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Incontinence management system and diaper

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  • US 7,977,529 B2
  • Filed: 05/02/2007
  • Issued: 07/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A moisture monitoring system for monitoring wetness in one or more absorbent articles, the system including:

  • an input for receiving one or more sensor signals indicative of a presence of wetness in an absorbent article;

    a processor; and

    user interface for communicating with a user of the system;

    wherein the processor executes an algorithm to analyze the one or more sensor signals by applying the one or more received sensor signals to a pre-determined mathematical model to characterize a wetness event in an absorbent article; and

    wherein the system has devised the pre-determined mathematical model using sensor signal data previously received by the system, the mathematical model representing a relationship between one or more variables obtainable from the received sensor signals and a characteristic used to characterise a wetness event.

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