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Incontinence detection system

  • US 10,349,881 B1
  • Filed: 05/01/2018
  • Issued: 07/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for detecting an incontinence event comprising:

  • a pad having an open circuit comprised of a first conductor extending from a first terminal of an RFID inlay, and a second conductor extending from a second terminal of the RFID inlay;

    an RFID reader subsystem having a processor and two or more antennas, each antenna being adapted to radiate and receive electromagnetic energy, the system adapted to;

    A) select;

    1) an antenna pair i from an ordered list of imax antenna pairs in which one member of the pair is a send antenna and the other member is a receive antenna,2) a transmit power j from an ordered list of jmax transmit powers, and3) a frequency k from an ordered list of kmax frequencies,B) command transmission of energy from the send antenna of the selected antenna pair i at the selected power j and frequency k, andC) repeat A and B with i replaced by an incremented value of i, j replaced by an incremented value of j, and k replaced by an incremented value of k provided that if any of the incremented values of i, j, or k exceeds imax, jmax, kmax respectively, the excessive value is instead replaced by one.

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