US 12,186,083 B2
Patient support apparatus as communication intermediary for incontinence detection pad and patient diagnostic patch
Gavin M. Monson, Oxford, OH (US); Dan R. Tallent, Hope, IN (US); Brandon M. Ayers, Carrboro, NC (US); and Frederick C. Davidson, Apex, NC (US)
Assigned to Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/336,360.
Application 18/336,360 is a continuation of application No. 17/027,881, filed on Sep. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,712,186.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/908,001, filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329613 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/20 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/202 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0004 (2013.01); A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61B 5/6891 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0204 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for detecting and locating an incontinence event comprising a patient support apparatus configured to support a patient thereon,
an incontinence detection pad including a condition-responsive sensor configured to provide pad signals indicative of incontinence data,
a diagnostic patch configured to provide patch signals indicative of patient data,
an ultra-wideband communications system coupled communicatively with the incontinence detection pad and the diagnostic patch and configured to receive the incontinence data sensed by the condition responsive sensor and the patient data sensed by the diagnostic patch, and configured to produce location data of the incontinence detection pad and the patient support apparatus;
wherein the ultra-wideband communication system includes an ultra-wideband tag, an ultra-wideband reader coupled communicatively with the incontinence detection pad, and a controller including a microprocessor and a memory storage device storing instructions that when executed by the microprocessor cause the controller to output a command signal to notify a caregiver of the incontinence data, the location data of the incontinence detention pad and the patient support apparatus, and the patient data; and
wherein the condition responsive sensor includes a detection grid configured to sense the presence of moisture and a radio frequency identification tag configured to provide an input signal to the ultra-wideband tag.