嚥下機能訓練具、嚥下機能訓練キット、及び嚥下機能訓練方法

• Format: Patent
• Language: Japanese
• Published: 13.09.2018
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSESOR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIAGRAMS; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; GLOBES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING ORSTIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; PHYSICS; PLANETARIA; SEALS

舌圧の低下した認知症の高齢者であっても、介護者等の手を借りることなく訓練可能な嚥下機能訓練具を提供する。本発明の嚥下機能訓練具１００は、飲料容器４の吸い口からなり、軟質樹脂により形成され、前端１８が前方へ湾出する凸湾曲面により塞がれた有蓋筒状をなすとともに前端１８に飲料を送出する送出孔１１を有して少なくとも前端側の一部が被訓練者の口蓋窩Ｋに収容される口腔内挿入部１０と、口腔内挿入部１０の後端に連続するとともに後方に向かって横断面が徐々に拡がる筒状に設けられる基部２０とを備え、口腔内挿入部１０は、厚みが最小となる方向を上下方向として、上面、及び下面の横断面が凸湾曲線をなしている。 Provided is a swallowing function training tool that enables training without borrowing the hands of a caregiver, etc., even for elderly subjects with dementia who have reduced tongue pressure. This swallowing function training tool 100 is provided with: an oral cavity insertion part 10 that comprises a suction port of a beverage container 4 and is formed from a soft resin, the front end 18 having a lidded tubular shape closed by a convexly curved surface that projects forward, the front end 18 also having a delivery hole 11 that delivers a beverage, and at least part of the front-end side being housed in the palatal fossa K of the trainee; and a base part 20 that is continuous with the rear end of the oral cavity insertion part 10 and is provided in a tubular shape the cross-section of which gradually expands toward the rear, the oral cavity insertion part 10 being configured such that a cross-section of the upper surface and lower surface forms a convexly curved line with the direction in which the thickness is minimized as the vertical direction.