DEVICE FOR PREVENTING FRACTURES OF THE NECK OF THE FEMUR IN ELDERLY PEOPLE

摘要

The present invention relates to a preventive device of fractures of the femoral neck to the elderly, comprising a support member (1, 10) removably attached, inflatable protective elements (3) by releasable means (6) when detecting (5) the conditions of a fall, the support member being fixed to the waist; the inflatable elements (3) constituted by a plurality of bellows elements which, once inflated, take a rod-shaped, these blowing members being integral with the support member and adjacent to each other so as to cover continuously a zone extending substantially from the waist to the mid-thigh; the trigger means (6) of the inflation and detecting means (5) arranged on the front of the abdomen; the inflation means (71) performing the inflation of the plurality of elements in a time less than 0.3 seconds, characterized in that the detection means (5) consist of an accelerometer (5) for triggering values acceleration of between 0.1 and 0.4 g, this accelerometer controlling an electrical contact (60) by connecting or not a power source (50) with each of the pyrotechnic primers electric trigger (73) of the inflating capsules ( 71) of the inflatable elements (3).