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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Richard R. Wilson, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Douglas R. Oudekerk, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Douglas P. Wilson, Madison, WI (US);
Karla M. Fogel, Evanston, IL (US);
Rebecca Neth Townsend, Bellevue, WA (US);
Richard R. Wilson, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Douglas R. Oudekerk, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Douglas P. Wilson, Madison, WI (US);
Karla M. Fogel, Evanston, IL (US);
Rebecca Neth Townsend, Bellevue, WA (US);
Covenant Ministries of Benevolence, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A stacked moisture sensing device and urinary continence monitoring system are disclosed. The stacked moisture sensing device has at least a first media-sensor arrangement adjacent to a second media-sensor arrangement. In one embodiment, each of the media-sensor arrangements has a media layer with a first face, a second face and a side edge that extends between the faces wherein the media layers have differing hydrophilicities. Embedded in each media layer is a moisture sensor which can be a wired type tensor or a wireless RFID type sensor. The stacked moisture sensing device can be used in a variety of applications, such as for use in urinary continence monitoring and for use in shipping containers. In urinary continence monitoring applications, a data collection unit can be provided to acquire data from the sensors, which are located in an absorbent undergarment. Methods for locating the sensors within the absorbent undergarment are also disclosed.