Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Incontinence monitoring and assessment
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Application No.: US15013050Application Date: 2016-02-02
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Publication No.: US09913608B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Philippa Mary Lewis , Karen Maree Carey , Alan Michael Cottenden , David Albert Barda , Peter Curran , Don Black
- Applicant: Fred Bergman Healthcare Pty. Ltd.
- Applicant Address: AU North Sydney
- Assignee: Fred Bergman Healthcare Pty. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Fred Bergman Healthcare Pty. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: AU North Sydney
- Agency: Hansen IP Law PLLC
- Main IPC: G08B23/00
- IPC: G08B23/00 ; A61B5/20 ; A61F13/42 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/1473 ; A61B5/1495

Abstract:
A system for monitoring incontinence in one or more subjects comprises display means; input means operable by a user; one or more transmitters, each transmitter being associated with one or more subjects being monitored; the one or more transmitters being configured to transmit signals containing continence-related data for the one or more subjects, wherein the continence-related data has been obtained over time from a continence sensor associated with an absorbent article worn by each respective subject; a receiver unit configured to receive signals from the one or more transmitters; and processing means in communication with at least the receiver unit, the processing means including a display processor configured to process the received signals and communicate display information to the display means for display of a visual representation of continence-related information derived from continence sensors in the absorbent articles worn by the one or more subjects being monitored. The system may include a volume estimator and means for communicating to a carer a ‘risk of wetness leakage’ based on e.g. an estimated volume of wetness and e.g. a pad type. Pad type may be communicated to the system automatically by way of a pad type indicator associated with the pad and/or pad/sensor combination.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160220164A1 INCONTINENCE MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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