LIFT SUPPORT/FALLS INTERVENTION SYSTEM FOR THE ELDERLY

老年人升降机支撑/跌倒干预系统

• 批准号: 3487862
• 负责人: DAVID P COLVIN
• 金额: $ 4.99万
• 依托单位: TRIANGLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORP
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-05-01 至 1990-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3487862
• 关键词: biomedical equipment resource; clinical biomedical equipment; injury prevention; rehabilitation

A Phase I SBIR program is proposed to determine the technical feasibility and necessary requirements to develop a ceiling-mounted, battery-powered, mobile patient life-support and fall-intervention system. This active system will preserve the inherent safety features of the passive Fall- SafeTM falls intervention system already being developed by TRDC under National Institute of Aging sponsorship. Although directed towards elderly populations, this new system would also have significant application to rehabilitation populations. During its Phase I and II programs, the passive Fall-SafeTM system has demonstrated its capability for reducing the energy for impact and potential injury during accidental falls by over 95%. This new Phase I effort would be a natural extension of the earlier program; i.e., the provision of an electrically-powered patient lift- support and falls intervention system that would also utilize the inherent safety features of the current Fall-SafeTM system. During the proposed Phase I program, a prototype system will be designed, fabricated and tested to determine its performance characteristics. It is anticipated that this active, mobile Fall-SafeTM device will utilize the same overhead track and support garments and will preserve the inherent fail-safe features that were developed earlier for the passive device. If successful, the development of this active system would extend the application of the Fall- SafeTM system to the elderly patient's rooms and daily care of rehabilitation populations, provide for safer patient lifting and care, reduce the exposure for nursing attendant injury, and prepare for systems use in residential settings.

提出第一阶段 SBIR 计划以确定技术可行性 以及开发吸顶式、电池供电、 移动患者生命支持和跌倒干预系统。 这个活跃的 系统将保留被动式坠落的固有安全特性 TRDC 已开发 SafeTM 跌倒干预系统 国家老龄化研究所赞助。 虽然是针对老年人 人口，这个新系统也将有重要的应用 康复人群。 在第一阶段和第二阶段计划期间， 被动式 Fall-SafeTM 系统已证明其能够减少 意外跌落时的冲击和潜在伤害能量减少 95% 以上。 这项新的第一阶段工作将是早期阶段的自然延伸 程序;即提供电动病人移位机 支持和跌倒干预系统，也将利用固有的 当前 Fall-SafeTM 系统的安全功能。 拟议期间 第一阶段计划，将设计、制造和测试原型系统 以确定其性能特征。 预计这 主动式移动 Fall-SafeTM 设备将利用相同的架空轨道 支持服装并将保留固有的故障安全功能 是较早为无源器件开发的。 如果成功的话， 该主动系统的开发将扩展秋季的应用 SafeTM系统对老年病房及日常护理 康复人群，提供更安全的患者搬运和护理， 减少护理人员受伤的风险，并为系统做好准备 在住宅环境中使用。