Patient monitoring devices and methods
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1. A bedside patient monitor, for a bed having two sides and two ends, comprising:
- an arrangement of video cameras, the arrangement comprising at least one video camera mounted so as to image an area covering one or both sides;
the video cameras producing an output connected to a computer which runs software which can interpret the output and make a determination from that output when a fall or patient movement has occurred in an area;
the computer adapted to transmit an alarm in response to the determination.
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The device features one or more video cameras (13, 14, 15) linked to a computer (16) which analyses the output of the cameras to distinguish between normal movement and falls. Upward or similar movements, normally associated with a patient attempting to get out of bed are also identified. An alarm is activated at a remote attendant station when a fall movement is determined to have occured. The cameras and computer are situated as a bedside unit (11).
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1. A bedside patient monitor, for a bed having two sides and two ends, comprising:
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an arrangement of video cameras, the arrangement comprising at least one video camera mounted so as to image an area covering one or both sides;
the video cameras producing an output connected to a computer which runs software which can interpret the output and make a determination from that output when a fall or patient movement has occurred in an area;
the computer adapted to transmit an alarm in response to the determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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