The invention is about a support unit for physically handicapped patients which is used for conscious or unconscious physically handicapped patients, provides the patient's needs through automatic or manual control, is turned into a bed or a wheeled chair for physically handicapped patients, ensures that the patient performs physical acts, enables blood circulation by massaging to the feet's lower base through the vibration of the step under the patient's feet, ensures that the patient defecates and the dejection is transferred to the sewage system wholly automatically without human touch hygienically depending on the equipment under the seat section (22) of the chair and provides the patient with free scope.
Man kinds have not fulfilled their vital needs, like defecation, by themselves once or few times all their life because of the incapability of physical movement. It is very demanding to be helped and cleaned, because of the inadequate movement ability, by the family members or nursemaids. These kinds of people generally attached to one room cause their relatives to suffer pain and the people having this kind of patients have great troubles. That situation results in a decrease in those people's life quality. In the same way, the reality that the patients turn into trouble for their relatives is a source of sorrow for the patients themselves which causes psychological issues for them.
The support unit for physically handicapped patients saves the unconscious patients and the physically handicapped patients, who are the most serious cases in need of care, from being wholly depended on another person. The invention is ideal for using in fulfilling the needs of the elder, the bedridden, the handicapped and the paralyzed who are deprived of the movements that will fulfill their normal needs and who are in need of nursing.
The invention consists of those sections: the multi-functional underpants (17) which is fastened on the patient's body by dividing the gluteus and centering the anus without touching upon the periphery of anus, has electronic and electro mechanic equipment, is multi-layered and does the hygienic cleaning of the patient, the waste reserve storage (19) which, when fastened on the patient, removes the waste as soon as the waste leaves the patient's body, in an entirely controlled way without contaminating the patient's body and the surroundings, the waste transfer station (30) which can transfer the waste, to the sewerage system, automatically by moving with the help of sensors in the body of the unit as a result of fullness of the waste reserve storage (19).
It is designed for unconscious physically handicapped patients. It is an underpants which is attached to the unit through equipment existent in it in order to ensure that the patient fulfill his/her detection need and functions like hygienic cleaning without problem and does not limit the movements of the patient by the support of the unit equipments.
The inner surface level (1) of the part of the multi-functional underpants (17) that touches on the patient's body is of antibacterial quality and is covered with flexible material and cloth that does not affect blood circle. The multi-functional pant (17) is designed as to divide the gluteus and grab the patient's body ergonomically. It is worn and fixed to the patient by being arranged for every size through demounted additions.
The multi-functional pant (17) is consisted of two levels. In the middle of the first inner surface level (1) which touches on the patient body, there is a proper-sized hole (2) which is suitable for the middle of the anus and surrounds the anus. That hole, at the same time, centers waste removal pump (5) and, being attached to that, the strait (7) part which is a waste entry part to the anus, and supports them. There are cabins which are divided into levels (6) that constitute proper distance between the outer surface of the multi-functional pant's first inner level (1) that touches on the body and the inner surface (4) which is fixed to the second outer level (3). The aim of that distance is to constitute cabin for protecting the electromechanically equipped waste removal pump (5) from the pressure that the patient makes on the pant. The waste entry strait (7) of the mechanically equipped waste removal pump (5) is steered through the hole (2) which is in the middle of the multi-functional pant's (17) first inner level (1) that touches on the patient's body and which is suitable for the middle of the anus.
The waste entry strait (7) of the electro mechanic waste removal pump (5) ensures that the waste which comes out of the anus is transferred to the pump without contaminating the patient and his/her surroundings and through that way, the hygienic cleaning of the anus is performed. That waste entry strait (7), which surrounds the anus, is close to the anus but does not touch on the anus, and belongs to the waste removal pump (5), is of cylindrical shape in the width of the anus' opening diameter. The edges of the point (8), which belongs to the waste entry strait (7) of the waste removal pump (5) and touches on the anus' surroundings, are flexible and thin. That point is made from silicone or similar hygienic flexible material that does not hurt or irritate anus's surroundings during the touch on the edges of the anus (as shown in the
There are a micro camera fixation channel (9), a waste control sensor fixation channel (10), an air entry fixation channel (11), a water entry fixation channel (12), a light source, which enlightens the surroundings of the anus, fixation channel (13) on the outer edge of electromechanical waste removal pump's 5) waste entry strait (7) (
Whatever position the patient is in, rest, upright, sitting, lying on back or lying on both sides, the multi-functional pant (17) with the help of its technical equipment and unit, fulfills the patient's defecation need automatically and does not limit the movements of the patient. The multi-functional pant (17) transfers the wastes to the waste reserve storage (19) through a pipe (18). At the same time, because the electromechanically equipped waste removal pump (5) is also on, solid wastes are transferred to the waste reserve storage (19) which is available in the unit.
The mobile multi-functional pant (17) is designed for astronauts, little children and physically handicapped traveling patients etc. It is a mobile multi-functional pant (17) which is designed for fulfilling the needs of those people who travel for various reasons and which has an electronic equipment to practice the necessary instructions that are for the electro mechanic mechanisms on it to fulfill the procedures. It performs an entirely hygienic cleaning and it transfers the wastes, without contaminating them on the person's body, to the current storage in it. The mobile multi-functional pant (17) does not limit the movements of the people wearing it.
The inner surface level (1) of mobile multi-functional pant (17)'s part that touches on the body of the patient is covered with flexible material and cloth which do not make the patient sweat, affect the blood circle and are of antibacterial quality. The multi-functional pant (17) is designed as to divide the gluteus and grab the patient's body ergonomically. It is worn and fixed to the patient by being arranged for every size through demounted additions.
The mobile multi-functional pant (17) is consisted of two levels. In the middle of the first inner level (1) which touches on the patient body, there is a proper-sized hole which is suitable for the middle of the anus and which surrounds the anus. That hole, at the same time, centers waste removal pump (5) and, being attached to that, the strait (7) part which is a waste entry part to the anus and supports them. There are cabins which are divided into levels (6) that constitute proper distance between the outer surface of the mobile multi-functional pant's inner surface level (1) that touches on the body and the inner surface (4) which is fixed to the second outer level (3). The aim of that distance is to protect the electromechanically equipped waste removal pump (5) from the pressure that the patient makes on the pant and to constitute cabins for waste reserve storage (49), clean water storage (50), DC energy battery (51). The waste entry strait (7) of the mechanically equipped waste removal pump (5) is steered through the hole which is in the middle of the mobile multi-functional pant's (17) first inner surface level (1) that touches on the patient's body and which is suitable for the middle of the anus. The waste entry strait (7) of the waste removal pump (5) ensures that the waste which comes out of the anus is transferred to the pump without contaminating the patient and his/her surroundings and through that way, the hygienic cleaning of the anus is performed. That waste entry strait (7), which surrounds the anus, is close to the arms but does not touch on the anus, of the waste removal pump (5) is of cylindrical shape in the width of the anus' opening diameter. The edges of the point (8), which belongs to the waste entry strait (7) of the waste removal pump (5) and touches on the anus' surroundings are flexible and thin. That point is made from silicone or similar hygienic flexible material that does not hurt or irritate anus's surroundings during the touch on the edges of the anus (as shown in the
There are a micro camera fixation channel (9), a waste control sensor fixation channel (10), an air entry fixation channel (11), a water entry fixation channel (12), a light source, which enlightens the surroundings of the anus, fixation channel (13) on the outer edge of electromechanical waste removal pump's waste entry strait (7) (
The electronically equipped waste removal pump (5) transfers the solid wastes to the current waste storage (49) of the mobile multi-functional pant (17). Then it performs the hygienic cleaning of the patient. The waste transfer mechanism (29) that is settled under the waste storage (49) of the mobile multi-functional pant (17) has technical qualities that are similar to the multi-functional pant's but here the waste reserve storage is the waste reserve storage of the mobile multi-functional pant. When the wastes are full of in the waste reserve storage (49) of the mobile multi-functional pant (17), the waste reserve storage gives caution warnings through the current level sensor in it.
It is ensured that the mobile multi-functional pant, like in the multi-functional pant, is attached to the unit in order to empty the wastes in the waste reserve storage (49) of the mobile multi-functional pant (17) and transfer the wastes to the waste transfer mechanism (29).
The mobile multi-functional pant (17) with the support of its current technical equipment automatically provides the needs of the patient. It transfers the wastes to the waste reserve storage (49), during those procedures, it does not contaminate the defecation wastes of the people anywhere but the opening of anus (2) and it does not limit the movements.
Waste transfer mechanism (29) is settled in the unit and transfers the wastes in the waste reserve storage (19), where the wastes that are removed from the patient are collected, to the sewage system, through its mechanical equipment, by the directions of the unit, by attaching waste transfer station (30) automatically to the sewage system.
The waste transfer mechanism (29) takes place under the patient in the cabin of the unit (23). Waste transfer mechanism (29) has alignment channels (47) that enable the waste transfer mechanism to clamp to the waste transfer station (30). Those channels ensure that the waste transfer mechanism (29) is clamped and separated with the waste transfer station (30) by activating it through engine with a reducer (53) or pneumatic mechanic movements. Waste transfer mechanism (29) has a pipe (18) through which the multi-functional pant (17) attached on the patient removes the waste from the patient and has waste reserve storage (19) where the wastes are collected. The wastes are stored in the waste reserve storage (19). The gases of wastes that are stuck because of the wastes in the waste reserve storage (19) are filtered with gas filter (32) and through that way the smell is handled. There is a waste transfer pump (33), which is fixed to the storage, which mixes the wastes and transfers to the station, under the waste reserve storage (19). The waste reserve storage (19) is funnel-shaped and curved and has a very slippery surface in order to ensure that the wastes flow to the waste entry opening part of the waste transfer pump (33). Those qualities of the waste reserve storage (19) hinder the accumulation of the wastes on the edges and ensure that the waste transfer pump (33) flows to the waste entry opening. It alerts the unit through waste level sensor (34) when the waste reserve storage (19) is full of wastes. The unit notifies the warning of the waste reserve storage (19) through voice or light to the people outside the unit and it gives the warning for a direction to the waste transfer station (30). The waste transfer pump (33) in the waste transfer mechanism (29), until the directed unit automatically takes it to the waste transfer station (30) and stops in the line of clamping, by continuing operating, circulating the wastes in the inner waste circulation channel (35), transforming through the waste reserve storage (19), diluting the viscosity of the wastes that are subsided, providing the wastes with fluidity, simplifies the pumping of the wastes to the waste transfer station (30). The mechanism that operates the clamp that is fixed by passing before the waste transfer pipe (37) through which the waste transfer pump (33) pumps the wastes is a mechanism (36) which has one entry and two exits and through which the wastes, divided into two, pass. One (37) of the waste transfer pipes of the mechanism (36) operating the valve, which are divided into two, transfers the wastes to the station, the other (37) circulates the wastes by returning back to the inside of the storage. There is a waste redirecting clamp (38) in the point of the part where the pipes meet, which is controlled by the unit, has mechanical movements and will close the one of holes on the pipe on its both sides. The waste redirecting clamp (38) ensures that the wastes, which the waste transfer pump (33) transfers, circulates by the direction it gets from the unit by opening the entry of one of pipes and closing the entry of the other or ensures that the clamping occurs for its pumping to waste transfer station (30). If the clamping of the waste transfer mechanism (29), which is attached to the unit, to the waste transfer station (30) becomes unsuccessful, the procedure does not continue. If the clamping becomes successful, the unit gives direction to the waste transfer mechanism (29) to make the wastes transfer to the waste transfer station (30).
Waste transfer mechanism (29), by operating upon the direction it gets, from the waste transfer station (30) to the unit, with clean water pipe (39), transfers clean water, transfers energy to the station through DC energy transfer battery (40) and it performs automatically that the wastes are transferred to the waste transfer station (30). The waste transfer pump (33) current in waste transfer mechanism (29) with the help of sprinklers current in it, after the procedure of waste transfer, cleans itself through washing. After all those procedures finish, waste transfer mechanism (29) alerts the unit with the warning of the procedures' ending. All the procedures that waste transfer mechanism (29) performs are performed without human intervention automatically.
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Waste transfer station (30) is an equipment that is out of the unit and combines the unit. There are two current solenoids in the waste transfer station (30). One of those solenoids is attached to the main water system through a clean water pipe (39). The other one is that transfers water to the sprinkler (41) which washes the parts of the waste transfer station through which wastes transfer to the sewage system. Those solenoids work through the energy transfer with DC energy battery (40) by the unit during the clamping of the unit with waste transfer station (30) and through the direction the unit gives. Waste transfer station (30), by the dismembering of the closet fixation screws (43) that fix the closet (42) that has a connection with the sewage system in the places where the patient takes place like toilet, bathroom etc, replaces the closet (42) and the waste pipe part of the station (44) replaces the sewage system pipe (45). Then the closet (42) is settled on the waste transfer station (30). The closet (42), with the screws (43) of enough length that are given with waste transfer station (30), is fixed on the ground with the waste transfer station. In addition to that, if there is not closet (42), the waste transfer station (30) has equipments that will be mounted on the places that are near to the sewage system etc. or that are attached to the sewage system. In order for the waste transfer station (30) to help the unit clamp by performing transferring the wastes that are transferred from the unit, there is an alignment panel (52) which is attached with the waste transfer station (30), is mounted on the ground and has two channels. The alignment channels (47) of the unit alignment panel (52) aligns the unit to the waste transfer station (30) in order to ensure that the two front wheels of the unit pass and make the unit clamp to the waste transfer station (30) without any problems. While, after the clamping, the alignment channels complete the transfer of the wastes, that have been transferred to the waste transfer station (30) from the unit, to the sewage system without contaminating the surroundings, the waste transfer station (30), upon the direction by the unit, by opening the clean water pipe (39) solenoid that is one of the solenoids consistent in the waste transfer station, transfers the clean water to the storage of the unit. After the procedure of the waste transfer pipe (37) is finished, by opening the sprinkler (41) solenoid finished the cleaning of the target parts of the station. Thus, the unit, by performing all these procedures automatically, leaves the unit.
The support unit for conscious or unconscious physically handicapped patients characterized in that; it brings the patient to the squatting position while it fulfills the patient's defecation need and supports that the wastes are easily come out of the patient's body and the patient is relieved.
While the patient is fulfilling the defecation need, whatever position the patient is, as soon as the wastes leave the body, with the warning of the waste control sensor (10) current in the multi-functional pant (17), the unit brings the patient to the squatting (chair) position. Then the step (20) under the patient's feet and mobile step frame (28), to which the step is attached to, through the help of the mechanism by rising up brings the patient to the squatting position. That mechanic movement leads the patient's knees to make pressure on the abdominal region of the patient so it performs the cleaning of the intestines by helping the wastes transfer out of the body of the patient.
The support unit for conscious or unconscious physically handicapped patients characterized in that; it turns into a bed of standard bed size when wished and turns into a chair when wished. By these means, it becomes possible that the patient is wandered in various places with the unit.
When the patient is in bed position, the lateral wings (21) are of collapsible quality. The angles of the lateral wings (21), in order to hinder the patient from falling off the bed, are designed as to arrange in desired levels according to the consciousness level of the patient. Thus those lateral wings ensure that the unit can turn into a large bed after an opening and can get small enough to get through the doors. The equipments, on which there are manually controlled equipments and on which the patient put his/her arms when the patient uses the unit as a chair, are demounted on the lateral wings (21). When the unit turns into a bed, the pillow (24) support at the head side is curved in an angle that will provide the pillow need of the patient. When a direction is given in order to turn the unit into chair position, the unit by curving its lateral wings (21) inside again, turns into a mobile chair which has enough sizes to get through the doors. That situation gains the patient the freedom of sleeping comfortably in standard bed sizes in any place. The lateral wings (21), by opening in wished angles with mechanic movement, provide the quality of conversion to bed in standard bed sizes.
The support unit for conscious or unconscious physically handicapped patients which is designed for making the patient do physical movements characterized in that; it aims to hinder the constitution of bedsores on the body of the patient by fastening the blood circle of the patient through erecting the patient in different slants.
It ensures that the legs of the patient are curved from the knees and thus the legs move by keeping the patient in different slants and in upright position (25), by mobilizing the step (20) under the patients' feet up and down. There are safety belts (26) settled on the knee and chest which limits the unwelcome movements and hinders the patient from falling from the bed while the physical movements are done. The safety belts (26) support the patient to do movements in upright or other slants. The safety belt (26) that is attached to the knees of the patient is related to the step (20) on which the legs of the patient steps. The safety belt (26) and the step (20) do the movements together. The safety belt (26), designed differently for the knees, ensures that the knees of the patient are curved by moving with the step (20) simultaneously when the step moves upwards and by relaxing simultaneously ensures that the knees of the patient turn back to its former straight position when the step (20) moves downwards. The amount of pressure, which is made to the parts of the bed on which the patient touches, is proportionate with the slant of the body of the patient in vertical position (27). Thus the amount of pressure lessens when the patient gets closer to the upright position (25) from vertical position (27) and thanks to the movement the blood circle of the body gets normal. Thus the negative results like bed sores which are resulted from the pressure on the body are hindered through supporting the blood circle of the patient.
The support for the physically handicapped which is designed for unconscious physically handicapped patients characterized in that; it ensures that it fastens the blood circle of the patient by massaging under his/her feet in various angles and it relaxes the muscles of the patient. The step, on which the patient steps his/her feet by creating vibration, through the electro mechanic equipment it has, massages under the feet of the patient and ensures that the patient relaxes.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2009/01453 | Feb 2009 | TR | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/TR2010/000032 | 2/11/2010 | WO | 00 | 3/2/2012 |