-rear direction by expanding and contracting, so that the diagnostic optical device can be brought closer to the patient, and even a wheelchair user can perform a medical examination without imposing an unnatural posture. Moreover, in this medical optical bench, since the table is moved back and forth by the expansion and contraction of the inclined support column, the structure can be extremely simplified. The table can be mass-produced at low cost.

Further, by extending and retracting the column with an electric actuator, the table can be automatically moved by operating a switch of the electric actuator.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a medical optical bench according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same plane.

FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the column according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a use state of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective plan view of the same.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 table 2 support 3 base 4 electric actuator 5 control box 6 caster 7 height adjustment screw 8 first support 9 second support 10 rail 11 rod 12 pin S optical equipment for medical examination D doctor K patient H wheelchair

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A table on which medical examination optical equipment is placed,
In a medical optical bench including a support supporting the table at a predetermined height and a base supporting the support on the floor,
A medical optical bench characterized in that the column is provided obliquely and the column is configured to be extendable and contractible in its length direction. 2. The medical optical bench according to claim 1, wherein the column is extended and contracted by an electric actuator.