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SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REDUCING RISK AND/OR SEVERITY OF PRESSURE ULCERS

  • US 20100268122A1
  • Filed: 04/15/2010
  • Published: 10/21/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A pressure monitoring system for providing a warning to a patient or caregiver that the patient should be moved to at least minimize soft tissue damage to the patient, the system comprising:

  • a pressure-sensitive pad assembly adapted to be applied to a surface of the patient'"'"'s body that is susceptible to damage from soft tissue pressure, the pressure-sensitive pad assembly generating electrical outputs corresponding to soft tissue pressure sensed by the pressure-sensitive pad assembly at the surface of the patient'"'"'s body;

    means for monitoring a plurality of the electrical outputs generated by the pressure-sensitive pad assembly over a preselected time period;

    means for generating a cumulative output signal based on the plurality of the electrical outputs over the preselected time period and corresponding to whether the soft tissue pressure has exceeded a predetermined pressure level during the preselected time period and whether the soft tissue pressure has not exceeded the predetermined pressure level during the preselected time period; and

    means for continuously generating a warning if the cumulative output signal exceeds a predetermined cumulative threshold until the soft tissue pressure sensed by the pressure-sensitive pad assembly drops below the predetermined pressure level.

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