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Incontinence detection device

  • US 5,537,095 A
  • Filed: 10/29/1993
  • Issued: 07/16/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for detecting a patient incontinent event and corresponding liquid volume of the event comprising:

  • a pad;

    a plurality of electrical circuits on said pad, said circuits being spaced on said pad, each of said circuits having spaced apart conductors defining a linear dimension across a respective one of said circuits, said linear dimension having a correlation to a predetermined liquid volume of an incontinent event;

    a power source; and

    a controller for applying power source voltage to and checking continuity of said spaced circuits and totalling the number of circuits which are shorted by liquid volume connecting the spaced apart conductors of the circuit;

    whereby when an incontinent event occurs said controller indicates to a care provider that an incontinent event has occurred and the liquid volume of the event.

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