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Wet bed alarm and temperature monitoring system

  • US 5,291,181 A
  • Filed: 03/30/1992
  • Issued: 03/01/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A monitoring system for detecting urine and monitoring body temperature, comprising:

  • an electric circuit for activating indicator means, having a pair of electrodes having a break in continuity,a lead member extending from each said electrode, said lead members being in a spaced apart relationship from each other,a sheet of material extending over and resting against said lead members for absorbing and retaining urine to permit said urine to provide a conductive path between said lead members to complete said circuit and activate said indicator means,a flexible sheet of waterproof material to which said lead members are joined,heat sensor means for monitoring the temperature of a person resting against said sheet of material,said heat sensor means being of the washer variety, and being secured to said flexible sheet with button members,said heat sensor means comprising two independent and spaced apart heat sensors serving to also measure the temperature differential at two different points on said flexible sheet to indicate by the magnitude of said differential whether the sheet is wet.

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