Incontinence management system and diaper
DCFirst Claim
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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Abstract
An incontinence management system for monitoring wetness in one or more absorbent articles, includes input for receiving one or more sensor signals indicative of a presence of wetness in an absorbent article, processor for processing the one or more sensor signals and for performing an analysis of the signals to characterise wetness events occurring in an absorbent article and user interface for communicating with a user of the system. A mathematical model is used to characterise wetness events, receiving as inputs variables derived from sensor signals and optionally, patient and demographic data. The mathematical model can be configured and/or re-configured utilising observation data obtained while monitoring a patient for wetness. A diaper for use with such as system is also disclosed.
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1. A moisture monitoring system for monitoring wetness in one or more absorbent articles, the system including:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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