2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of shower to be able to use on the bed
| Project/Area Number |
24656156
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Dynamics/Control
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| Research Institution | Yokohama National University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKADA Hajime 横浜国立大学, 工学研究院, 教授 (20154792)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | シャワー / 介護負担 / 寝たきり / 入浴 |
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| Research Abstract |
Recently, the number of bedridden elderly people is increasing in super-aged society. Therefore, bathing works in the facilities for the elderly increases and especially it is hard for a staff to raise the body of elderly people. The elderly people take a bath present 2 or 3 times in the facility and 1 or 2 times in care at home and so the equipment to clean the body on the other day were developed. Then, they use the equipment without hurting one's skin on a bed, the body could be washed easily. The equipment has flushing capacity comparable as a shower, and the can feel exhilaration.
As parameters, water injection speed, amount of water, and air flow in a head were taken, experiment and numerical analysis were conducted and some good values were found out. Moreover, when the equipment moves away from the skin, the function to be switched off were also developed without leakage of water.
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[Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 洗浄装置2012
Inventor(s)
小林一正、高田一、岡林光志
Industrial Property Rights Holder
小林一正、高田一、岡林光志
Industrial Property Rights Type
特許
Industrial Property Number
特願2012-171638
Filing Date
2012-08-02
Acquisition Date
2014-02-20
