Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
  • A61F5/00—Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices ; Anti-rape devices
  • A61F5/01—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or braces
  • A61F5/04—Devices for stretching or reducing fractured limbs; Devices for distractions; Splints
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
  • A61G1/00—Stretchers
  • A61G1/04—Parts, details or accessories, e.g. head-, foot-, or like rests specially adapted for stretchers
  • A61G1/052—Struts, spars or legs
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
  • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
  • A61M5/14—Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor
  • A61M5/1414—Hanging-up devices
  • A61M5/1415—Stands, brackets or the like for supporting infusion accessories
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
  • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
  • A61M5/14—Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor
  • A61M5/1414—Hanging-up devices
  • A61M5/1415—Stands, brackets or the like for supporting infusion accessories
  • A61M2005/1416—Stands, brackets or the like for supporting infusion accessories placed on the body of the patient

Definitions

• the present invention relates to disposable medical equipment/ aids for use especially within the hospital and health sectors. In Norway each year, approximately 45,000 people contract hospital infections and between 300 and 400 people die as a result of these infection.
• One of several measures in this connection could be to provide equipment and aids that are designed to be disposable. The use of such equipment/aids would prevent the spread of bacteria from equipment that has been used by one person or on one ward to a second person or a second ward.
• the patient will not need to call for help from an already overworked staff and can thus help to reduce the burden of work on said staff.
• the objective of the present invention is to provide disposable medical equipment/aids, in particular stands for infusion sets, that can be produced simply and cheaply and can thus be used once before being disposed of, thereby avoiding the aformentioned problems.
• Stands for infusion sets according to the invention make it easier, for example, for the domiciliary services to take stands to patients in their own homes as these occupy less space and are easier to handle than the stands that are currently available. At the same time one avoids the expense of returning the stands to a store and cleaning them since the stand according to the invention is a disposable stand that can be thrown away after use.
• the disposable stand is designed to be used together with a separate holder for attachment to a bed. Holders of this kind can, of course, be attached to chairs and wheelchairs.
• a means for attaching the stand to the patient himself is also provided, which will allow patients to remove the stand from a holder, if any, and attach it to themselves by means of a holder/carrying means and then walk with the stand to their desired destination.
• the product is made of inexpensive, recyclable material, such as paper, so that it can be used just once, thereby avoiding the spread of unwanted bacteria.
• equipment/aids other than stands for infusion sets can also be provided, viz., disposable crutches, walking sticks, stretchers and support/traction stands which can be can be built up of the components that are also used in the production of said stands for infusion sets.
• Said disposable stands and other medical equipment/aids produced in the same manner are low-cost products.
• the total costs will be reduced since a sufficient number of stands, equipment and aids can be made available on the various hospital wards or in ambulances, emergency vehicles and so forth, so that the health personnel do not have to look for stands and other equipment and aids and can thus spend more time with the patients.
• the domiciliary services' costs in terms of administration and other tasks in connection with the loan of equipment and aids will be reduced.
• the user ie, the patient, will find that, for example, a disposable stand with a carrying harness will allow greater mobility and in general make his/her stay in hospital easier.
• Figure 1 shows an infusion stand with equipment and carrying harness comprising a belt with a holster-like holder and support strap, said parts being illustrated in perspective in a spaced sequence.
• Figure 2 shows the stand with a suspended infusion set mounted on a patient by means of said carrying harness.
• Figure 3 shows in perspective a holder for the stand that is designed to be mounted on the edge of a bed, or optionally a wheelchair.
• Figure 4 shows a tubular member designed for connection by means of different embodiments of the connecting members as shown in Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 8a and 9.
• Figure 10 is an illustration of an end piece .
• Figure 11 is an illustration of a side support bracket for a crutch.
• Figure 12 shows a crutch constructed of the previously mentioned components with said side support bracket.
• Figure 13 shows a support/traction stand for use in the treatment of fractured limbs.
• Figure 14 is an illustration of a stretcher or ladder that has been constructed by using the aforementioned members.
• the tubular members 1 and the connecting members 2 that are illustrated in the drawing have a rectangular/square cross- section.
• the cross-section of the members can be of any shape whatsoever provided that they compatible with one another. It would be advantageous therefore if the members were circular in cross-section as this makes it possible to manufacture, in a very simple and inexpensive manner, the tubular blanks which will be used as tubular members 1 and connecting members 2.
• the members that are to be inserted into another tubular member can be solid if this is found to be expedient, as the solid member will not need to be capable of accommodating a second member.
• Figure 4 illustrates a tubular member 1, with a rectangular cross-section, for interaction with connecting members 2 having a rectangular cross-section and either having dimensions for insertion into said first-mentioned tubular member 1 or having dimensions for receiving said tubular member 1.
• the members are preferably made of inexpensive, environmentally friendly material, preferably recyclable paper material.
• Figures 5 to 9 illustrate different forms of connecting members 2 designed for different use, which shall be discussed in more detail below.
• Figure 1 illustrates a stand 3 for an infusion set 6 and comprises a lower tubular member 1 with a lower end la for insertion into a holder 4, and a tubular connecting member 2 for telescopic interaction with the upper end of said tubular member 1.
• Said tubular connecting member 2 supports one or more hooks 5 on which the infusion set 6 is to be suspended and is also equipped with side support brackets 7 for the infusion bag 6a to prevent any sideways movement thereof.
• the mounted stand 3 with an infusion set 6 and an infusion bag 6a in the side support bracket 7 is shown in Figure 2.
• the holder 4 is mounted on a carrying harness, eg, a belt 8 having a buckle 8a.
• a support strap 9, as shown in Figure 2 is attached to the front 8b of the support belt 8 by means of a snap hook 8c and a ring 8d.
• the second upper end of the support strap is attached to the upper end portion lb of the lower tubular member 1 by means of a snap hook 8c and a ring 8d.
• the support strap 9 is designed to run over the user's shoulder and restrict the swinging of the stand 3 when the user walks.
• Figure 3 shows the holder 4 mounted so as to be pivotally adjustable on a U-shaped bracket 4a for mounting on a side support or rail of a bed or stretcher, or on a similar part of a wheelchair.
• each connecting member 2 comprises at least one connection piece 2a for interaction with an end portion la of a tubular member 1 by insertion into or application onto said end portion la.
• connection pieces 2a,2b there are two connection pieces 2a,2b on the connecting member 2, arranged at an obtuse angle to one another, at an acute angle to one another, at right angles to one another and level with one another, respectively.
• Figure 7 illustrates a connecting member 2 with connection pieces 2a,2c level with one another and with a connection piece 2b arranged at right angles to said level connection pieces 2a,2c.
• Figure 8a shows a connecting member 2 with three connection pieces 2a,2b,2c each arranged at right angles to one another.
• a long tubular member 1 and a shorter tubular member 1' are connected to one another by means of connecting member 2 with connection pieces 2a,2b at an obtuse angle to one another.
• a projecting hand grip 10 is also provided on the connecting member.
• the short first tubular member 1' is equipped with a detachable U- shaped side support bracket 11 and the free end portion of the longer second tubular member 1 is preferably equipped with a cap 12 having a connection piece 2a, which can be designed for instance as shown in Figure 10, viz., with a plate or cap having a mounted connection piece 2a.
• Connecting members 2 comprising at least three connection pieces 2a,2b,2c, as shown in Figure 7, where the two connection pieces 2a, 2c are level with one another and connection piece 2a is at right angles to these, can be used for connecting several tubular members 1 of different appropriate lengths in order to make a stretcher 13 or a ladder as shown in Figure 14.
• the stretcher/ladder 13 illustrated here comprises two long parallel lengths of tube 13a,13b which can be said to be extra long tubular members 1 into which T-shaped connecting members 2 are inserted via the oppositely facing connection pieces 2a,2c which have a through-going hole.
• the parallel lengths of tube 13a 13b are thereafter attached to one another by means of transverse shorter lengths of tube 13c which interact with the connection pieces 2b on said connecting members 2.
• a ladder/stretcher of this kind can, of course, also be built up of short tubular members 1 which are fed onto oppositely facing connection pieces 2a,2c on said T-shaped connecting member 2.
• a support/traction stand 14 for use in the treatment of fractured arms and legs can be built up as shown in Figure 13, by using together with shorter and longer tubular members 1 connecting members 2 with an acute angle between the connection pieces 2a,2b and an obtuse angle between said connection pieces as shown in Figures 6 and 5, respectively, and also connecting members 2 with connection pieces 2a,2b,2c at right angles to one another.
• a major advantage that is obtained according to the present invention is that a number of members such as tubular members 1 and connecting members 2 and optional additional equipment can be packed in construction kits containing the members needed to form the desired product such as the stand 3 for an infusion set, a crutch and/or stretcher or ladder 13.
• the members can be sterilised and packed in sterile packages and can be kept in hospital stores, emergency vehicles and so on and put to use without any danger of transmitting bacteria and viruses as may happen when using non-disposable equipment that, in many cases, has not be adequately cleaned after previous use.
• all the members for making the different end products are cheap to manufacture and are made of environmentally friendly materials that can, for example, be burned or collected for recycling and thus used for making new, similar products or for making products for which the same materials are used.

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