Abstract
Disclosed is a buttock support for at least partial load-relief of the body weight of a person, the buttock support having two support regions adapted to receive at least part of a buttock region of the person. Also disclosed is a load-relief system having the aforementioned buttock support. The two support regions are separated from one another by a gap and are rounded. The gap separates the two support regions from one another centrally. The buttock support significantly simplifies the connection of a person to the aforementioned load-relief system to prepare for manual and/or automated physical therapy and also ensures that the thigh region, in particular the inner face of the thigh, and the groin region are accessible for further medical/therapeutic treatment by the medical staff.
Claims
1. A buttock support for at least partial load-relief of the body weight of a person, the buttock support comprising: a receiving means for receiving at least part of a buttock region of the person, the receiving means having a longitudinal extent, a height, a front face, a rear face, a top face and a bottom face; wherein the receiving means comprises at least one connecting element for operative connection to a bed or a load-relief system; wherein the receiving means further comprises two support regions which are separated from one another by a gap, wherein the support regions are rounded at least with respect to the top face and the front face the receiving means; and wherein the gap separates the two support regions from one another centrally with respect to the longitudinal extent of the receiving means.
2. The buttock support of claim 1, wherein the gap is between 2 and 7 cm.
3. The buttock support of claim 1, wherein the receiving means is configured in one piece.
4. The buttock support of claim 1, wherein the receiving means is configured in multiple pieces, the two support regions, in particular, being configured as separate components.
5. The buttock support of claim 1, wherein the receiving means has a greater height in the region of its lateral faces than in the region of the gap.
6. The buttock support of claim 1, wherein the two support regions are configured so as to project out of a base plane of the receiving means in the direction of its front face.
7. The buttock support of claim 1, wherein the two support regions have a non-slip surface with respect to skin at least with regard to the top face and/or the front face.
8. The buttock support of claim 1, wherein the two support regions are formed from an elastic material or are provided with an elastic cushion layer at least with regard to the top face and/or the front face.
9. The buttock support of claim 1, further comprising at least one belt for reversible fixing of the receiving means on the person.
10. The buttock support of claim 1, wherein the receiving means, in particular the two support regions, are formed at least in sections from a disinfectable plastic made from polyurethane, or are provided with a disinfectable coating made from polyurethane.
11. The buttock support of claim 1, wherein the receiving means comprises at least one handle for transporting the buttock support, in particular the receiving means, when not in use.
12. The buttock of claim 1, wherein the connecting element for operative connection to the bed comprises a connecting apparatus with at least one connecting arm wherein the at least one connecting arm is mounted pivotably via at least one joint, with the result that the buttock support can be moved from a storage position below a mattress of the bed into a use position above the mattress of the bed and vice versa.
13. A load-relief system for at least partial load-relief of the body weight of a person, the load-relief system comprising: a suspension means for fastening the load-relief system to a head end of a bed, in particular of a hospital bed; and a supporting means for operative connection of the suspension means to an apparatus for supporting the person; wherein the apparatus for supporting the person is a buttock support as claimed in claim 1.
14. The load-relief system of claim 13, wherein the supporting means or a connecting element for operative connection to the load-relief system comprises a quick-action fastener which is configured to release the connection between the buttock support and the suspension means without further tools.
15. The buttock support of claim 2, wherein the gap is between 4 and 5 cm.
16. The buttock support of claim 15, wherein the gap is 4.75 cm.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS
[0027] Additional details and further advantages of the invention will be described in the following text on the basis of preferred exemplary embodiments, to which the present invention is not restricted, however, and in conjunction with the appended drawing, in which, diagrammatically:
[0028] FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of a verticalizable hospital bed with a load-relief system for at least partial load-relief of the body weight of a person, and one embodiment of a buttock support according to the invention for said load-relief system,
[0029] FIG. 2 shows a side view of a first embodiment, configured in one piece, of a buttock support according to the invention,
[0030] FIG. 3 shows a frontal view of the embodiment of the buttock support from FIG. 2,
[0031] FIG. 4 shows a frontal view of a second embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support according to the invention,
[0032] FIG. 5 shows a frontal view of a third embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support according to the invention,
[0033] FIG. 6 shows a frontal view of a fourth embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support according to the invention,
[0034] FIG. 7 shows a side view of a fifth embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support according to the invention,
[0035] FIG. 8 shows a side view of a sixth embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support according to the invention,
[0036] FIG. 9 shows a seventh embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support according to the invention, in the case of which the support regions are oriented centrally with regard to a height of a base plane,
[0037] FIG. 10 shows a view of a top face of the embodiment from FIG. 9,
[0038] FIG. 11 shows an eighth embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support according to the invention, in the case of which the base plane of the receiving means is extended in the direction of the top face and comprises fastening elements for at least one belt,
[0039] FIG. 12 shows a ninth embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support according to the invention, in the case of which the base plane of the receiving means comprises a handle,
[0040] FIG. 13 shows a plan view by way of example of a bed with a buttock support arranged thereon which is operatively connected to a bed via two connecting elements which are configured as a rail/slide system for operative connection to said bed,
[0041] FIGS. 14 a-c show a sequence of figures of the operative connection of a further embodiment of a buttock support according to the invention to a bed via a corresponding connecting element comprising a connecting apparatus and pivotably mounted connecting arms; and
[0042] FIGS. 15 a-c show a sequence of figures of the operative connection of a further embodiment of a buttock support, configured in multiple pieces, according to the invention to a bed via a corresponding connecting element comprising a connecting apparatus and pivotably mounted connecting arms.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0043] In the following description of preferred embodiments of the present invention, identical designations denote identical or comparable components.
[0044] FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of a bed 5, in particular of a verticalizable hospital bed, with a load-relief system 4 for at least partial load-relief of the body weight of a person 9, and a refinement of a buttock support 1 according to the invention for said relief system 4.
[0045] For the preparation of manual and/or automated physical therapy of critically ill, in particular unconscious patients, said patients can preferably be connected in their verticalizable hospital bed 5 to a load-relief system 4 for at least partial load-relief of the body weight of the person 9. In this way, the performance of the rehabilitation movements can be carried out in a manner which is dependent on the verticalization angle set in each case by way of a verticalization mechanism 52 of a bed 5, in particular of a hospital bed, or of a standing table (not depicted), under the influence of an increasing correspondingly decreasing magnitude of the weight acting on the lower extremities of the person. Here, the load-relief system 4 makes both securing and support of the patient possible, by a part of the body weight being absorbed by the load-relief system 4, with the result that therapy movements can be carried out even at comparatively high verticalization angles (for example, >70) which are necessary for the performance of a movement sequence which is as similar as possible to the normal walking movement, which therapy movements are adapted to the respective health state of the patient with regard to the weight loading on the lower extremities. Here, said therapy movement can be carried out manually by a physiotherapist or else can take place in an automated manner, preferably by way of a rehabilitation mechanism which is arranged at the foot end 54 of the hospital bed 5. To this end, FIG. 1 shows by way of example a foot module 532 of a rehabilitation mechanism of this type.
[0046] The load-relief system 4 according to the invention for at least partial load-relief of the body weight of a person 9 comprises at least one suspension means 44 for fastening the load-relief system 4 to a head end 51 of a bed 5, in particular of a hospital bed, and a supporting means 41 for operative connection of the suspension means 44 to a buttock support 1 according to the invention as apparatus for supporting the person 9.
[0047] FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 show a side view (FIG. 2) and a frontal view (FIG. 3) of a first embodiment, configured in one piece, of a buttock support 1 according to the invention.
[0048] The buttock support 1 according to the invention for at least partial load-relief of the body weight of a person 9 comprises at least one receiving means 11 for receiving at least one part of a buttock region of the person 9, with a longitudinal extent LA, a height H, a front face VS, a rear face RS, a top face OS and a bottom face US. In addition, the receiving means 11 comprises at least one connecting element 12a; 12b for operative connection to the bed 5 (connecting element 12b, cf. FIGS. 9 and 10) or the load-relief system 4 (connecting element 12a). For operative connection to the load-relief system 4, two connecting elements 12a can preferably be arranged in the region of the lateral faces of the receiving means 11, in particular on its base plane 111. Here, the connecting means 12a for operative connection to the load-relief system 4 can preferably be arranged on the receiving means 11, in particular its base plane 111, centrally with regard to the height H of the receiving means 11 or shifted in the direction of the top face OS of the receiving means 11. An arrangement of the connecting means 12a shifted in the direction of the top face OS of the receiving means 11 advantageously counteracts a tilting moment of the buttock support 1. The connecting element 12a or, as shown here, the connecting elements 12a for operative connection to a load-relief system 4 can be configured here, in particular, as simple eyelets, through which supporting means 41 of the load-relief system 4 are guided. The connecting elements 12a can also, however, be configured as rollers or bearings (not shown here). As an alternative, the at least one connecting element 12a or in this case the two connecting elements 12a can finally also be configured as fixed attachments without degrees of freedom, for example in the form of a labyrinth connection, in the case of which the supporting means 41 can be threaded into a labyrinth arranged on the receiving means 11. A labyrinth connection of this type of the supporting means 41 and the buttock support 1 or its receiving means 11 advantageously makes the rapid exchange of the buttock support 1 possible for hygienic reasons or in the case of wear, but at the same time advantageously prevents unintentional release of the operative connection. Moreover, the receiving means 11 has two support regions 13 which are separated from one another by a gap 14. The gap 14 can be between 2 and 7 cm, preferably between 4 and 5 cm, particularly preferably 4.75 cm. The gap 14 separates the two support regions 13 from one another centrally with regard to the longitudinal extent LA of the receiving means 11, and advantageously enables not only improved accessibility of the thighs, the groin area and/or the intimate area of a person 9 seated on the buttock support 1 for further medical treatment, but rather also advantageously increases the use comfort of the buttock support 1, since, in particular, the intimate area of the person 9 is not subjected to any pressure forces. In addition, the support regions 13 are of rounded configuration at least with regard to the top face OS and the front face VS of the receiving means 11.
[0049] As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the receiving means 11 can be configured in one piece. Here, the two support regions 13 can preferably be configured so as to project from a base plane 111 of the receiving means 11 in the direction of its front face VS, in order to increase the spacing of the person 9 seated on the buttock support 1 from the receiving means 11, in particular its base plane 111, and therefore also from the bed surface of the hospital bed 5. In addition, the support regions 13 can also preferably protrude beyond the base plane 111 of the receiving means 11 in the direction of the top face OS of the receiving means 11. Both the spacing of the support elements 13 with regard to the front face VS and with regard to the top face OS of the receiving means 11 advantageously increase the accessibility of the thighs, the groin area and/or the intimate area of a person 9 seated on the buttock support 1 for a further medical treatment.
[0050] FIG. 4 shows a frontal view of a second embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support 1 according to the invention. The base plane 111 of the receiving means 11 and the two support regions 13 can be constructed as separate components, as shown here, and can preferably be connected to one another via a holder 132. In the embodiment which is shown here, the holder 132 is of approximately V-shaped configuration and is connected via a center element to two side elements of the receiving means 11 which together likewise point in a V-shaped manner in the direction of the top face OS of the receiving means 11. Connecting elements 12a for operative connection to the load-relief system 4, in particular via its supporting means 41, can in turn be arranged on the side elements.
[0051] As described in the first embodiment, the two support regions 13 can be configured so as to preferably project out of a base plane 111 of the receiving means 11 in the direction of its front face VS, in order to increase the spacing of the person 9 seated on the buttock support 1 from the receiving means 11, in particular its base plane 111, and therefore also from the bed surface of the hospital bed 5. In addition, the support regions 13 can also preferably protrude beyond the base plane 111 of the receiving means 11 in the direction of the top face OS of the receiving means 11. The protruding beyond the base plate 111 of the receiving means 11 in the direction of the top face OS of the receiving means 11 is advantageously increased further by way of the approximately V-shaped arrangement of the side elements of the receiving means 11 in this embodiment.
[0052] Moreover, FIG. 4 also shows that the buttock support 1 can comprise at least one, preferably (as shown here) two, belts 15 for reversible fixing of the receiving means 11 on the person 9. A belt 15 of this type or belts 15 of this type can be provided both in the variant of single-piece configuration and in the variant of multiple-piece configuration of the receiving means 11. They serve as additional securing of the patient (the person 9) on the buttock support 1. The belt or belts 15 can advantageously be manufactured from an elastic material here and can be capable of being connected via slot-like openings reversibly to the buttock support 1, in particular its receiving means 11, with the result that the buttock support 1 can be converted simply and rapidly from a variant with belt 15/belts 15 into a variant without belt 15/belts 15. If the supporting means 41 is configured as a rigid element, the belt 15 or belts 15 can run, for example, starting centrally from the base plane 111 obliquely in the direction of the supporting means 41 (in the case of two supporting means 41 in the region of the lateral faces of the buttock support 1, in particular of its receiving means 11). The belt 15 or belts 15 can also run along the longitudinal extent LA of the buttock support 1 from one lateral face to the other. All course variants mentioned by way of example of the belt 15 or the belts 15 can advantageously serve as a further securing possibility against particularly greatly impaired, above all also unconscious, patients sliding off from the buttock support 1, and at the same time can ensure the freedom of movement of the legs of the person 9 here.
[0053] FIG. 5 shows a frontal view of a third embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support 1 according to the invention. In this embodiment of the buttock support 1 according to the invention, the base plane 111 of the receiving means 11 is configured as a rectangular component, on which the holder 132 for the support regions 13 is arranged. As in the previous example, the holder 132 can be of approximately V-shaped configuration and, likewise as before, can hold the two support regions 13 from the inside, that is to say in the region of the gap 14.
[0054] In contrast, FIG. 6 shows a frontal view of a fourth embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support 1 according to the invention, in which said holder 132 holds the support regions 13 in each case from the outside, that is to say on that side of the support regions 13 which in each case faces the lateral faces of the buttock support 1. As has already been mentioned above, all the embodiments which are shown can also comprise at least one, preferably two belts 15, for reversible fixing of the receiving means 11 on the person 9. In comparison with a fastening of the support regions 13 via holders 132 from the inside (as shown, for example, in the third embodiment (cf. FIG. 5)), in particular, an embodiment of this type advantageously has a reduction of components in the region of the gap 14 and therefore in the intimate region of the person 9 using the buttock support 1. In this variant, the holders 132 are advantageously far away from the intimate region during use, which decreases their contamination and increases the disinfectability.
[0055] FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 in each case show a side view of two further embodiments of a buttock support 1 according to the invention. The figures serve for more detailed description of support regions 13 which are of different configuration. What is described in the following text in respect of the support regions 13 can be realized together with all the above-described embodiments of the receiving means 11.
[0056] According to the invention, the two support region 13 are of rounded configuration at least with regard to the top face OS and the front face VS of the receiving means 11. Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the support regions 13 can be of completely round configuration, that is to say in the form of cylinders with a circular cross section, or else, as shown in FIG. 8, can be configured as components which are only rounded with regard to the top face OS and the front face VS of the receiving means 11. In FIG. 8, an approximately semicircular cross section of the support regions 13 is selected for illustration purposes, but other cross-sectional shapes are also conceivable, as long as a rounded portion at least with regard to the top face OS and the front face VS of the receiving means 11 is ensured. The rounded configuration of the two support regions 13 at least with regard to the top face OS and the front face VS of the receiving means 11 advantageously leads, at every verticalization angle of a hospital bed 5 which is assumed, for example, by way of the verticalizable hospital bed 5 in order to carry out the physical therapy, to an action of force on the ischial bones of the patient (at the buttock/support region 13 contact point), which force acts approximately perpendicularly with respect to a tangent with regard to the rounding of the respective support region 13, which in turn has an advantageous effect on the supporting/sitting feeling of the patient and therefore makes comfortable sitting on the buttock support 1 possible.
[0057] The two support regions 13 can preferably be formed from an elastic material or can be provided with an elastic cushion layer 131 at least with regard to the top face OS and/or the front face VS. The use of an elastic material for the construction of the two support regions 13 advantageously increases the supporting/sitting comfort for the patient. If, as indicated in FIG. 8, an elastic cushion layer 131 is provided in the case of the construction of the support regions 13, the body of the respective support regions 13 can advantageously be constructed (independently of its elastic properties) from a different material, depending on the requirements for rigidity, weight, hygiene properties and/or processability of the material. In order to ensure satisfactory retention and prevention of a patient slipping off from the receiving means 11, in particular from its support regions 13, the two support regions 13 can additionally preferably have a non-slip surface with respect to skin at least with regard to the top face OS and/or the front face VS. A surface property of this type is advantageous, in particular, when the contact between the patient and the support region 13 takes place via the bare skin of the patient.
[0058] The receiving means 11, in particular the two support regions 13, can be formed at least in sections from a disinfectable plastic, in particular from polyurethane, or can be provided with a disinfectable coating, in particular made from polyurethane. This advantageously facilitates rapid and thorough cleaning, and makes multiple use possible with simultaneous maintenance of high hygiene standards.
[0059] FIGS. 9 and 10 show a seventh embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support 1 according to the invention, in the case of which the support regions 13 are oriented centrally with regard to a height H of a base plane 111.
[0060] In particular in the case of soft underlying surfaces such as, for example, a mattress, on which the buttock support 1 lies in the case of use, it can be advantageous if the support regions 13 and/or the holders 132 are arranged on the base plane 111 centrally with regard to the height H of the base plane 111, as shown here. In this way, torques which act on the buttock support 1 and are caused by way of the weight of the patient can advantageously be compensated for, which in turn reduces raised edges and associated punctiform loading of the mattress. FIG. 9 shows two connecting means 12a, arranged centrally with regard to the height H of the receiving means 11, for operative connection to the load-relief system 4. As has already been explained above in the description of the figures in respect of FIGS. 2 and 3, the connecting means 12a for operative connection to the load-relief system 4 can also preferably be arranged on the receiving means 11, in particular on its base plane 111, shifted in the direction of the top face OS of the receiving means 11 with regard to the height H of the receiving means 11, however, and can advantageously counteract a tilting moment of the buttock support 1 as a result.
[0061] It can also be seen in FIG. 9 that the receiving means 11 can have a greater height H in the region of its lateral faces than in the region of the gap 14. A greater height H in the region of the lateral faces in comparison with the height H in the region of the gap 14, that is to say a widening at the outer edge of the buttock support 1, can advantageously reduce tilting of the buttock support 1. Here, said widening at the outer edge does not have to be symmetrical (as shown in FIG. 9) with regard to a center axis (=longitudinal axis LA at a middle height H) of the receiving means 11. Instead, the outer edges of the buttock support 1 can also extend further away from the center axis of the receiving means 11 in the direction of the bottom face US of the receiving means 11 than in the direction of the top face OS of the receiving means 11. An embodiment of this type which is asymmetrical with regard to the center axis can advantageously further counteract a tilting moment. By virtue of the fact that it is not the entire buttock support 1, in particular the receiving means 11, but rather only the region close to the lateral faces which is widened, satisfactory handling advantageously remains ensured when pushing the buttock support 1 through below the legs of the person 9, and the weight of the buttock support 1 is also not increased unnecessarily either. The support regions 13 and the base plane 111 preferably terminate at the same height with regard to the height of their upper edge, as shown here, which advantageously increases the use comfort, since no protruding edge is formed in this way. As an alternative to this, the upper edge of the base plane 111 can also lie below the upper edges of the support regions 13 in this embodiment, which results in a situation as, for example, in the embodiments which are shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, that is to say the buttocks of the person 9 are spaced apart from the upper edge of the base plane 111 during use of the buttock support 1 and, as a result, possibly unpleasant contact outside the support regions 13 between the tissue of the person 9 and the receiving means 11, in particular its base plane 111, is advantageously avoided. To this end, the upper edge of the base plane 111, in particular in the region above the support regions 13 and the gap 14, can preferably end 1 cm below the upper edges of the support regions 13.
[0062] In this embodiment, the receiving means 11 also comprises two connecting elements 12b for operative connection to the bed 5. One or more connecting means 12b of this type can be arranged on the receiving means 11 as an alternative or in addition to one or more of the connecting means 12a for operative connection to a load-relief system 4. Here, a connecting means 12b of this type for operative connection to the bed 5 is preferably configured in such a way that it makes an operative connection, which is rigid but can be displaced along the longitudinal faces of the bed 5, between the receiving means 11 and the bed 5 possible. This can be realized, in particular, by way of a connecting means 12b of slide-like configuration which engages into a rail 121 arranged on the bed 5 and can be shifted therein along the longitudinal faces of the bed 5 and can be fixed reversibly at a position with regard to the longitudinal faces of the bed 5. One example for an embodiment of this type of the connecting means 12b is shown in FIG. 13. Here, the part, configured as a slide, of the connecting element 12b, configured as a rail/slide system, for operative connection to a bed 5 can be fixed temporarily for use in the desired position with regard to the longitudinal face of the bed 5 on the rail 121 which runs along the longitudinal faces of the bed 5 via a fastening system 122, in particular a screw-type fastener system. A connecting element 12b for operative connection to the bed 5 has the advantage that the buttock support 1 for at least partial load-relief of the body weight of a person 9 can be secured on the bed 5, and no supporting means 41 for operative connection of the suspension means 44 is required for fastening a load-relief system 4 to a head end 51 of a bed 5 with the buttock support 1. A possible collision of the supporting means 41 with the person 9 can advantageously be avoided as a result.
[0063] FIG. 11 shows an eighth embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support 1 according to the invention, in the case of which the base plane 111 of the receiving means 11 is extended in the direction of the top face OS and comprises fastening elements for at least one belt 15. An extension of this type of the base plane 111 in the direction of the top face OS can of course also be provided in the case of buttock supports 1 of single-piece configuration, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. An extension of the base plane 111 of the receiving means 11 in the direction of the top face, that is to say in the case of use in the direction of the head end of the bed 5, advantageously makes it possible, as shown, for fastening elements to be provided for at least one belt 15 which can then serve, as an alternative to or in accumulative manner with respect to the belts 15 shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, for reversible fixing of the receiving means 11 on the person 9.
[0064] FIG. 12 shows a ninth embodiment, configured in multiple pieces, of a buttock support according to the invention, in the case of which the base plane 111 of the receiving means 11 comprises a handle 16. A handle 16 of this type which, in particular as shown here, can be configured as a gap in the base plane 111 of the receiving means 11 advantageously makes the simple transport of the buttock support 1 according to the invention possible. All embodiments of the buttock support 1 according to the invention can comprise a handle 16 of this type, it being possible for the respective handle 16 to be configured as a gap, as shown here, or as a component which protrudes out of the base plane 111 of the receiving means 11. As can additionally be seen in FIG. 12, the at least one connecting means 12a or the two connecting means 12a can be arranged on the receiving means 11, in particular its base plane 111, displaced in the direction of the top face OS of the receiving means 11. An eccentric arrangement of this type of the connecting means 12a with regard to the height H of the receiving means 11 can advantageously counteract tilting or tipping up of the buttock support 1 and, as has already been described with respect to FIGS. 2 and 3, can be realized in the case of all embodiments of the buttock support 1 according to the invention.
[0065] FIGS. 14 a-c and 15a-c in each case show a sequence of figures of the operative connection of further embodiments of a buttock support 1 according to the invention to a bed 5 via a corresponding connecting element 12b for operative connection of the buttock support 1 to a bed 5, comprising a connecting apparatus 123 and pivotably mounted connecting arms 124.
[0066] A connecting element 12b which connects, via a connecting apparatus 123, two connecting arms 124 which are mounted pivotably with respect to the bed 5 via joints 125 is provided in the embodiment in FIGS. 14a to 14c for operative connection of a buttock support 1 according to the invention to a bed 5. FIG. 14a shows the situation in the case of non-use: the connecting element 12b or the connecting arms 124 is/are pivoted into a region below the bed 5. The receiving means 11 can be removed in this storage position and can be stored separately, but it can also remain connected to one of the two connecting arms 124 (not shown here). For use of the buttock support 1, the user, in particular a person belonging to the medical staff, can activate at least one of the connecting arms 124, for example by way of pivoting it up, as a result of which, via the connecting apparatus 123, the second connecting arm 124 can also be activated or pivoted upward (cf. FIG. 14b). For use of the buttock support 1 in its use position above the mattress of the bed 5, the receiving means 11 can then advantageously either be pivoted below the legs of the person 9 from the connecting arm 124 on one side to the connecting 124 on the other side, or else, if the receiving means 11 has been stored separately, can be guided through below the legs of the person 9 and can then be fastened to the two connecting arms 124 (FIG. 14c).
[0067] In the case of the embodiment which is shown in FIGS. 15a to 15c, the receiving means 11 is configured in multiple pieces in such a way that the two support regions 13 are arranged on different connecting arms 124 of the connecting element 12b in the storage position of the buttock support 1. The transfer from the storage position to the use position can take place as in the embodiment which is shown in FIGS. 14a-c, it being possible for the two support regions 13 to advantageously be arranged displaceably on the connecting arms 124, with the result that the gap 14 between the two support regions 13 can be decreased or increased in the use position (FIG. 15c).
[0068] The present invention relates to a buttock support 1 for at least partial load-relief of the body weight of a person 9, at least comprising a receiving means 11 for receiving at least part of a buttock region of the person 9, and to a load-relief system 4 comprising the aforementioned buttock support 1. The buttock support 1 is characterized in that the receiving means 11 comprises two support regions 13 which are separated from one another by a gap 14, wherein the support regions 13 are rounded at least with respect to the top face OS and the front face VS of the receiving means 11; and wherein the gap 14 separates the two support regions 13 from one another centrally with respect to the longitudinal extent LA of the receiving means 11. The invention significantly simplifies the connection of a person 9 to the aforementioned load-relief system 4 to prepare for manual and/or automated physical therapy and also ensures that the thigh region, in particular the inner face of the thigh, and the groin region are accessible for further medical/therapeutic treatment by the medical staff.
LIST OF DESIGNATIONS
[0069] 1 Buttock support [0070] 11 Receiving means [0071] 111 Base plane [0072] 12a Connecting element for operative connection to the load-relief system (4) [0073] 12b Connecting element for operative connection to the bed (5) [0074] 121 Rail [0075] 122 Fastener system [0076] 123 Connecting apparatus [0077] 124 Connecting arm [0078] 125 Joint [0079] 13 Support region [0080] 131 Cushion layer [0081] 132 Holder [0082] 14 Gap [0083] 15 Belt [0084] 16 Handle [0085] 4 Load-relief system for at least partial body weight load-relief [0086] 41 Supporting means [0087] 44 Suspension means [0088] 46 Guide means [0089] 5 Bed, in particular verticalizable hospital bed [0090] 51 Head end [0091] 52 Verticalization mechanism [0092] 532 Foot module [0093] 54 Foot end [0094] 9 Person [0095] LA Longitudinal extent [0096] H Height [0097] VS Front face [0098] RS Rear face [0099] OS Top face [0100] US Bottom face
