Patient Safety Device

A patient monitoring assembly comprising:

• a pad having a top side, a bottom side, and a peripheral side being coupled to and extending between the top side and the bottom side, the bottom side being planar wherein the bottom side is configured to position the pad flush against a surface whereby the pad is positionable between the surface and a user, the top side being planar wherein the top side is configured for being positioned between the surface and the user, the pad including:
• an outer casing being water resistant wherein the outer casing is configured to inhibit penetration of water into the pad, the outer casing being fire resistant wherein the outer casing is configured to resist ignition when the pad is exposed to heat, the outer casing being selected from a group of materials consisting of a silicone-coated fabric, a polyester fabric, a nylon fabric, and a membrane fabric;
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• a resiliently compressible material being enclosed within the outer casing, the resiliently compressible material being selected from a group of materials consisting of cotton, linen, bamboo, hemp, polyester, rayon, viscoelastic gel, and thermoplastic elastomer gel;
• a weight sensor being positioned within the pad wherein the weight sensor is configured to detect a weight of the user who is positioned on the pad while the user is resting on the surface, the weight sensor being configured to monitor the weight of the user and detect reductions in the weight of the user, the weight sensor being programmed to determine when the weight of the user has been reduced by a threshold percentage of the weight of the user whereby the weight sensor is configured to detect when the user is moving off of the pad to get up from the surface, the threshold percentage configured for being at least 25% of the weight of the user whereby the weight sensor is configured to distinguish between movement of the user over the pad while the user remains on the surface and movement of the user off of the pad when the user is getting up from the surface, the resiliently compressible material surrounding the weight sensor wherein the resiliently compressible material is configured to facilitate comfort of the user while the pad is positioned beneath the user;
• a processor being in communication with the weight sensor wherein the weight sensor is configured to signal the processor when the weight sensor detects that the threshold percentage of the weight of the user has been removed from the pad, the processor being positioned within the pad wherein the processor is electrically coupled to the weight sensor, the weight sensor being configured to signal the processor that the user is moving off of the pad when the weight sensor detects that the weight of the user has been reduced by the threshold percentage;
• a transmitter being in communication with the processor wherein the processor is configured to signal the transmitter when the weight sensor detects that the threshold percentage of the weight of the user has been removed from the pad, the transmitter being positioned within the pad wherein the transmitter is electrically coupled to the processor;
• a computer network being in wireless communication with the transmitter wherein the transmitter sends a notification to the computer network when the processor signals the transmitter whereby the computer network is configured to notify a caregiver that the user is moving off of the pad, the notification having a plurality of priority levels, each priority level of the plurality of priority levels being configured to correlate with a corresponding reduction of the weight of the user on the pad, the plurality of priority levels including:
• a low priority notification being configured to correlate with a reduction of the weight of the user being less than 50%;
• a medium priority notification being configured to correlate with a reduction of the weight of the user being between 50% and 75%;
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• a high priority notification being configured to correlate with a reduction of the weight of the user being greater than 75%;
• the computer network including:
• a personal electronic device being configured to be carried by the caregiver;
• a public address system having a speaker being configured to audibly emit an announcement of the notification within a building where the surface on which the pad is positioned is located;
• a transitory device being configured for movement around the building;
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• a stationary device being fixedly positioned within the building;
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• a power source being electrically coupled to the processor, the power source being selected from the group consisting of:
• a power cord extending outwardly from the pad, the power cord being positioned on the peripheral side of the pad;
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• a battery, the battery being rechargeable.