JP5133173B2 - Mattress equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mattress device suitable for performing CPAP therapy.

  In the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, the airway may be obstructed for some reason during sleep, oxygen deficiency due to apnea or hypopnea, or the quality of sleep may decrease. Therefore, patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome are subjected to continuous positive pressure breathing (hereinafter referred to as CPAP therapy) during sleep.

As is well known in CPAP therapy, a patient wears a mask, and pressurized air or breathable gas is sent to the mask from an air supply device through an air supply tube. Air pressure is set to be delivered into the lungs both when the patient is inhaling and exhaling. Thereby, since an airway is secured, it is prevented that a patient becomes apnea or hypopnea during sleep. Patent Document 1 discloses a mask used for CPAP therapy.
JP 2008-73550 A

  When a patient receives a CPAP therapy on a mattress device, the mask worn by the patient and the air supply tube communicating with the air supply device are loosened to the side of the patient's head. There was a thing to become.

  In addition, if the patient takes a lying or prone sleeping posture from a lying posture, the mask worn by the patient hits the top surface of the mattress device, so that the patient's face is compressed by the mask and the sleeping comfort is reduced. is there.

  The present invention provides a mattress in which an air supply tube connected to a mask worn by a patient is not obstructed and the face is not easily pressed by the mask when the patient changes the sleeping posture to the sideways or downwards. To provide an apparatus.

The present invention includes a mattress body,
An insertion hole formed through one end of the mattress body in the longitudinal direction in the thickness direction;
One end communicates with the insertion hole on the lower surface of one end in the longitudinal direction of the mattress body, and the other end has a communication groove formed to open to the side surface of the mattress body ,
The mattress body is composed of a spring unit,
This spring unit is divided into a first part and a second part at one end in the longitudinal direction,
A cushion body is interposed between the first portion and the second portion over the entire length in the width direction of the spring unit, the insertion hole is formed in the longitudinal center of the cushion body, and the communication is formed on the lower surface. A mattress device, wherein the groove is formed over the entire length in the longitudinal direction. It is in

It is preferable that the first part and the second part of the spring unit are connected by a rectangular connection frame with the cushion body interposed therebetween.

  The mattress main body is preferably covered with an exterior ground, and an opening is preferably formed at a location corresponding to the communication groove of the exterior ground.

  According to the present invention, the air supply tube connecting the air supply device and the mask can be passed through the communication groove opened in the side surface of the mattress main body, and can be led out from the communication groove to the upper surface of the mattress main body through the insertion hole.

  Therefore, since it is not necessary to greatly loosen the air supply tube on the side of the patient's head, it is difficult to get in the way, and when the patient changes the sleeping posture to the side or downward, the mask enters the insertion hole, The patient's face is less likely to be pressed by the mask.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  1 is a plan view of the mattress device 1, FIG. 2 is a side view, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the internal structure, and FIG. 4 is a side view thereof. The mattress device 1 includes a spring unit 2 as a mattress body as shown in FIGS. In the spring unit 2, a large number of pocket coil springs 3 are arranged in a matrix, and reinforcing frame lines 4 are attached to the peripheral portions of the upper and lower surfaces by clips (not shown).

  The spring unit 2 is divided into a first portion 2a and a second portion 2b at one end in the longitudinal direction. Between the first portion 2a and the second portion 2b, a cushion body 6 formed in a columnar shape by an elastic material such as urethane foam is interposed over the entire length of the spring unit 2 in the width direction.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the cushion body 6 is about half the thickness of the spring unit 2, and a concave curved surface 7 is formed on the lower surface over the entire length in the longitudinal direction. As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (c), support members 8 made of the same material as that of the cushion body 6 and having the same height as the thickness of the spring unit 2 are attached to both side surfaces.

  Accordingly, a communication groove 9 is formed on the lower surface of the cushion body 6 over the entire length in the width direction of the spring unit 2 as shown in FIG. The cushion body 6 and the support member 8 may be integrally formed.

  An insertion hole 11 penetrating in the thickness direction is formed at the center of the cushion body 6 in the longitudinal direction. The communication groove 9 has a central portion in the longitudinal direction communicating with the insertion hole 11, and both ends open on the side surface of the spring unit 2.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the divided first part 2 a and second part 2 b of the spring unit 2 are connected by a connecting frame 13. Thereby, the first portion 2a and the second portion 2b of the spring unit 2 are integrally connected by the frame line 4 and the connecting frame 13 with the cushion body 6 interposed therebetween.

  By dividing the spring unit 2 into a first part 2a and a second part 2b and providing a cushion body 6 therebetween, an insertion hole 11 penetrating in the thickness direction can be easily formed in the spring unit 2. It becomes. In addition, the first portion 2a and the second portion 2b of the divided spring unit 2 are connected by the connecting frame 13, so that the strength of the spring unit 2 is not reduced.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the spring unit 2 is covered with an exterior ground 14 sewn in a bag shape. A first opening 15 (only one is shown in FIG. 2) is formed in a portion of the exterior ground 14 facing both ends of the communication groove 9, and the upper surface of the cushion body 6 facing the insertion hole 11 is the first. Two openings 16 are formed. Thereby, both ends of the communication groove 9 are opened to the outside by the first opening 15.
As shown in FIG. 2, the insertion hole 11 is detachably mounted with a nest 17 formed of a cushion material from the second opening 16. Thereby, the insertion hole 11 can be closed.

  Note that a filter member 18 (shown in FIG. 4) indicated by a chain line in FIG. 1 is provided at a portion of the lower surface of the mattress device 1 facing the insertion hole 11. The filter member 18 is detachably held on the exterior ground 14 by a holding cloth 19 provided with a hook-and-loop fastener.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the user U lies on the top surface of the mattress device 1 configured as described above. When the user U has obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, CPAP therapy is performed during sleep. The user U wears the mask 21 to perform the CPAP therapy.

  The mask 21 is connected to an air supply device 23 by an air supply tube 22. Thereby, since air of a predetermined pressure is sent to the user U during sleep, an airway is secured. The user U uses a pillow P indicated by a chain line in FIG. 6 as necessary.

  The air supply tube 22 is inserted into the communication groove 9 formed in the lower surface of the cushion body 6, that is, the lower surface of the spring unit 2, from the first opening 15 formed in the exterior ground 14 on the side surface of the mattress device 1. It is led out from the second opening 16 through the insertion hole 11 from the communication groove 9 and connected to the mask 21.

  For this reason, the air supply tube 22 is hardly exposed to the side of the user U's head on the upper surface of the mattress device 1 and hardly interferes with it. In addition, when performing CPAP therapy, the nest | insert 17 put in the insertion hole 11 is removed beforehand.

  When the user U wearing the mask 21 changes the sleeping posture to the side or downward, particularly downward, with the head facing the insertion hole 11, the mask 21 enters the insertion hole 11. For this reason, since the mask 21 is not strongly pressed against the upper surface of the mattress device 1, the face of the user U is hardly pressed by the mask 21.

  In particular, since there are people who go to bed lying down recently, the mattress device 1 configured as described above is convenient when such a user U needs CPAP therapy.

  The communication groove 9 through which the air supply tube 22 passes is formed over the entire length of the spring unit 2 in the width direction. That is, it opens to both side surfaces of the mattress device 1. Therefore, when one side surface of the mattress device 1 is on the wall surface side, for example, the air supply tube 22 can be passed through the first opening 15 on the other side surface. That is, the air supply tube 22 can be passed from the communication groove 9 to the insertion hole 11 regardless of the installation state of the mattress device 1.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, a spring unit as a mattress main body may be configured by using a spring other than a pocket coil spring, and a urethane foam or the like may be used instead of the spring unit. You may make it form with the elastic material of.

  Furthermore, although the communication groove was formed over the entire length in the width direction on the lower surface of one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the mattress body, it is only necessary that one end of the communication groove communicates with the insertion hole and the other end opens on the side surface of the mattress body. For example, it may be formed only in half of the width direction of the mattress body, or may be formed so that the other end is opened on one end surface in the longitudinal direction of the mattress body.

The top view of the mattress device showing one embodiment of this invention. The side view of the mattress apparatus shown in FIG. The top view of a spring unit. The side view of the spring unit shown in FIG. (A)-(c) is a three-plane figure of a cushion body. Explanatory drawing when a user is receiving CPAP therapy.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 ... Spring unit, 9 ... Communication groove, 11 ... Insertion hole, 14 ... Exterior surface, 15 ... 1st opening part, 16 ... 2nd opening part, 21 ... Mask, 22 ... Air supply tube, 23 ... Air supply apparatus.

Claims (3)

The mattress body,
An insertion hole formed through one end of the mattress body in the longitudinal direction in the thickness direction;
One end communicates with the insertion hole on the lower surface of one end in the longitudinal direction of the mattress body, and the other end has a communication groove formed to open to the side surface of the mattress body ,
The mattress body is composed of a spring unit,
This spring unit is divided into a first part and a second part at one end in the longitudinal direction,
A cushion body is interposed between the first portion and the second portion over the entire length in the width direction of the spring unit, the insertion hole is formed in the longitudinal center of the cushion body, and the communication is formed on the lower surface. A mattress device, wherein the groove is formed over the entire length in the longitudinal direction. The mattress device according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion and the second portion of the spring unit are connected by a rectangular connecting frame with the cushion body interposed therebetween. The mattress device according to claim 1, wherein the mattress main body is covered with an exterior ground, and an opening is formed at a location corresponding to the communication groove of the exterior ground.

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