07.08.21
Thomas F. Heil, Batesville, IN; Steven Alan Dixon, Riverview, FL; Laetitia Gazagnes, Montpellier, France; Timothy A. Lane, II, Shrewsbury, MA; David Lance Ribble, Indianapolis, IN; Varad Narayan Srivastava, Batesville, IN; Charles A. Lachenbruch, Batesville, IN; Michael Scott Hood, Batesville, IN; Charles A. Howell, Knoxville, TN; and Kirsten M. Emmons, Batesville, IN.
Assigned to Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN.
Filed: 4/1/20
Issued: 4/13/21
A moisture handling apparatus comprising a first layer of material having a capillary property for encouraging moisture migration from a source zone to a destination zone, the capillary property being provided by moisture flow paths that are discrete and separated from one another along respective lengths of the flow paths, a second layer of material situated adjacent to the first layer of material, and a sensor coupled to one or both of the first layer and the second layer, the sensor including an RFID tag and one or more electrically conductive traces extending from the RFID tag, wherein the destination zone comprises the one or more of the electrically conductive traces.
Assigned to Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN.
Filed: 4/1/20
Issued: 4/13/21
A moisture handling apparatus comprising a first layer of material having a capillary property for encouraging moisture migration from a source zone to a destination zone, the capillary property being provided by moisture flow paths that are discrete and separated from one another along respective lengths of the flow paths, a second layer of material situated adjacent to the first layer of material, and a sensor coupled to one or both of the first layer and the second layer, the sensor including an RFID tag and one or more electrically conductive traces extending from the RFID tag, wherein the destination zone comprises the one or more of the electrically conductive traces.