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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
May. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Inventor:
Ryan Severns, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/42 (2006.01); A61F 5/48 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G01N 27/04 (2006.01); G08B 21/20 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/42 (2013.01); A61F 5/485 (2013.01); G01N 27/048 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G08B 21/20 (2013.01); A61F 2013/424 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8482 (2013.01);
Abstract
An incontinence detector includes a layer of material having uniformly distributed electrically resistive elements which impart a baseline electrical resistance to the layer. The layer also has an actual electrical resistance. The detector also includes an RFID tag having a first and second leads which extend into the material without contacting each other. The tag is responsive to deviations of the actual resistance from the baseline resistance.