Patent ID: 8564445

Claim:
A system for monitoring a subject comprising: a plurality of beds; an active capacitance sensor associated with each bed of the plurality of beds; a data collection transmitter associated with each bed of the plurality of beds, wherein the active capacitance sensor communicates sensor status data to the data collection transmitter; a central processor wirelessly connected to each data collection transmitter associated with each bed of the plurality of beds; a program, wherein the program instructs the central processor to receive the sensor status data from each data collection transmitter associated with each bed of the plurality of beds, the sensor status data communicated using a predefined protocol; a database, wherein the database receives the sensor status data from the central processor and stores the sensor status data to further interpret the sensor status data and generate a report; and a timer included within the program that periodically checks the database to determine if one or more new data collection transmitters needs to be added to the database.