JP3294864B2 - Non-slip tape for human body orthosis - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to medical equipment and sports equipment such as various supporters, tubular bandages, fixed bands for rib fractures, abdominal bands, and various braces for limbs used in the medical and sports fields. The present invention relates to a non-slip tape for use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Medical equipment such as a supporter for keeping warm, a functional supporter for various joints, a fixed band for rib fracture, a lower back pain band, a knee joint orthosis, an ankle joint orthosis, a clavicle fracture fixed band, an ankle joint, a knee joint, and a wrist joint. Sports equipment, such as supporters for lower limbs and forearms, etc., must be properly positioned and maintained in order to obtain the desired effect by wearing them on the body. Conventionally, various devices have been devised in order to maintain the medical equipment and the sports equipment in the correct mounting position. For example, in terms of structure, we design three-dimensionally to match the body shape, finish with draping, three-dimensional sewing,
In addition, various measures such as attaching many strings and belts are used, and the material side is made of elastic material.Even when using this elastic material, various modulus materials are combined or partially incorporated, and elastomer is applied to the skin side. Some measures have been taken to perform a non-slip treatment such as partially adhering a material, or to employ a material that is even less slippery.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned various methods which have been performed in the prior art are structurally complicated to manufacture.
In terms of materials, the cost of raw materials is high, special manufacturing techniques are required, and those with many strings and belts have the disadvantage of operability that the attaching and detaching operations are complicated and cannot be used by the elderly or handicapped. Those that have a non-slip treatment or a material that does not slip easily on the skin side can handle cases where the movement is relatively slow, but cannot handle cases where the range of movement is large or the movement is severe. That is, the shape of the body is complicated, and most parts are conical, and the muscles alternately enlarge and contract due to movement, so it is difficult to maintain medical equipment and sports equipment in the initial mounting position, In particular, when the amount of activity was large, a shift occurred during mounting, and it was necessary to frequently correct the position. In particular, in the case of a trunk orthosis, it is necessary to remove or take off clothes in order to correct the slip, and it is difficult to correct when going out.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, to have a simple structure and easy to manufacture, and to ensure that medical equipment and sports equipment worn even when body movements are severe are initially mounted. It is to provide a non-slip tape that can be maintained in position.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a non-slip tape for inserting between a brace to be worn and a body surface to prevent the brace from slipping. Saga 0.08kgf / cm ² with the following flexible substrates, brace inner surface material facing the side surface of the substrate has a coefficient of friction of 0.9 or more, facing the body surface of the substrate < An adhesive is applied to the surface on the <br/> side.

[0006]

In the present invention, the side of the base material to which the pressure-sensitive adhesive has been applied is stuck on the body surface, and the brace is mounted on the other side. Since it is large as 9 or more, it is difficult to slip between the appliance and the base material, the base material and the skin surface are firmly fixed by the adhesive, and when the force is applied to the appliance and the force is also applied to the base material, 0.08k of the base material
The substrate is deformed by the compressive strength and the flexibility of not more than gf / cm ^2, and the relaxed stress acts on the body surface.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention, wherein 1 is a substrate, which is made of a flexible material having a compressive strength of 0.08 kgf / cm ² or less, and a surface 2 on one side thereof is to be mounted. The side covered by the brace is formed so that the coefficient of friction of the brace with the interior material is 0.9 or more, and the surface is corrugated. Reference numeral 3 denotes an adhesive applied to the surface of the substrate 1 opposite to the surface 2, and reference numeral 4 denotes a protective paper.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 5 denotes a base material, a surface material 6 having a surface friction coefficient of 0.9 or more, and a compressive strength of 0.08 kgf / cm ² or less. Of the cushion material 7. Reference numeral 8 denotes an adhesive applied to the surface of the cushion member 7 opposite to the surface material 6, and reference numeral 9 denotes a protective paper for protecting the adhesive 8.

As the base material having a compressive strength of 0.08 kgf / cm ² or less, a foam structure or a nonwoven fabric can be used. These structures have the softness of the material itself,
The compressive strength varies depending on the foam density, the nonwoven fabric density, the pile density, and the like. Generally, the compressive strength decreases as the material itself is softer and has a lower density, and vice versa.
Examples of the foam structure include soft vinyl chloride, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, natural rubber, isoprene rubber, butadiene rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, chloroprene rubber, butyl rubber, ethylene propylene rubber, acrylic rubber, urethane rubber, and the like. A denatured elastomer foam having a density of 20 to 150 kg / m ³ can be used. In addition, urethane,
A nonwoven fabric made by a Fischer method or a spunbond method using an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer as a material, and having a density of 80 to 200 kg / m ³ , preferably 100 to 150 k.
g / m ³ can be used. Substrate thickness is 3
８8 mm, preferably 3-5 mm.

[0010] The base material in the case of forming a composite material of the surface material and the cushioning material, as a surface material using one lot of elastomer content in the above material, the cushion material can be used the above-described foam it can. Note that the surface material and the cushion material can be bonded with an adhesive.

The pressure-sensitive adhesive is preferably a pressure-sensitive adhesive such as a rubber-based or acrylic-based pressure-sensitive adhesive that is gentle on human skin. The adhesive may be applied entirely or partially to the base fabric.

As the protective paper, those commonly used for commercially available pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes can be used. For example, polyethylene or polypropylene films or those obtained by laminating these on paper and further subjected to silicone treatment can be used. .

[0013] The inner surface material of orthoses such as various supporters, bandages, fixed bands, braces and the like generally used in the medical field and the sports field is in contact with the skin for a long period of time. From cotton, polyester, vinylidene chloride, polyamide, polyacrylic is used,
The structure is either knit, woven or non-woven fabric,
The frictional resistance between the inner surface of these appliances and the opposing surface of the non-slip tape must be high. In the present invention, the limit value is obtained from both the friction coefficient and the compressive strength. That is, when the coefficient of friction is 0.9 or less, it is impossible to hold the brace at the mounting position, and the mounting time is prolonged. In addition, if the affected part is tightened with a strong force in order to prevent the displacement of the orthosis, an uncomfortable feeling during wearing and an increase in blood circulation will be caused.

If the compressive strength is not less than 0.08 kgf / cm ² , the backstretch will concentrate on the non-slip portion when the brace is mounted, and the discomfort will be concentrated on this portion or it may cause pressure ulcers . Compressive strength is 0.08kgf /
In the case of cm ² or less, when the orthosis tries to shift due to the movement, it causes structural deformation, buffers the shear stress, and acts to reduce the sense of discomfort of the anti-slip tape to the skin adhesive portion.

Next, a method of using the anti-slip tape of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The figure shows an example in which a knee joint supporter is used as a brace to be worn. Numeral 11 denotes a knee joint supporter made of elastic circular knitting, which is attached from the thigh 12 to the lower leg 13. Reference numeral 14 denotes a non-slip tape of the present invention, which is wound around the thigh 12 and the lower leg 13 so that the side on which the adhesive is applied comes above the skin after the protective paper is removed. In this case, the width of the non-slip tape is preferably about 30 mm. The knee joint supporter 11 is mounted on the tape. The winding position of the tape 14 is set near the upper end and the lower end of the supporter 11.

[0016]

By inserting the non-slip tape of the present invention between the brace to be mounted and the body surface, the friction coefficient between the brace and the non-slip tape is 0.9 or more.
In addition, since the adhesive between the anti-slip tape and the skin surface is held by an adhesive, the orthosis can be re-positioned without prolonged or even intense movement, even when worn for a long time. No action is required. Also if the appliance by bending and stretching of the body is pulled Shin field, causing a stress dispersion because even pulling force is applied to the slip tape base material flexible in this part, to use without discomfort not applied a large stress to the skin be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a method of using the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 5 Base material 2 Surface 3, 8 Adhesive 6 Surface material 7 Cushion material

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-62-68457 (JP, A) JP-A-60-220058 (JP, A) JP-A 62-36047 (JP, U) JP-A 63-21027 (JP , U) Fully open sho 60-154168 (JP, U) Fully open sho 60-136389 (JP, U) Really open sho 62-6326 (JP, U) Really open sho 64-28624 (JP, U) Really open 56-134349 (JP, U) Shokai 56-123894 (JP, U) Shokai 62-66616 (JP, U) Shoko 62-3022 (JP, Y2) (58) Fields surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A61F 5/01 A63B 71/08 A61F 13/02 310

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A non-slip tape inserted between an orthosis to be worn and a body surface to prevent the orthosis from shifting,
A flexible substrate having a compressive strength of 0.08 kgf / cm ² or less is provided, and the surface of the substrate facing the inner surface material of the brace has a coefficient of friction of 0.9 or more and faces the body surface of the substrate. A non- slip tape for a human body orthosis , characterized in that an adhesive is applied to the surface on the side to be slipped.