AUTOMATIC LIFTING/LOWERING PILLOW THAT CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY LIFTED/LOWERED AND CAN ELECTRONICALLY DETECT SUPINE POSTURE/PRONE POSTURE FOR SECURING AIRWAY WHILE PATIENT WITH SLEEP APNEA (HYPOPNEA) SYNDROME IS SLEEPING, AND PERIPHERAL MECHANISM

摘要

To provide a pillow whose height is shifted electronically or mechanically so as to secure a pillow height which is the most appropriate for a body posture.SOLUTION: When there is a change in a body posture by rolling over, a pillow bed and a pillow are shifted to a preset height by a mechanism controlled by a sensor/microcomputer. A motor and a rotation part are housed in a lower part of the pillow bed and an above-ground part that do not interfere with a human body in a thoroughly sealed state in order to prevent the mechanism from doing harm to a human body during sleep in which a person is most defenseless. Lifting/lowering of the pillow bed is performed by a stout stainless wire so that there is no risk of hair, clothes, etc. being caught.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4