Patent ID: 9545342
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A system for monitoring one or a plurality of patients each wearing an absorbent article for controlling incontinence comprising: i) a plurality of temperature sensors for removable attachment to the outer surface of said absorbent article, each at a separate defined location on said outer surface of said absorbent article and external to said absorbent article and in contact with said outer surface of said absorbent article, each said temperature sensor generating a signal indicative of temperature measurement of said outer surface of said absorbent article at each said separate defined location, said plurality of temperature sensors thereby generating a plurality of signals indicative of said temperature measurements of said outer surface of said absorbent article at said separate defined locations; ii) means for communicating said plurality of signals indicative of temperature measurement of said outer surface of said absorbent article at said separate defined locations to a processor; iii) wherein said processor is provided with computer code which, when executed, determines based upon said plurality of signals indicative of temperature measurements of said outer surface of said absorbent article at said plurality of separate defined locations whether a urination or defecation event has occurred in said absorbent article; and iv) means for communicating the occurrence of said event to a care-giver.