Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Dry closets – Receptacle type
Patent
1998-11-25
2000-10-10
Walczak, David J.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Dry closets
Receptacle type
4480, 4482, A47K 1106
Patent
active
061287903
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a sanitary apparatus for assisting infirm persons, in particular for aiding in performing physiological functions.
Currently, to assist infirm persons who are bedridden, or anyway not independent with regard to ambulation and/or the erect posture, essentially manual procedures are carried out, particularly in regard to aiding in performing physiological functions, such as operations connected to defecation, to urination and to the subsequent cleansing operations.
Manually performed procedures can be found annoying both by the person being assisted and by the paramedic personnel rendering assistance.
To allow infirm persons to satisfy their physiological needs without a totally manual intervention, apparatuses have been designed for the collection of physiological waste, to be associated to beds, armchairs and similar structures for patients.
BACKGROUND ART
In the prior art, patent IT-1.231.364, provided an apparatus for the collection of patients' physiological waste. The document describes an apparatus able to allow infirm persons, forced to a total or partial immobility, to satisfy their physiological needs. The apparatus essentially comprises a structure fitted with a vertically movable anatomic element to aid in supporting a patient, means able to cleanse and dry the patient and a container for collecting physiological waste. This apparatus thus is able to facilitate the aforesaid physiological operations, collecting the waste in the appropriate container.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
The invention constituting the object of the present patent application intends to solve the problem related to infirm persons' defecation and urination, and to their cleansing, washing and drying, providing an apparatus able to aid in performing physiological functions collecting the waste in containers which are preferably single-use and sealable.
In this way, on one hand, the apparatus allows to perform physiological functions and the subsequent cleansing operations, while on the other hand it enables to isolate the waste resulting from the aforesaid operations, eliminating the possibility of contact with that waste, facilitating its disposal. These characteristics are extremely important in the context of the current regulations for handling hospital waste and from the point of view of improving patients' living conditions as weel as paramedic personnel's working conditions.
The sanitary apparatus for assisting infirm personnel is of the type comprising a support structure, an anatomic support element, motion means able to translate vertically at least the anatomic support element between at least two positions, cleansing means and ventilation means able, respectively, to deliver a cleansing liquid and to produce an air circulation; the sanitary apparatus is characterised in that it is provided with means for supporting a container, destined to collect the waste resulting from physiological functions and/or the cleansing liquid, in correspondence with said support area or in any case in an area connected thereto and with means able to close the container, in such a way as hermetically to isolate its contents.
Using as a receptacle a bag made of heat-sealable material, the apparatus can comprise closure means constituted by binding elements for sealing the content of the bag.
The motion of the means for supporting and closing the container can advantageously be commanded by means of cam means, i-e. guided by means of simple design and able to guarantee a remarkable reliability, thanks to the absence of complex motion mechanisms.
Moreover, the various procedures of the apparatus can be managed partly or totally by electronic command and control means able to make the various components of the apparatus perform a succession of operating phases, controlled in an essentially automatic manner.
The technical characteristics of the invention, according to the aforesaid purposes, can clearly be seen from the content of the claims reported below and its advantages shall be
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Desstone S.r.l.
Walczak David J.
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