Patent ID: 7821873

Claim:
An incontinence prompting apparatus comprising: a timer mechanism for timing an interval disposed within a housing; a time interval selection mechanism in communication with the timer mechanism for selecting a preset time interval comprising 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes, 150 minutes, 180 minutes or combinations thereof; a time interval adjustment mechanism in connection with the time interval selection mechanism, wherein the user can modify the preset time interval to customize the preset time interval; a storage device that stores the preset time interval; a prompting mechanism in communication with the timer mechanism for issuing a prompting signal in response to a signal from the timer timing mechanism, wherein the prompting mechanism comprises a vibrating mechanism connected to the prompting mechanism to make a nonauditory prompting signal; an auditory mechanism, a visual mechanism or a combination thereof; a speaker connected to the prompting mechanism to make an auditory prompting signal; a visual indicator connected to the prompting mechanism to make a visual prompting signal; a prompting selector connected to the prompting mechanism to select one or more prompting signals; a reset mechanism to reinitiate the timer mechanism; an input mechanism in operable communication with the prompting selector, the prompting signal, the storage device, the time interval selection mechanism, the timer mechanism; a messaging mechanism to provide one or more messages to the user, wherein the one or more messages comprises the time remaining, the time lapsed, the time interval selected, alarm mode, the date, the time, the day, the month or combinations thereof; a logging mechanism in communication with the storage device to record one or more logged data selected from the time of the incontinent episodes, subjective amount of the incontinent episodes, and cause of an accidental urination; and a communication device to connect and transmit the one or more logged data to a remote host; a touch screen display mechanism in communication with the time interval selection mechanism, prompting selector, the storage device, the messaging mechanism, the prompting mechanism, the timer mechanism, the logging mechanism and input mechanism to display the one or more logged data, the one or more messages or both.