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US 7,924,163 B1Granted
Cordless patient pad
AssigneeSmart Caregiver Corporation
InventorsTimothy G. Long, Steven A. Williams
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Abstract
A cordless pressure pad connected to a bed pad transmitter for centralized monitoring by a central bed monitor receiving and alarm unit. When a monitored person gets up from bed, the pad transmitter sends a coded RF signal matched to a particular bed monitor unit, and it then triggers an alarm; when the person sits or lays back down, the pad transmitter sends a signal to the monitor to reset. Multiple pads can be linked to a single bed monitor.
Claims11
A patient monitoring system, comprising:
- a bed pad monitor having a bed pad monitor receiver and an alarm;
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- a pressure pad having a pressure pad transmitter in wireless RF communication with said bed pad monitor receiver;
- wherein said pressure pad transmitter sends a wireless signal to said bed pad monitor receiver to indicate to a caregiver that a patient has gotten out of, or fallen out of, a bed or a chair, and further wherein said bed pad transmitter sends a coded pulsed signal to said bed pad monitor receiver, such that if said bed pad monitor receiver misses a pulsed signal from said pressure pad transmitter over a predetermined and preset period, it will output an alarm signal indicating that said pressure pad is lost or removed.
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