JP2007222338A - Standing-up assisting instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a standing-up assisting instrument allowing a user with a lowered physical ability to raise the own body from a bed by simply holding a grip part by moving the grip part interlocked with a lifting device of a lifting bed. <P>SOLUTION: A traveling part 27 horizontally moves along a horizontal slider 24 in the direction of separating from or approaching to the lifting bed and a vertical slider 29 is lifted/lowered to two-dimensionally move the grip part 5 within a plane including the horizontal slider and the vertical slider. The grip part 5 frontward moves while lowering once; then the grip part is changed to lift and lastly returned to the bed side, so that the user, at first, becomes a droopy posture, is guided in a frontward horizontal direction and then guided into a standing posture. The standing-up movement of the user is thus supported to greatly reduce a burden applied to the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a stand-up support apparatus that supports a user of a bed standing up from the bed in cooperation with the raising and lowering of the bed.

  In order for a sleeper user with reduced physical ability to stand up from the sleeper, the user must move their weight horizontally from the buttocks to the feet and then move up and down from the sitting height to the standing height in a timely manner. There is. In this case, when the user shifts his / her weight horizontally, the user can reduce the burden on the user by guiding his / her upper body from a substantially vertical state to a forward leaning posture. Conventionally, an assistant has grasped and guided the user's body, or the user has stood up by himself by grasping a fence or the like. In addition, in order to lift the user's body after the forward leaning posture, the helper grabbed the user's body and lifted it, or lifted the user's body using the lifting action of the lifting electric bed . However, these operations are a heavy burden for users and caregivers who need care.

  Therefore, in order to reduce the burden on the caregiver and the burden on the user who needs care, Patent Documents 1 to 3 provide care that guides the user's upper body by moving the arm. Support devices have been proposed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-337992 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-86233 JP-A-9-276335

  However, in the stand-up support apparatus described in the above-mentioned publicly known document, the user can be guided horizontally, but the user cannot be supported until the stand-up. Further, in the lift bed, it is possible to lift the user's body by using the rising of the bed, but it is not possible to support the user's standing up more than that. For example, simply guiding the user's weight horizontally places a burden on the user's body, and simply lifting the user's body with the lifting bed may cause the user's feet to float, I can't stand up.

  Therefore, in the prior art, it has not been possible to sufficiently support the rise of a user whose physical ability has deteriorated. For this reason, it has not reached to fully reduce the burden of the user who needs care, and a caregiver.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and by moving the gripping portion in conjunction with a lifting device such as a lifting bed, a user whose physical ability has declined simply has the gripping portion, An object of the present invention is to provide a stand-up support device that can raise its own body from a bed.

  The rising support device according to the first aspect of the present invention is a rising support device that is installed on the side of a lifting device composed of a lifting bed or a chair and supports the rising of the user of the lifting device. And a moving device that moves the gripping portion along a predetermined pattern in a plane intersecting the lifting device, and the user grips the gripping portion while gripping the gripping portion. The rising of the user is supported by moving the holding portion along the pattern.

  In this start-up support device, the moving device causes the user to take a forward tilting posture by moving the gripping portion diagonally forward and then raises the gripping portion together with the lifting device. It is preferable that

  A rising support apparatus according to the second invention of the present application is a rising support apparatus that is installed on a side of an elevating apparatus comprising an elevating bed or an elevating chair and supports a user of the elevating apparatus in a direction intersecting the elevating apparatus. An extending horizontal guide, a traveling unit that travels on the horizontal guide, a vertical guide installed on the traveling unit, a moving unit that is driven up and down by the vertical guide, and a user installed on the moving unit A gripping portion that grips when standing up, and a driving device that drives the traveling portion and the moving portion to move the gripping portion along a predetermined pattern in a plane including the horizontal guide and the vertical guide; And moving the gripping part along the pattern in a state where the user grips the gripping part. The features.

  In this start-up support device, the driving device causes the user to take a forward leaning posture by moving the gripping portion diagonally forward and then raises the gripping portion together with the lifting device. It is preferable that

  In each of the above-described rising support devices, it is preferable that the gripping part has a shape including a horizontal part to which a palm is applied and a tip rising part to be gripped with a finger. In addition, it has a first sensor that detects a load applied to the gripping part and / or a load applied to the lifting device due to the weight of the user, and by detecting the load by the first sensor, It is preferable to detect the posture of the user. Furthermore, it has a 2nd sensor which detects that when a user is pinched | interposed between the said vertical guide and the said raising / lowering apparatus, and when this 2nd sensor detects a user, the drive of an apparatus is stopped. It is preferable.

  According to the present invention, the burden when a user with reduced physical ability stands up is reduced, and the burden on the caregiver is also reduced, so that the user's own stand-up is promoted.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a stand-up support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a specific configuration thereof, FIG. 3 is a side view thereof, and FIG. FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the rising support device 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention is installed on the side of the lift bed 1. The rising support device 2 is installed on the floor, is parallel to the floor and extends perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the lifting bed 1, the vertical guide 4 extends perpendicular to the floor, and the gripping part installed on the vertical guide 4. 5, an operation switch 6 for operation, an emergency stop switch 7, and a pinching prevention sensor 8.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the base frame 20 of the rising support device 2 extends in parallel to the side edge of the lifting bed 1 and can be moved by a pair of casters 21, but usually by a pair of fixing members 22. It is fixed to the lift bed 2. The horizontal guide 3 has a horizontal slide 24 extending perpendicularly to the base frame 20 from a central support portion 23 with respect to the base frame 20, and the tip of the horizontal slide 24 is supported by a caster 26. Further, a screw rod 25 extending in parallel with the horizontal slide 24 is installed with one end thereof supported by the support portion 23 and is driven to rotate forward and backward by a motor (not shown) installed in the support portion 23. It has become. In addition, the latching | locking part 22 fixes the base frame 20 to a raising / lowering bed.

  The traveling portion 27 of the vertical guide 4 is guided by the horizontal slide 24 of the horizontal guide 3 and supported so as to be able to reciprocate on the horizontal slide 24, and the screw of the horizontal guide 3 is screwed into the screw hole provided in the traveling portion 27. The rod 25 is screwed. Accordingly, when the motor in the support portion 23 rotates and the screw rod rotates forward and backward, the traveling portion 27 screwed to the screw rod 25 moves forward and backward relative to the support portion 23 along the horizontal slide 24.

  A vertical guide 4 is erected on the traveling unit 27 via a pressure sensor 28. The vertical guide 4 has a vertical slide 29 provided so as to stand on the pressure sensor 28. The vertical slide 29 has a fixed portion 29 a fixed to the upper surface of the pressure sensor 28 and a moving portion 29 b that moves up and down with respect to the fixed portion 29 a. The moving portion 29 b is moved up and down by the actuator 30. ing.

  The mechanism of the vertical slide 29 in the vertical guide 4 is shown in FIG. In the vertical slide 29, a rectangular tube-shaped moving portion 29b is similarly fitted to the rectangular tube-shaped fixing portion 29a, and the outer surface of the fixing portion 29a and the inner surface of the moving portion 29b are respectively connected to each other. The slide guides 51a and 51b meshing with each other are provided so as to extend in the vertical direction. By the slide guides 51a and 51b, the moving part 29b moves up and down relative to the fixed part 29a. An actuator 30 is arranged in the fixed portion 29a so that its cylinder axis is vertical and its piston 31 is advanced upward. The tip of the piston 31 of this actuator 30 is fixed to the top plate of the moving part 29b at a fixed point 50. When the piston 31 of the actuator 30 advances, the moving part 29b rises and the piston 31 retracts. As a result, the moving part 29b is lowered.

  However, the mechanism of the vertical slide 29 is not limited to that shown in FIG. 3, and for example, the mechanism shown in FIG. 4 can be used, and an arbitrary ascending / descending member can be used. FIG. 4 shows another lifting mechanism of the vertical slide 29 as a modification of FIG. In this modification, the rectangular tube-shaped fixing portion 29a is arranged so that the rectangular tube-shaped moving portion 29b is fitted, the inner fixing portion 29a has no top plate, and the outer moving portion 29b has a ceiling plate. With a plate. The upper end of the link 32a is rotatably connected to the top plate of the moving part 29b at the connection point 52, and the lower end of the link 32b is rotatably connected to the fixed part 29a. The moving part 29a and the fixed part 29b are connected so as to be rotatable in the middle thereof, and constitute a so-called X-link. And the lower end of the link 32a is rotatably connected with the front-end | tip of the piston 31 of the actuator 30 installed with the cylinder axis | shaft horizontal. As a result, when the piston 31 of the actuator 30 advances, the lower end of the link 32a approaches the lower end of the link 32b, and the upper and lower opposing angles of the X link become smaller. As a result, the upper end of the link 32a pushes up the moving part 29b, and the moving part 29b Will rise. Conversely, when the cylinder 31 of the actuator 30 is retracted, the upper and lower opposing angles of the X link are increased, and as a result, the moving unit 29b is lowered.

  5 and 6 show a modification in which the horizontal guide 3 and the vertical guide 4 are not used. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the traveling unit 27 travels on the horizontal guide 3 extending in the direction perpendicular to the bed, and the moving unit 29 b of the vertical slide 29 of the vertical guide 3 installed on the traveling unit 27 is provided. By moving up and down with respect to the fixed portion 29a, the gripping portion 5 can move along an arbitrary locus in a plane perpendicular to the bed. That is, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, two drive members (horizontal drive motor and vertical actuator 30) are provided. However, the moving device shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is configured such that the gripping portion 5 can be moved along an arbitrary trajectory within a plane perpendicular to the bed by one driving means by a link mechanism.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a support column 61 is erected on a stand 60, and a motor 62 is installed on the top of the support column 61, and a rotating shaft 63 is provided at a position substantially on the side of the motor 62. ing. Links 64 and 65 are connected in parallel to the motor 62 and the rotating shaft 63, respectively. A gripping portion 66 is provided at the tip of these links 64 and 65 so as to be rotatable with respect to the links 64 and 65.

  In the moving device for the gripping portion 66 configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), when the links 64 and 65 are vertical in a front view, the gripping portion 66 has a substantially horizontal posture. When the links 64 and 65 are pivoted by the forward / reverse rotation of the motor 62 at the lowermost position, the gripping portion 66 supported at the tips of the links 64 and 65 is shown in FIG. As shown to (a) and (c), it moves to the direction which moves away from the raising / lowering bed, and the approaching direction, maintaining the horizontal attitude | position. Thereby, the gripping part 66 can be moved away from and toward the bed only by installing one motor 62 as the driving means.

  The grip part 5 is fixed to the moving part 29b of the vertical guide 4 in a cantilever state so as to extend horizontally. 7A and 7B are a side view showing a side shape of the gripping part 5 and a perspective view showing a use state of the gripping part 5, respectively. The gripping part 5 has a horizontal part 41 on its upper surface for supporting the weight of the user when the user puts his hand on the upper surface, and an upper part for the user to put his finger on and pull the body. A raised tip bulging portion 42 is formed. Two operation switches 44 for instructing the operation of the apparatus are installed on the lower surface of the tip bulge portion 43. In addition, a sensor 43 that detects whether or not the user is holding the gripping part 5 is installed in the base moving part 29 b of the gripping part 5. The gripping part 5 is fixed to the moving part 29b such that a cylindrical steel plate base part provided at the center part protrudes horizontally from the moving part 29b, and the periphery of this base part is made of rubber. The covering material covers the structure.

  Next, the operation of the startup support apparatus configured as described above will be described. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing the movement trajectory of the gripping part 5 of this rising support device, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation. The movement of the gripping part 5 is controlled by an appropriate controller (not shown) so as to follow the movement locus shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the power is turned on, the user's physical characteristics are input, the movement trajectory appropriate for the user is read from the table according to the physical characteristics, and the CPU (Central Processing Unit) is read out. ) And store in memory. Or, a general initial state is set.

  Thereafter, when the sensor 43 detects the presence of the user, the user grasps the gripping part 5 and grasps that the preparation for the rising motion is completed. The controller obtains the motion trajectory data as shown in FIG. 8 from the memory. The horizontal guide 3 and the vertical guide 5 are controlled so as to move the gripping part 5 in accordance with the reading and the movement trajectory. That is, when the horizontal driving motor installed in the support portion 23 is driven to rotate the screw rod 25 forward and backward, the traveling portion 27 moves forward in a direction away from the lifting bed 1 or returns to the lifting bed 1. Move backwards to come. The vertical guide 4 standing on the traveling unit 27 causes the actuator 30 to raise or lower the moving unit 29 b of the vertical slider 29. For this reason, when the motor and the actuator are driven in combination, the gripper 5 can freely move two-dimensionally in a plane perpendicular to the lift bed 1, that is, in a plane including the horizontal slide 24 and the vertical slide 29. Can be made.

  The controller drives the motor and actuator 30 to move the gripping part 5 along the movement locus in FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the trajectory of the lifting bed and the gripping part, with the horizontal axis taking time (seconds) and the vertical axis taking the vertical position (mm) moved from the origin position of the lifting bed and gripping part. . As shown in FIG. 8, the rising and lowering pattern of the bed part of the bed is determined, and the movement pattern of the gripping part 5 is determined according to the rising pattern of the bed. First, the height of the lifting bed is 250 mm, the height of the gripping part 5 is 600 mm, and the gripping part 5 is located 250 mm away from the lifting bed 1. In this state, when the sensor 43 detects the presence of the user and the user turns on the operation switch 44, the controller starts the operation of the gripping unit 5. In this embodiment, two operation switches 44 are provided, and the controller starts operation when both switches are turned on. This is to improve safety by preventing the gripping part 5 from inadvertently moving, but it is not always necessary to provide two. Alternatively, it is possible to deal with hemiplegic users by starting the operation when only one of the two switches is turned on. The pattern shown in FIG. 8 is determined on the basis of the locus of the assistant's hand and the locus of the user's buttocks when the assistant assists the user's standing motion.

  First, in the period of (1) in FIG. 8, the gripping unit 5 moves downward while moving downward. The bed of the lift bed rises slightly. Thereby, a user's body becomes a forward leaning posture. Thereafter, during the period (2) in FIG. 8, the bed of the lift bed is further raised, and the gripping portion 5 is further moved forward and lowered. As a result, the user further leans forward, the user's weight center of gravity moves forward in the horizontal direction, and the buttocks are lifted.

  Next, in the period of (3) in FIG. 8, the gripping part 5 starts to rise and moves while moving forward. Since the elevating bed continues to move upward, the weight center of gravity of the user moves obliquely upward in the front. Next, in the period of (4) in FIG. 8, the gripping part 5 and the lift bed 1 are raised halfway and then stop rising. The gripping part 5 stops moving forward at the same time as entering the period (4) in FIG. 8, and retreats from the middle of the period (4). And when the period of (4) is complete | finished, the holding part has returned to the position which is 700 mm in height and spaced apart 400 mm with respect to the raising / lowering bed, and the bed of the raising / lowering bed has become 550 mm in height. Thus, in the period (4), the gripping unit 5 stops moving in the horizontal direction and then returns slightly, so that the user is in a standing posture.

  In this way, the gripping part 5 moves forward while descending, then the gripping part starts to rise, and finally the gripping part returns to the bed side, so that the user first tilts forward. Then, it is guided forward in the horizontal direction and then guided to the standing position. In this way, since the user's standing-up operation is supported, the burden on the user is extremely small.

  The pinch prevention sensor 8 detects when a user stands between the vertical guide 4 and the bed 1, detects the movement, moves the traveling unit 27, moves the vertical slide 29, and raises / lowers the lifting bed. Is to stop. The operation switch 6 is not for the user to press the operation switch 44 to start the operation but to operate the caregiver.

  In addition, it is necessary for the stand-up support apparatus of this embodiment to perform a coordinated operation linked to the lifting operation of the lifting bed. For this reason, it is preferable that the controller that controls the rising support device controls the lifting operation of the lifting bed in association with the movement of the gripping portion.

  Further, by detecting the posture of the user in real time, as shown in FIG. 8, it is possible to control not only the motion trajectory determined from the beginning, but also the motion control according to the current state of the user that day. Furthermore, even if the user is in a dangerous state, it can be detected and the operation can be stopped immediately or the user can be in a safe state.

  In order to detect the state of the user in real time, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, a pressure sensor 28 is installed between the vertical guide 4 and the traveling unit 27, so that the user can move the grip unit 5. What is necessary is just to detect the applied load. Alternatively, it is possible to detect how much the user remains on the bed by detecting the load on the bed portion of the lift bed. Furthermore, a load sensor for detecting a load applied by the user to the gripping part 5 by installing a sensor or the like for detecting the contraction distance of the spring at the base of the gripping part 5 may be provided. And based on the information obtained by these sensors, the difference with a normal value is calculated, and the operation | movement of the holding part 5 is changed by the difference. Furthermore, when the difference is larger than a certain value, the movement of the gripping part 5 can be stopped to ensure the safety of the user.

  In addition, by using a bed for the lifting device, it is possible to divert the lifting bed currently used in facilities or at home, and if the user's physical ability declines, it is not necessary to purchase a new bed. It is possible to support startup by simply adding a device as an option.

  By providing the operation switch 44 in the grip portion 5, the user himself can turn on / off the switch 44, and the operation start / stop can be selected by the user's intention. Further, by using the enable switch as the operation switch, the safety of the user is further ensured.

  Furthermore, since it can be confirmed by the sensor 43 that the user is in the gripping portion 5, the safety of the user can be further enhanced.

  Control of the start-up support device and control of the lift bed are performed by a separately installed integrated controller, and data is transmitted and received via a LAN (Local Area Network), thereby increasing versatility and exchanging a lot of information. Is possible.

  Further, the pinching prevention switch 8 can be constituted by a photoelectric switch or the like, and can detect that a user has been pinched between the grip portion 5 and the bed. For this reason, when the signal of the photoelectric switch is turned on, the apparatus can be stopped to ensure the safety of the user.

  Further, the operation switch 6 is also provided with an elevating switch for the elevating bed, and by operating the operating switch 6, the grip portion 5 and the elevating bed can be moved independently. Using this, the user can move the grip portion 5 and the lift bed to a desired position within the movable range. Thereby, it can respond to a user's liking.

  Furthermore, by providing the operation switch 6 with a button for storing the user's preferred initial position, the user can move the grip portion 5 to a position where he / she uses it while in the bed.

  Furthermore, when the gripping part 5 and the lifting bed 1 move simultaneously, the current position and the movement target position of the gripping part 5 and the lifting bed 1 are driven so that each device is driven in a state in which the safety of the user is ensured. It is preferable to change the order in which the drive units are moved due to the difference.

  Furthermore, information is input to create an individual motion trajectory, the direction of movement of the gripping part 5 and the progress of the operation are displayed on the display device so that the user can easily use it, and device information is given. For this reason, it is preferable to install an operation panel.

  An emergency stop switch is provided in the switch 44 provided in the gripping part 5 so that a stop signal can be transmitted directly to each driving device in the event of a user's emergency, thereby further ensuring the safety of the user. can do.

  The horizontal movement of the traveling unit 27 and the vertical movement of the vertical slide 29 can be configured by a link mechanism without providing separate driving means.

  Further, the lifting device is not limited to the lifting bed but may be a wheelchair or the like.

  Furthermore, it is also possible to configure a stand-up support device having a gripping part as a walker, so that the user can walk as it is after standing up.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the whole external appearance of the standup assistance apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which similarly shows the drive mechanism. It is a perspective view which similarly shows the mechanism of the up-and-down slide. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the up-and-down slide of an raising / lowering apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the moving apparatus of a holding part. (A) thru | or (c) is a front view which similarly shows operation | movement of the moving apparatus of the holding part. (A), (b) is the side view and perspective view which show a holding part. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement pattern of the holding part and raising / lowering bed in this embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows operation | movement of this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1: Lifting bed 2: Standing support device 3: Horizontal guide 4: Vertical guide 5, 66: Grasping part 24: Horizontal slide 25: Screw rod 27: Traveling part 28: Pressure sensor 29: Vertical slide 62: Motor 64, 65 :Link

Claims (7)

A rising support apparatus that is installed on a side of an elevating apparatus including an elevating bed or an elevating chair and supports the rising of a user of the elevating apparatus, the gripping part that the user grips when standing up, and the elevating apparatus that includes the gripping part A moving device that moves along a predetermined pattern in a plane that intersects with the user, and moves the gripping part along the pattern while the user grips the gripping part A rising support apparatus characterized by supporting a user's rising. The moving device is configured to cause the user to take a forward leaning posture by moving the gripping portion obliquely downward forward, and then lift the gripping portion together with the lifting device. The rising support device according to claim 1. A rising support device that is installed on a side of a lifting device including a lifting bed or a lifting chair and supports a rising device user. The horizontal guide extends in a direction intersecting the lifting device, and runs on the horizontal guide. A traveling unit that is installed on the traveling unit, a moving unit that is driven up and down by the vertical guide, a gripping unit that is installed on the moving unit and is gripped when the user stands up, A driving device that drives the traveling unit and the moving unit to move the gripping unit along a predetermined pattern in a plane including a horizontal guide and a vertical guide, and the user holds the gripping unit. A start-up support apparatus that supports a user's start-up by moving the gripping part along the pattern while gripping the part. The drive device is configured to cause the user to take a forward leaning posture by moving the gripping portion diagonally forward and then raise the gripping portion together with the lifting device. The rising support apparatus according to claim 3. The rising support device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the gripping part has a shape including a horizontal part to which a palm is applied and a tip rising part to be gripped by a finger. A first sensor for detecting a load applied to the gripping part and / or a load applied to the lifting device due to the weight of the user, and detecting the load by the first sensor; The rising support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the posture of the apparatus is detected. Having a second sensor for detecting when a user is sandwiched between the vertical guide and the lifting device, and stopping the driving of the device when the second sensor detects the user. The start-up support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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