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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1999
Brian J. Sparks, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A chair monitoring system is used in a nursing home, hospital, healthcare facility or home or in a vehicle application, to detect an individual's attempted departure from a seat before the individual leaves the seat, or as an individual starts to slide out of a seated position. The purpose of this invention is to help prevent falls and provide an early alarm to enable caregivers, nursing staff, or another responsible individual to respond quickly and appropriately to reduce injuries. This alarm can be audible and visual at the chair and/or can trigger a nurse call system. A new technology is used to continually, invisibly, and remotely monitor a person's presence in a chair. There are no pads, strings, clips or attachments to the monitored person. The safe area can be easily adjusted to fit the specific needs of the situation and enable a caregiver to be alerted when a person slides down, leans forward or starts to leave the chair before he or she has physically left the chair. Any size or weight person can be monitored. Electronic technology is used to accurately detect the distance without physically touching the monitored person.
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