Patent ID: 11903746
Assignee: HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An incontinence detection alert system comprising:
a bed having a patient support surface configured to receive an occupant;
at least one monitor configured to acquire data related to at least one of a status of the bed or a status of the occupant, wherein the at least one monitor includes a movement detection system positioned under the patient support surface and configured to determine when the occupant has exited the bed;
an incontinence detection system having circuitry to detect an incontinence event of the occupant;
a controller configured to receive the data from the at least one monitor, the controller configured to further receive data related to a time of the incontinence event, the controller determining a predicted future incontinence event based on the data from the at least one monitor and the data related to the time of the incontinence event, wherein the controller correlates a time that the occupant exits the bed and the time of the incontinence event to determine a plurality of times that the occupant has required toileting; and
a remote device configured to receive an alert from the controller before the predicted time of the future incontinence event.