Beds – Invalid bed or surgical support – Having drain means
Patent
1995-08-28
1998-03-24
Meyers, Steven N.
Beds
Invalid bed or surgical support
Having drain means
5604, 4547, 4584, A47K 708, A61H 3500
Patent
active
057298483
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a bed having a wash tub for pubes for washing pubes of bedridden people, particularly to a bed with a wash tub for pubes which has been improved in order to simplify washing work and reduce work loads of nursing personnel in taking care of patients.
Several types of beds (nursing bed) for disabled people such as bedridden aged people are equipped with portable bathtubs or toilet bowls therebelow. These facilities have assisted nursing persons in reducing their work loads in taking care of patients who are unable to walk to toilets for excretions or to bathrooms for bathing.
2. Tasks to be Solved by the Invention
Even though such a nursing bed is used, a work load of a nursing person has been still heavy. Particularly, when nursing work is carried out in a normal house and by a house wife, who is sometimes old and not physically strong, physical labor during nursing accumulates to a serious level. Such a burden often brings about a backache to the nursing person.
When a washing system for pubes with poor capability had to be used, it was impracticable to wash a wide area around pubes of the patient.
Under the above described circumstances, in nursing bedridden aged people and the like, diapers are worn, and at the practical utmost, their pubes and surrounding areas are wiped with napkins or towels after evacuations. Under such grade of cleaning, it is pointed out that germs such an colitis increase around pubes of the patients to cause complications.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a bed with a wash tub for pubes which may reduce nursing work loads and improve conditions of the patients during the washing.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In order to achieve the above object, the bed with a wash tub for pubes of the present invention comprises a main frame with legs, a wash tub for pubes positioned at the center of the main frame, a mattress laid on the main frame; and it is characterized in that the wash tub has a tub body, a pair of left and right hip supports partially provided in the tub, a hot water supply means which supplies hot water to a col portion between the hip supports and a drain means. In this equipment, the col portion between the hip supports means the sunken portion between the pair of hip supports.
In the bed with a wash tub for pubes of the present invention, when the mattress over the wash tub is removed, the wash tub is positioned just under the hips of the bedridden person. Thus, washing is carried out with barely moving the patient. The patient's hips are placed on the paired hip supports which are adapted for such use, and then the col portion between the hip supports is showered with a hot water to wash the pubes of the patient successfully.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a partly cross-sectional side view showing a bed with a wash tub for pubes in use in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view showing an unoperational state of the bed with a wash tub for pubes of the FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the wash tub of the bed with a wash tub for pubes in the FIG. 1.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Now an embodiment of the present invention is described.
FIG. 1 is a partly cross-sectional side view showing an operational state of the bed with a wash tub for pubes in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. This bed 3 with a wash tub for pubes is composed of a main frame 5 with legs 7, a wash tub 21 for pubes, mattresses 11 and 15.
The wash tub 21 for pubes is located mostly at the center of the main frame 5 in a longitudinal direction (length direction of the bedridden person) and in (or slightly below) the main frame 5. The wash tub 21 for pubes is composed of a tub body 23, hip supports 25, washing nozzles 27, 27' for pubes, a drain trap 31 and drainpipes 33, etc. The tub body 23 is a shallow basin having depth of 10 to 20 cm and made of plastics, ceramics or stainless steel, etc. The hip supports 25 are projections f
REFERENCES:
patent: 202116 (1878-04-01), Price
patent: 963538 (1910-07-01), Ford
patent: 3066312 (1962-12-01), Reavis
Meyers Steven N.
Santos Robert G.
Yukigaya Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
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