Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING CONTINENCE STATE OF A PATIENT ON A BED
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Application No.: US17713607Application Date: 2022-04-05
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Publication No.: US20220226177A1Publication Date: 2022-07-21
- Inventor: Scott M. CORBIN , Richard H. HEIMBROCK
- Applicant: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Batesville
- Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Batesville
- Main IPC: A61G7/02
- IPC: A61G7/02 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/20 ; A61F13/42 ; A61G7/05
Abstract:
A patient support apparatus includes a frame and a mattress supported by the frame and arranged to support a patient thereon. A sensor is included to detect moisture on the patient and/or the patient support apparatus. The sensor produces signals indicative of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus. One or more alerts are output in response to the signals provided by the sensor to notify a caregiver of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US11654064B2 Method and apparatus for indicating continence state of a patient on a bed Public/Granted day:2023-05-23
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