Restraint management
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsTeun Van Den Heuvel, Yingrong Xie, Adrienne Heinrich, Thomas Falck, Esther Marjan Van Der Heide, Harald Greiner
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Abstract
There is provided a restraint management apparatus. The restraint management apparatus comprises a processing unit arranged to: receive one or more types of sensor data; determine a status of a subject based on the received sensor data; determine, based on the determined subject status, a restraint parameter for a restraint device configured to restrain a body part of the subject; and output a signal based on the determined restraint parameter.
Claims15
A restraint management system for reducing a risk of damage to medical equipment and/or another person, the restraint management system comprising:
- a restraint device comprising a wrist strap or wrist cuff, the restraint device configured to restrain a hand of a subject;
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- a restraint management apparatus having a processing unit arranged to:
- receive one or more types of sensor data;
- determine a status of the subject based on the received sensor data, wherein the status comprises a velocity of the hand of the subject towards medical equipment and/or another person in the environment around the subject;
- determine, based on the determined subject status, a restraint parameter for the restraint device, wherein the restraint parameter indicates a level of resistance to movement to be provided by the restraint device, and wherein the restraint parameter is determined by a calculation such that the level of resistance to movement provided by the restraint device increases as the velocity of the hand towards the medical equipment and/or another person increases;
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- output a signal based on the determined restraint parameter;
- wherein the restraint device is arranged to apply a restraint to the subject or alter a parameter of a restraint applied to the subject in response to the signal received from the restraint management apparatus.
A method for use in restraining a subject to reduce a risk of damage to medical equipment and/or another person, the method comprising:
- providing a restraint device comprising a wrist strap or wrist cuff, the restraint device configured to restrain a hand of a subject;
- receiving, by a restraint management apparatus, one or more types of sensor data;
- determining, by a processing unit of the restraint management apparatus, a status of the subject based on the received sensor data, wherein the status comprises a velocity of the hand of the subject towards medical equipment and/or another person in the environment around the subject;
- determining, by the processing unit of the restraint management apparatus, based on the determined subject status, a restraint parameter for the restraint device, wherein the restraint parameter indicates a level of resistance to movement to be provided by the restraint device, and wherein the restraint parameter is determined by a calculation such that the level of resistance to movement provided by the restraint device increases as the velocity of the hand towards the medical equipment and/or another person increases;
- outputting a signal based on the determined restraint parameter from the restraint management apparatus;
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- applying a restraint to the subject or altering a parameter of a restraint applied to the subject in response to the signal from the restraint management apparatus.
A restraint management system for reducing a risk of damage to another person, the restraint management system comprising:
- a restraint device comprising a wrist strap or wrist cuff, the restraint device configured to restrain a hand of a subject;
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- a restraint management apparatus having a processing unit arranged to:
- receive one or more types of sensor data;
- determine a status of the subject based on the received sensor data, wherein the status comprises a velocity of the hand of the subject towards another person in the environment around the subject;
- determine, based on the determined subject status, a restraint parameter for the restraint device, wherein the restraint parameter indicates a level of resistance to movement to be provided by the restraint device, and wherein the restraint parameter is determined such that the level of resistance to movement provided by the restraint device increases as the velocity of the hand towards the another person increases;
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- output a signal based on the determined restraint parameter;
- wherein the restraint device is arranged to apply a restraint to the subject or alter a parameter of a restraint applied to the subject in response to the signal received from the restraint management apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.