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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2001
Paul B. Kelly, Jr., Fair Oaks, CA (US);
Donald W. Schoendorfer, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Simmons, Lake Forest, CA (US);
NocWatch, Inc., Crystal Bay, NV (US);
Abstract
An attitude indicator device for detecting, indicating, and/or logging the positional attitude of an individual in response to deviation from a set of one or more reference angles. By way of example and not of limitation, the device is mounted on the thigh of a patient and measurements are taken from an acceleration sensor within the device. The acceleration measurements are communicated to a receiver when the measurements deviate from acceptable thresholds, whereby the receiver indicates an alert condition. The device may be employed within numerous medical related applications, for example, to facilitate preventing patient egress and the prevention/detection of patient falls.