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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1993
Bonnie R Dick, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert T Duke, Milford, OH (US);
Eugene E Osborne, Florence, KY (US);
Steven P Sable, Brockport, NY (US);
Thomas E Scott, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Chas Taverner, West Amherst, NY (US);
Hill-Rom Company, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
An incontinence detection device comprising a pad with a plurality of circuits. The circuit conductors are spaced on the pad, with each of the circuits defining a linear dimension across a respective pair of the circuit conductors. The linear dimension has a correlation to a predetermined liquid volume of an incontinent event desired to be detected. A controller applies voltage from a power source to and checks continuity of the spaced circuits and totals the circuits. The controller indicates to a care provider that an incontinent event has occurred at a certain minimum liquid volume.