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US 12,676,060 B1Granted
Systems and methods for a fall prevention system
AssigneeDignity Health
InventorsAlbert Biemond, Trent Maruyama
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Abstract
A fall prevention system provides intervention and distraction to attempt to prevent a “fall risk” patient from falling from bed while providing alerts to caregivers. The system provides verbal, visual and tactile interventions to create a distraction and time for a nurse or caregiver to intervene and prevent a fall.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor in communication with a memory and the intervention element, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to:
- access temporally adjacent sensor observations obtained from a sensor array in communication with the processor, the sensor array being positioned within the space designated for the patient;
- determine, using time-dependent analysis of the temporally adjacent sensor observations, that a position-change pattern of a patient is indicative of the patient attempting to stand;
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- apply, based on the position-change pattern, a control signal to the intervention element to initiate a patient-facing interactive engagement performed locally by the intervention element that:
- (i) establishes a two-way exchange with the patient via audio and/or visual modalities, (ii) elicits and receives assistance-need information from the patient via spoken or non-verbal inputs, and (iii) provides, via the intervention element, an audible, visual, or tactile acknowledgment that assistance has been notified.
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A method, comprising:
- accessing temporally adjacent sensor observations obtained from a sensor array in communication with a processor, the sensor array being positioned within a space designated for a patient;
- determining, using time-dependent analysis of the temporally adjacent sensor observations, that a position-change pattern of the patient is indicative of the patient attempting to stand;
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- applying, based on the position-change pattern, a control signal to an intervention element to initiate a patient-facing interactive engagement performed locally by the intervention element that:
- (i) establishes a two-way exchange with the patient via audio and/or visual modalities, (ii) elicits and receives assistance-need information from the patient via spoken or non-verbal inputs, and (iii) provides, via the intervention element, an audible, visual, or tactile acknowledgment that assistance has been notified.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.