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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2010
Philippa Mary Lewis, Mosman, AU;
Karen Maree Carey, Lower Templestowe, AU;
Alan Michael Cottenden, Bedfordshire, GB;
David Albert Barda, Rose Bay, AU;
Peter Curran, Oatley, AU;
Don Black, Albert Park, AU;
Philippa Mary Lewis, Mosman, AU;
Karen Maree Carey, Lower Templestowe, AU;
Alan Michael Cottenden, Bedfordshire, GB;
David Albert Barda, Rose Bay, AU;
Peter Curran, Oatley, AU;
Don Black, Albert Park, AU;
Fred Bergman Healthcare Pty. Ltd., North Sydney, AU;
Abstract
A system for monitoring incontinence in one or more subjects comprises display means; input means operable by a user; one or more transmitters, each transmitter being associated with one or more subjects being monitored; the one or more transmitters being configured to transmit signals containing continence-related data for the one or more subjects, wherein the continence-related data has been obtained over time from a continence sensor associated with an absorbent article worn by each respective subject; a receiver unit configured to receive signals from the one or more transmitters; and processing means in communication with at least the receiver unit, the processing means including a display processor configured to process the received signals and communicate display information to the display means for display of a visual representation of continence-related information derived from continence sensors in the absorbent articles worn by the one or more subjects being monitored. The system may include a volume estimator and means for communicating to a carer a 'risk of wetness leakage' based on e.g. an estimated volume of wetness and e.g. a pad type. Pad type may be communicated to the system automatically by way of a pad type indicator associated with the pad and/or pad/sensor combination.