03.04.21
Harish Patel, Norfolk, MA; Robert Gaines, Lake Saint Louis, MO; Vishal Narvekar, Mansfield, MA; and Richard Gahan, Wrentham, MA.
Assigned to KPR U.S., LLC, Mansfield, MA.
Filed: 2/5/18
Issued: 2/2/21
A patient monitoring system comprising a sensor system, the sensor system comprising: a plurality of voiding sensors each comprising an electrical circuit configured to be transitioned from a first state to a second state in response to a voiding event in an absorbent region of an absorbent article, wherein the electrical circuit is either open or closed in the first state and a reverse of the open or closed of the first state in the second state; a processor configured to: determine when the voiding event has occurred based on periodically transmitting a test signal through the electrical circuit, generate a patient status signal when the voiding event is determined to have occurred; determine an attempt by a patient to use a bathroom based on at least one of patient motion, posture state, or time of day; generate, based on the determination of the attempt, a second patient status signal; and a communication module configured to wirelessly transmit, via a relay module, the patient status signal, and to wirelessly transmit a third patient status signal to a third party indicating when the electrical circuit is determined to be in the open state and when the electrical circuit is determined to be in the closed state, wherein the communication module is further configured to wirelessly transmit, via the relay module, the second patient status signal.
Assigned to KPR U.S., LLC, Mansfield, MA.
Filed: 2/5/18
Issued: 2/2/21
A patient monitoring system comprising a sensor system, the sensor system comprising: a plurality of voiding sensors each comprising an electrical circuit configured to be transitioned from a first state to a second state in response to a voiding event in an absorbent region of an absorbent article, wherein the electrical circuit is either open or closed in the first state and a reverse of the open or closed of the first state in the second state; a processor configured to: determine when the voiding event has occurred based on periodically transmitting a test signal through the electrical circuit, generate a patient status signal when the voiding event is determined to have occurred; determine an attempt by a patient to use a bathroom based on at least one of patient motion, posture state, or time of day; generate, based on the determination of the attempt, a second patient status signal; and a communication module configured to wirelessly transmit, via a relay module, the patient status signal, and to wirelessly transmit a third patient status signal to a third party indicating when the electrical circuit is determined to be in the open state and when the electrical circuit is determined to be in the closed state, wherein the communication module is further configured to wirelessly transmit, via the relay module, the second patient status signal.