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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Andreas Brauers, Aachen, DE;
Ralf Dorscheid, Kerkrade, NL;
Frank Johnen, Juelich-Koslar, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In order to provide a simple and reliable monitoring technique for a number of different parameters of a patient in a bed (), a system () is provided, said system () comprising: at least one first sensor device () adapted to measure a first force component acting in a first direction (), said first force component corresponding to a first parameter of the patient, at least one second sensor device () adapted to measure a second force component acting in a second direction (), said second force component corresponding to a second parameter of the patient, and a data device () adapted to acquire the measured data from the at least one first sensor device () and the at least one second sensor device () and to process those data in order to provide information about the number of parameters of the patient.