Patent ID: 6445304
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A monitoring and alarm system for detecting excessive bleeding from medical patients and for alerting medical attendant(s) thereof, said system comprising a relatively thick sheet-like base means of electrically non-conductive, blood porous material having a proximal side adapted for mounting directly on a patients skin or on a porous protective gauze or bandage thereon at a site on the patients body where heavy bleeding can occur due to inadvertent opening of a wound or incision or due to inadvertent extraction of a syringe, I.V. tube, catheter or other invasive medical implement, said base means having a distal, a normally open electrical circuit means positioned adjacent said distal side and spaced from said proximal side a predesigned distance, electrically actuable visual, sound or physical alarm means electrically connected into said circuit means, and electrical switching means for said circuit means responsive to contact with blood to close said circuit means and actuate said alarm means to alert said medical attendant(s) to said excessive bleeding.