CPC A61B 5/6808 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/02055 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/1112 (2013.01); A61B 5/14507 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/1477 (2013.01); A61B 5/207 (2013.01); A61F 13/42 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01); A61B 2562/029 (2013.01); A61B 2562/166 (2013.01); A61F 2013/422 (2013.01); A61F 2013/424 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8473 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8479 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8488 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring a health condition of an individual using a wearable device, wherein the wearable device comprises:
an absorbent layer,
a wickaway liner, and
a sensing circuit positioned between the absorbent layer and the wickaway liner, the
sensing circuit comprising a first sensor and a second sensor,
the method comprising:
detecting, using the first sensor of the sensing circuit, an occurrence of an event, wherein the event corresponds to an excretion of bodily waste;
in response to detecting the occurrence of the event using the first sensor, activating the second sensor of the sensing circuit, wherein the second sensor is different from the first sensor;
capturing, using the second sensor, color information on one or more of the absorbent layer and the wickaway liner, the color information indicating a color of the bodily waste, wherein the second sensor is configured to capture color information of solid and non-solid bodily waste;
receiving health data from the sensing circuit, the health data comprising an indication of the occurrence of the event and the captured color information;
based on the health data, identifying a type of bodily waste corresponding to the event, the type of bodily waste identified from a plurality of predefined types of bodily waste; and
providing an output indicative of the event and the identified type of bodily waste.
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