Abstract

An assistance device that assists a care receiver in standing up, includes: a first arm extending upward from a base; a second arm provided on the first arm and swinging around a horizontal axis; a support member provided on the second arm and supporting an upper half body of the care receiver; first and second covers respectively provided on the first and second arms and covering at least a part of the first and second arms respectively; and a third cover supported, when the first arm or the first cover is defined as a first member and the second arm or the second cover is defined as a second member, so as to be swingable around a horizontal axis relative to a first one of the first and second members and provided to be slidably movable relative to a second one of the first and second members.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61G 5/14 - Standing-up or sitting-down aids
• A61G 7/14 - Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto facilitating both lifting and lateral movement of the patient or disabled person

Abstract

A distribution system which is linked to delivery vehicles for delivering products stored in a warehouse from the warehouse to a delivery destination, the system being equipped with an automated transport device and an automated transport device server. The automated transport device server transmits: a shipping instruction to the automated transport device upon receiving a delivery request; a loading instruction to the automated transport device to load a product onto a delivery vehicle upon receiving loading permission which permits the loading of the product onto the delivery vehicle on the basis of the arrival to the warehouse standby location of the delivery vehicle; and a shipping completion notification to the transmitter of the delivery request upon receiving information from the automated transport device indicating that product shipping has been completed. The automated transport device picks the specified product in the warehouse upon receiving a shipping instruction from the automated transport device server, loads the picked product onto the delivery vehicle standing by at the warehouse standby location upon receiving a loading instruction from the automated transport device server, and when the loading operation is completed, transmits information indicating that shipping has been completed to the automated transport device server.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 10/083 - Shipping
• B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
• B65G 67/02 - Loading or unloading land vehicles

Abstract

A caring device includes an adjustment command section configured to give a command for an adjustment of a standing start position of a support member, a standing operation command section configured to give a command for assistance of the standing operation using the support member, and a control device. The control device perform a cooperative operation of the first arm and the second arm so that the support member moves in an up-down direction when a command of the adjustment command section is received. The control device performs a cooperative operation of the first arm and the second arm so that a reference position of the support member moves along different movement trajectories in accordance with the standing start position adjusted by the command of the adjustment command section when a command of the standing operation command section is received.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61G 5/14 - Standing-up or sitting-down aids

Abstract

An assistive apparatus includes a base, a first arm provided on the base and configured to revolve around a horizontal first center axis, a second arm provided on the first arm and configured to revolve around a horizontal second center axis, a support member provided on the second arm and configured to support an upper half body of an assisted person, and a driving device configured to perform a cooperative operation of the first arm and the second arm. The first arm is configured to be located ahead of a knee bending position at which an upper leg portion and a lower leg portion of the assisted person bend in an initial state before execution of assistance of a standing operation.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61G 7/14 - Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto facilitating both lifting and lateral movement of the patient or disabled person
• A61G 5/14 - Standing-up or sitting-down aids

Abstract

An assistance system includes an assistance device and a management device. The assistance device is configured to acquire usage record data in which usage information relating to a use of the assistance device is recorded in association with time information relating to a date and time when the assistance device is used and user identification information used to identify a user using the assistance device. The management device includes: a storage section configured to store the usage record data acquired, via a communication network, from the assistance device; an extracting section configured to extract the assistance record information and the time information relating to a specific care receiver based on the user identification information included in the assistance record data; and a display section configured to display, on a display device, the assistance record information relating to the specific care receiver comparable with the chronological change in the usage information.

IPC Classes  ?

• G16H 20/00 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance

Abstract

An assistance information management system comprising a usage record data storage section configured to store usage information, usage time information, and assisted person identification information; an assistance record data storage section configured to store assisted person management information, management time information, and the assisted person identification information; an extraction section configured to extract the usage information and the assisted person management information based on the assisted person identification information; an association section configured to associate the usage information and the assisted person management information with each other based on the usage time information and the management time information; and a presentation section configured to present the usage information and the assisted person management information. The system produces information showing an association between a use state of an assistance device by an assisted person and a change of the assisted person accompanying the use state.

IPC Classes  ?

• G16H 20/00 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance

Abstract

This assistance method uses an assistance device provided with: a base; a support unit which is elevated and lowered relative to the base while supporting the upper body of a person being assisted from the front side; and a drive unit for driving the support unit. The assistance device has a waterproof structure. The assistance method comprises a placement step in which the person being assisted in a sitting state is placed on the assistance device, and a back-side washing step in which a care giver washes the body of the person being assisted in a state in which the support unit is elevated so that the hip of the person being assisted is elevated.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61H 33/00 - Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes

Abstract

An assistance apparatus (1)includes: a base (2); a support arm section (3) that can support a part of the body of the care receiver and that is provided to the base and can perform motion with respect to the standing direction for causing the care receiver to stand or the seating direction for causing the care receiver to be seated; an actuator (5) that is connected to the base and the support arm section; and a buffer mechanism (7) that is disposed at one of members from the base to the support arm section coupled via the actuator or is disposed between members connected to each other and that absorbs at least a part of a drive force of the actuator when an external force in the standing direction is applied by drive of the actuator to the support arm section performing motion toward the seating direction.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61G 7/14 - Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto facilitating both lifting and lateral movement of the patient or disabled person
• A61G 5/14 - Standing-up or sitting-down aids

Abstract

This management device is used for an assistive device that aids a person in need of assistance in a standing action and sitting action while recording an action history containing the standing actions and sitting actions as log data. This management device for the assistive device comprises a detection unit that detects in the log data a cycle action wherein a standing action and a sitting action are executed in this order, and a determination unit that determines on the basis of the log data, whether or not the detected cycle action is a transfer action whereby the person in need of assistance has been transferred.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61G 5/14 - Standing-up or sitting-down aids