Pressure ulcer prevention system

A method for alleviating pressure ulcers, comprising:

• obtaining, from a fabric-based sensing component, a plurality of measurements corresponding to at least one of:
• a pressure or a moisture value associated with at least one contact point of an individual at an interface location between the individual and a surface with which the individual is in contact through the fabric-based sensing component;
• determining that the individual is at risk for developing a pressure ulcer at the interface location based at least in part on the plurality of measurements;
• and
• in response to determining that the individual is at risk for developing the pressure ulcer, alerting a manual intervention or triggering an automated intervention between the individual and the surface.

A method for alleviating pressure ulcers, comprising:

• obtaining, from a fabric-based sensing component, a plurality of measurements corresponding to a pressure value associated with at least one contact point of an individual at an interface location between the individual and a surface with which the individual is in contact through the fabric-based sensing component, wherein the plurality of measurements are transmitted to a data store for storing electronic medical records, wherein the fabric-based sensing component has a distributed sensor network formed of an addressable array of a plurality of pressure sensors, wherein the addressable array of the plurality of pressure sensors are interconnected by a conductive yarn data bus within the fabric-based sensing component to form a plurality of sensing unit cells, the addressable array of the plurality of pressure sensors forming a pressure sensing layer that is formed solely of fabrics as sensing elements, wherein each of the plurality of pressure sensors is defined by two high conductive fabrics having a resistivity value between about 0.002 and about 8 ohms per square, each of the high conductive fabrics being integrated with conductive yarn data bus by weaving, knitting, embroidery, or sewing, and configured to make electrical contact through a low conductive fabric having a resistivity value between about 10E3 and about 10E13 ohms per square;
• determining, based on an assessment of duration and/or intensity of pressure, using the measured pressure at the array of sensors, that the individual is at risk for developing a pressure ulcer at the interface location based at least in part on the plurality of measurements;
• and
• in response to determining the duration and/or intensity of the pressure value exceeding the designated threshold value or values for at least one sensing location of the plurality of sensing locations at the interface location, alerting a manual intervention or triggering an automated intervention based on the measured pressure.