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Abstract
A personal care module for use by a patient within a room of a healthcare facility comprises a first washing station, at least one of a toilet and a second washing station, and a housing coupled to the first washing station and the at least one of the toilet and the second washing station.
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- This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/293,949, filed May 25, 2001, which is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
- The present disclosure relates to a personal care module. The personal care module is disclosed in the context of being useful for a patient within a room of a healthcare facility. The personal care module is believed to be useful in other applications as well.
- Patients in healthcare facilities, such as hospitals and nursing homes, sometimes have limited mobility. Ambulating to obtain basic personal care services, such as, for example, access to a sink and faucet, a toilet, and a bed pan washer, may be difficult for these individuals without the assistance of a caregiver who may not be available immediately. Such personal services are sometimes located in a restroom attached to the patient's room. This may require the patient to maneuver around one or more beds, furniture, and hospital equipment to reach the restroom. Some patients having limited mobility may prefer easier access to personal care services.
- According to this disclosure, a personal care module for use by a patient within a room of a healthcare facility comprises a toilet, a washing station, and a housing coupled to the toilet and the washing station. The washing station has either a sink and a faucet or a bed pan washer. Illustratively, the housing is movable between a first position extending alongside a wall of the room and a second position extending alongside a bed in the room.
- Further illustratively, the housing has a first portion and a second portion. The washing station is coupled to the first portion. The toilet is coupled to the second portion. The first portion and the second portion are relatively movable between a third position to cover the toilet and a fourth position to uncover the toilet.
- According to another aspect of this disclosure, a personal care module for use by a patient within a room of a healthcare facility comprises a toilet, a washing station having a sink and a faucet, a bed pan washer, and a housing coupled to the toilet, the washing station, and the bed pan washer.
- According to another aspect of this disclosure, a personal care module for use by a patient within a room of a healthcare facility comprises a first washing station, a second washing station, and a housing coupled to the first washing station and the second washing station. Illustratively, the first washing station has a sink and a faucet, and the second washing station has a bed pan washer.
- Additional features will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments exemplifying the best mode as presently perceived.
- The detailed description particularly refers to the accompanying figures in which:
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a personal care module positioned in a first position extending alongside a wall of a patient's room, the personal care module comprising a first washing station having a sink and a faucet and a second washing station having a bed pan washer;
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the personal care module which is movable along the floor of the room about a pivot axis between the first position (shown in dashed lines) and a second position (shown in solid lines) extending alongside a bed in the room for ready access by the patient;
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the personal care module having a toilet uncovered by an upper portion of a housing of the personal care module upon movement of the upper portion in the direction of the dashed arrow; and
- FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic view of the personal care module showing a pivot coupling between the housing and the floor, a control panel coupled to the bed pan washer and the toilet, and supply and drain lines coupled to the first washing station, the bed pan washer, and the toilet and routed through the interior of the housing to the floor of the room.
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personal care module 10 configured for use by apatient 12 in a healthcare facility such as, for example, a hospital or a nursing home is illustrated in FIGS. 1-4.Module 10 is configured to be conveniently located in aroom 14 of the healthcare facility for ready access bypatient 12 who may have limited mobility.Module 10 is movable along aroom floor 15 about avertical pivot axis 17 in opposite directions indicated by double-head dashedarrow 27 in FIG. 2 between a first position (FIG. 1, FIG. 2 in phantom) extending alongside aroom wall 19 and a second position (FIG. 2 in solid, FIG. 3) extending alongside abed 21 inroom 14. -
Personal care module 10 provides a variety of services forpatient 12.Module 10 has a first washing station 16 (FIGS. 1-4), a second washing station 18 (FIGS. 1 and 4), and a toilet 20 (FIGS. 3 and 4).Station 16 has afaucet 24 for dispensing water and asink 22 for draining the water.Station 18 has an automaticbed pan washer 23 for washing abed pan 25. It is within the scope of this disclosure formodule 10 to provide one or more other services in addition to or in place ofstations toilet 20. Such other services include a water purification system, dialysis connections, and urine sampling equipment. - Faucet24 has a
spout 26, ahot water control 28, and acold water control 30. Other types of faucets are within the scope of this disclosure. For example, in alternative embodiments, the faucet has a single temperature control for hot and cold water. In other alternative embodiments, the spout has a removable nozzle coupled to a flexible tube to dispense water from a variety of positions. A hotwater supply line 32 provides hot water tohot water control 28 while a coldwater supply line 34 provides cold water tocold water control 30 as shown diagrammatically in FIG. 4. Adrain line 36 is coupled to an aperture of a bottom portion ofsink 22 to drain water therefrom. - Washer23 of
station 18 has areceptacle 40 for receivingbed pan 25 in aninterior region 42 thereof, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 4. Washer 23 also has one ormore dispensers 44, shown diagrammatically in FIG. 4, for dispensing a cleaning agent such as water and/or a disinfectant intointerior region 42 to wash abed pan 25 positioned therein.Receptacle 40 is movable about apivot axis 46 between an opened position (FIG. 1) and a closed position (FIG. 2).Bed pan 25 can be inserted in direction ofarrow 47 through an opening ofreceptacle 40 intointerior region 42 whenreceptacle 40 is positioned in its opened position.Bed pan washer 23washes bed pan 25 afterreceptacle 40 is pivoted to its closed position. Asupply line 48 is coupled todispensers 44 to provide the cleaning agent thereto. Adrain line 50 is coupled to a bottom aperture ofreceptacle 40 todrain receptacle 40. -
Dispensers 44 extend downwardly from anupper wall 51 ofbed pan washer 23 intointerior region 42 ofreceptacle 40, as shown diagrammatically in FIG. 4. It is within the scope of this disclosure for a rear wall 52 ofreceptacle 40, shown in FIG. 1, to have an opening sized to permit passage ofdispensers 44 therethrough to accommodate movement ofreceptacle 40 between its opened and closed positions. In some embodiments,dispensers 44 are movable from an extended position whereindispensers 44 extend downwardly fromupper wall 51 intointerior region 42 towash bed pan 25 and a retracted position whereindispensers 44 are retracted into corresponding openings in upper wall 53 to accommodate movement ofreceptacle 40 between its opened and closed positions. In other embodiments,dispensers 44 remain in such a retracted position even during operation ofbed pan washer 23. It is within the scope of this disclosure fordispensers 44 to be fixed or movable, such as being rotatable, relative toreceptacle 40 during operation ofbed pan washer 23. - Toilet20 has a
seat 56 forpatient 12 and areceptacle 58, as illustrated in FIG. 3. Awater supply line 60 is coupled totoilet 20 to provide water thereto. Adrain line 62 is coupled totoilet 20 to drain waste therefrom. -
Personal care module 10 has ahousing 66, as illustrated in FIGS. 1-4.Housing 66 has aproximal end portion 78 and adistal end portion 80. Alongitudinal axis 81 ofmodule 10 extends horizontally throughproximal end portion 78 anddistal end portion 80.Housing 66 also has alower housing portion 82, a firstupper housing portion 84, and a secondupper housing portion 86.Lower housing portion 82 supportsupper housing portions module 10 is pivoted between its first, wall position and its second, bed position. Firstupper housing portion 84 is movable relative to lowerhousing portion 82 and secondupper housing portion 86 between a toilet-covering, extended position (FIGS. 1, 2, and 4) to covertoilet 20 and a toilet-uncovering, retracted position (FIG. 3) to uncovertoilet 20, as discussed in more detail below. -
Proximal end portion 78 oflower housing portion 82 has anouter sleeve 68, as illustrated in FIG. 4. Aninner sleeve 70 is coupled tofloor 15 viafasteners 72 and is positioned inside offirst sleeve 68. A bearing 74 engagessleeves module 10 can move aboutvertical pivot axis 17 between the first, wall position and second, bed position. Thus,sleeves pivot coupling 75 betweenmodule 10 andfloor 15. Floor-engagingelements 76, such as wheels or casters, are coupled tolower housing portion 82 to facilitate movement ofmodule 10 alongfloor 15, as illustrated in FIGS. 1-4. In alternative embodiments,lower housing portion 82 has a skirt that hangs downwardly to shieldcasters 76 from view. -
Lines interior region 88 ofhousing 66 and throughinner sleeve 70.Lines box 90 and routed throughfloor 15. Alternatively, lines 32, 34, 36, 48, 50, 60, and 62 are coupled to a headwall mounted towall 19. At least some portions oflines module 10 between its first, wall position and second, bed position and to accommodate the movement of firstupper housing portion 84 between its extended and retracted positions. In some embodiments,drain line 36 includes a rigid portion providing an S-shaped trap that traps solid objects dropped inadvertently intosink 22. -
Lower housing portion 82 contains second washing station 18 (FIG. 1) and toilet 20 (FIG. 3).Second washing station 18 is positioned adjacent toproximal end portion 78.Toilet 20 is positioned adjacent todistal end portion 80.Toilet seat 56 is coupled to anupper wall 91 ofportion 82.Portion 82 also hasside walls 99 and endwalls 100 coupled toside walls 99.Side walls 99 and endwalls 100 are coupled toupper wall 91.Receptacle 40 ofbed pan washer 23 pivots outwardly relative to one ofside walls 99 to its opened position (FIG. 1) and pivots inwardly relative thereto to its closed position. - First
upper housing portion 84 carriesfirst washing station 16, as illustrated in FIGS. 1-3.Sink 22,spout 26, and hot and cold water controls 28, 30 are mounted to anupper wall 92 of firstupper housing portion 84.Portion 84 further has a pair of opposingside walls 94 and anend wall 96 coupled toside walls 94.Side walls 94 andend wall 96 are coupled toupper wall 92.Upper wall 92 andside walls 94 cooperate to define anedge 98 that defines an opening into an interior region ofportion 84. The majority ofsink 22 is positioned in the interior region ofportion 84 betweenside walls 94. - Second
upper housing portion 86 hasside walls 110, anend wall 112 coupled toside walls 110, and a pair ofdoors 114, as illustrated in FIGS. 1-3.Control panel 118 is mounted to one ofside walls 110. Eachdoor 114 is coupled to a top portion of one ofside walls 110 for movement, such as by pivoting, between a raised position (FIGS. 1 and 2) whereindoors 114 are positioned to lie in generally horizontal, co-planar relation with one another and a lowered position wherein eachdoor 114 extends downwardly alongside therespective side wall 110. - First
upper housing portion 84 is movable onlower housing portion 82 alonglongitudinal axis 81 between its toilet-covering, extended position (FIGS. 1, 2, and 4) and its toilet-uncovering, retracted position (FIG. 3).Housing portions Housing portion 84 is slightly larger thanhousing portion 86 so that a majority ofhousing portion 86 is positioned to lie in the interior region ofhousing portion 84 whenhousing portion 84 is positioned in its retracted position. Thus,housing portion 84 covershousing portion 86 whenhousing portion 84 is positioned in its retracted position. - During movement of
housing portion 84 from its extended position to its retracted position in a direction indicated by arrow 115 (FIG. 3),doors 114 move automatically from their raised position to their lowered position to allowsink 22 to move into a space betweendoors 114. Whenhousing portion 84 returns to its extended position,doors 114 move automatically from their lowered position to their raised position. It is within the scope of this disclosure for suitable devices, such as cables, linkages, or cam mechanisms, to be used to couple the movement ofhousing portion 84 todoors 114. - In some embodiments,
side walls 94 of firstupper housing portion 84 are configured to mate with corresponding tracks (not shown) mounted onupper wall 91 or upper portions ofside walls 99 to allow movement of firstupper housing portion 84 between its extended and retracted positions. In other embodiments, rollers (not shown) are coupled to a bottom portion of eachside wall 94 to ride on the tracks. -
First washing station 16 andtoilet 20 are aligned vertically with one another such thatfirst washing station 16 is positioned abovetoilet 20 when firstupper housing portion 84 is positioned in its extended position.First washing station 16 andtoilet 20 are offset vertically from one another when firstupper housing portion 84 is positioned in its retracted position.First washing station 16 andsecond washing station 18 are aligned vertically with one another such thatfirst washing station 16 is positioned abovesecond washing station 18 when firstupper housing portion 84 is positioned in its retracted position. - A
control panel 118 for controllingmodule 10 is coupled to one ofside walls 110 of secondupper housing portion 86, as illustrated in FIG. 1.Control panel 118 hasuser inputs 120 that are engaged to control various functions ofmodule 10.Control panel 118 is coupled tobed pan washer 23 via anelectrical conductor 54 to control its washing cycles. It is within the scope of this disclosure formodule 10 to have sensors (not shown) coupled to controlpanel 118 to sense the presence ofbed pan 25 inreceptacle 40 and to sense the position ofreceptacle 40 so thatbed pan 25 is washed automatically upon movement ofreceptacle 40 to its closed position.Control panel 118 further controls flushing oftoilet 20 viaelectrical conductor 64 in response to, for example, one ofuser inputs 120 or a proximity sensor (not shown) mounted to sense whentoilet 20 is no longer being used. Alternatively,toilet 20 is flushed manually via a mechanical lever. It is also within the scope of this disclosure for one or more ofuser inputs 120 to control powered movement ofmodule 10 between its first, wall position and its second, bed position and one or more ofuser inputs 120 to control movement of firstupper housing portion 84 between its extended and retracted positions. -
Personal care module 10 is operable in both its first, wall position and its second, bed position or in positions therebetween. Whenmodule 10 is in its first, wall position,patient 12 can use first andsecond washing stations 16, 18 (FIG. 1) and can usetoilet 20 upon retraction of firstupper housing portion 84. Whenmodule 10 is in its second, bed position,patient 12 sitting onbed 21 is able to usefirst washing station 16 for hand washing or to obtain water for drinking without having to exitbed 21, as illustrated in FIG. 2. In addition, whenmodule 10 is in its second, bed position,patient 12 sitting onbed 21 is able to move firstupper housing portion 84 towardwall 19 of room in a direction indicated by a dashedarrow 115 from its extended position to its retracted position to exposetoilet 20.Patient 12 is then able to move a short distance from a seated position onbed 21 to a seated position ontoilet seat 56. During movement frombed 21 totoilet seat 56, a patient having limited mobility may steady himself or herself by holding to portions ofmodule 10 as illustrated in FIG. 3. - Although certain illustrative embodiments have been disclosed in detail, variations and modifications exist within the scope and spirit of the invention as described and defined in the following claims.
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1. A personal care module for use by a patient within a room of a healthcare facility, the personal care module comprising
a toilet,
a washing station having a sink and a faucet,
a bed pan washer, and
a housing coupled to the toilet, the washing station, and the bed pan washer.
2. The personal care module of claim 1 , wherein the housing is adapted to be coupled to a floor of the room for movement of the housing about a pivot axis.
3. The personal care module of claim 2 , wherein the housing has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portion is adapted to be coupled to the floor to establish the pivot axis, the bed pan washer is positioned adjacent to the proximal end portion, and the toilet is positioned adjacent to the distal end portion.
4. The personal care module of claim 3 , wherein the housing includes a first portion and a second portion, the washing station is coupled to the first portion, the toilet and the bed pan washer are coupled to the second portion, and the washing station and the first portion are movable along a second axis between a first position wherein the first portion covers the toilet and a second position wherein the first portion uncovers the toilet.
5. The personal care module of claim 4 , wherein the pivot axis and the second axis are transverse to one another.
6. The personal care module of claim 1 , wherein the washing station is movable relative to the toilet and the bed pan washer along a longitudinal axis of the housing.
7. The personal care module of claim 6 , wherein the housing has a first portion and a second portion, the washing station is coupled to the first portion, the toilet and the bed pan washer are coupled to the second portion, and the washing station and the first portion are movable along the longitudinal axis between a first position wherein the first portion covers the toilet and a second position wherein the first portion uncovers the toilet.
8. The personal care module of claim 1 , further comprising a floor-engaging element adapted to engage a floor of the room to facilitate movement of the housing along the floor.
9. A personal care module for use by a patient within a room of a healthcare facility, the personal care module comprising
a first washing station,
a second washing station, and
a housing coupled to the first washing station and the second washing station.
10. The personal care module of claim 9 , wherein the first washing station has a faucet and a sink.
11. The personal care module of claim 10 , wherein the second washing station has a bed pan washer.
12. The personal care module of claim 9 , wherein the second washing station has a bed pan washer.
13. The personal care module of claim 12 , wherein the bed pan washer has a receptacle adapted to receive a bed pan and coupled to the housing for movement between an opened position and a closed position.
14. The personal care module of claim 9 , wherein the housing is adapted to be coupled to a floor of the room for movement of the housing about a pivot axis.
15. The personal care module of claim 14 , wherein the first washing station is movable relative to the second washing station along an axis that is transverse to the pivot axis.
16. The personal care module of claim 9 , wherein the first washing station and the second washing station are relatively movable.
17. The personal care module of claim 16 , wherein the housing includes a lower portion and an upper portion movable on the lower portion, the first washing station is coupled to the upper portion, and the second washing station is coupled to the lower portion.
18. A personal care module for use by a patient within a room of a healthcare facility, the personal care module comprising
a housing having a first portion and a second portion,
a washing station coupled to the first portion,
a toilet coupled to the second portion, the first portion and the second portion being relatively movable between a first position to cover the toilet and a second position to uncover the toilet.
19. The personal care module of claim 18 , wherein the washing station has a sink and a faucet.
20. The personal care module of claim 18 , wherein the first portion is positioned for movement along a horizontal, longitudinal axis of the personal care module between the first position and the second position.
21. The personal care module of claim 20 , wherein the washing station and the toilet are aligned vertically with one another when the first portion is positioned in the first position.
22. The personal care module of claim 21 , wherein the washing station and the toilet are offset vertically from one another when the first portion is positioned in the second position.
23. The personal care module of claim 18 , wherein the housing includes a third portion positioned in telescoping relation with the first portion.
24. The personal care module of claim 23 , wherein the first portion covers the third portion when the first portion is positioned in the second position.
25. A personal care module for use in conjunction with a hospital bed located in a hospital room having a room wall, the personal care module comprising
a housing,
a toilet carried by the housing, and
a washing station carried by the housing, the housing being movable between a first position extending alongside the room wall and a second position extending alongside the hospital bed.
26. The personal care module of claim 25 , wherein the washing station has a sink and a faucet.
27. The personal care module of claim 25 , wherein the washing station has a bed pan washer.
28. The personal care module of claim 25 , wherein the housing is adapted to be coupled to a floor of the room for movement of the housing about a pivot axis between the first position and the second position.
29. The personal care module of claim 25 , further comprising a floor-engaging element coupled to the housing for movement of the housing along a floor of the room between the first position and the second position.
30. The personal care module of claim 25 , wherein the housing has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portion is adapted to be coupled to the floor to establish the pivot axis, the toilet is positioned adjacent to the distal end portion.
31. The personal care module of claim 30 , wherein the washing station is positioned adjacent to the proximal end portion.
32. The personal care module of claim 30 , wherein the housing has a portion that carries the washing station between a position adjacent to the distal end to cover the toilet and a position adjacent to the proximal end to uncover the toilet.
33. A personal care module for use by a patient within a room of a healthcare facility wherein the room has a floor, the personal care module comprising
a toilet,
a washing station having a sink and a faucet,
a bed pan washer,
a housing having a first portion and a second portion, the washing station being coupled to the first portion, the toilet and the bed pan washer being coupled to the second portion, the personal care module being movable along the floor between a first position and a second position, the first portion and the second portion being relatively movable between a third position to cover the toilet and a fourth position to uncover the toilet.
34. The personal care module of claim 33 , wherein the second portion is adapted to be coupled to the floor for movement of the personal care module about a pivot axis between the first position and the second position.
35. The personal care module of claim 34 , wherein the first portion is movable along a longitudinal axis of the personal care module between the third position and the fourth position.
36. The personal care module of claim 35 , wherein the pivot axis and the longitudinal axis are transverse to one another.
37. The personal care module of claim 33 , wherein the washing station is positioned above the toilet when the first portion is positioned in the third position.
38. The personal care module of claim 37 , wherein the washing station is positioned above the bed pan washer when the first portion is positioned in the fourth position.
39. The personal care module of claim 33 , wherein the housing has a third portion that is positioned in telescoping relation with the first portion.
40. The personal care module of claim 39 , wherein the first portion covers the third portion when the first portion is positioned in the fourth position.
41. The personal care module of claim 33 , wherein the bed pan washer has a receptacle adapted to receive a bed pan and coupled to the second portion for movement between an opened position and a closed position.
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