Patient monitoring system for bathroom
First Claim
1. A patient monitoring system adapted for use with a bathroom having a toilet wherein a doorway provides entry into the bathroom and a door is moveably mounted in the doorway and wherein, when the door is in a closed position, the door has an interior surface facing into the bathroom and an opposing exterior surface facing away from the bathroom, the system comprising:
- a motion detection unit including a motion detection sensor and a first housing supporting the motion detection sensor;
an alarm unit having an alarm device and a second housing supporting the alarm device;
control circuitry operably coupling the motion detection sensor with the alarm device, the control circuitry configured to activate the alarm device when the motion detection sensor detects motion; and
a support structure removably supportable on the door wherein the support structure is adapted to support the first housing proximate the interior surface of the door and support the second housing proximate the exterior surface of the door.
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Abstract
A patient monitoring system adapted for use with a bathroom. The system includes a motion detection unit including a motion detection sensor and a first housing. The system also includes an alarm unit having an alarm device and a second housing. Control circuitry operably couples the motion detection sensor with the alarm device. The control circuitry is configured to activate the alarm device when the motion detection sensor detects motion. The system also includes a support structure removably mounted on the bathroom door wherein the support structure is adapted to support the first housing proximate the interior surface of the door and support the second housing proximate the exterior surface of the door. The motion detection sensor is positioned so that when a fall-risk patient begins to rise from the toilet, the alarm device will alert a caregiver outside the bathroom who may then assist the patient.
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20 Claims
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1. A patient monitoring system adapted for use with a bathroom having a toilet wherein a doorway provides entry into the bathroom and a door is moveably mounted in the doorway and wherein, when the door is in a closed position, the door has an interior surface facing into the bathroom and an opposing exterior surface facing away from the bathroom, the system comprising:
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a motion detection unit including a motion detection sensor and a first housing supporting the motion detection sensor; an alarm unit having an alarm device and a second housing supporting the alarm device; control circuitry operably coupling the motion detection sensor with the alarm device, the control circuitry configured to activate the alarm device when the motion detection sensor detects motion; and a support structure removably supportable on the door wherein the support structure is adapted to support the first housing proximate the interior surface of the door and support the second housing proximate the exterior surface of the door. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A patient monitoring system adapted for use with a bathroom having a toilet wherein a doorway provides entry into the bathroom and a door is moveably mounted in the doorway and wherein, when the door is in a closed position, the door has an interior surface facing into the bathroom and an opposing exterior surface facing away from the bathroom, the system comprising:
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a motion detection unit including a motion detection sensor and a first housing supporting the motion detection sensor; an alarm unit having an alarm device and a second housing supporting the alarm device; control circuitry operably coupling the motion detection sensor with the alarm device, the control circuitry configured to activate the alarm device when the motion detection sensor detects motion; a manually operated switch supported on the second housing, the switch being operably coupled with the motion detection sensor and the control circuitry wherein the switch selectively activates and deactivates the system; and a support structure removably supportable on the door, the support structure including an engagement portion adapted to extend over and engage a top edge of the door and thereby mount the support structure on the door, the support structure further including first and second elongate members extending from opposite sides of the engagement portion whereby the first elongate member is positionable proximate the interior surface of the door and the second elongate member is positionable proximate the exterior surface of the door when the support structure is mounted on the door, the first housing being supportable on the first elongate member proximate the interior surface of the door and the second housing being supportable on the second elongate member proximate the exterior surface of the door, wherein the first elongate member defines a first axis and the first housing is axially repositionable on the first elongate member and wherein the first housing is angularly repositionable on the first elongate member about a yaw axis substantially parallel to the first axis; and wherein the motion detection sensor defines a detection zone, the motion detection sensor being positionable to extend the detection zone over the toilet whereby a patient seated on the toilet will be located below the detection zone without intruding into the detection zone, and, when the patient rises from the toilet, the patient will enter the detection zone thereby activating the alarm device whereby a caregiver positioned outside the bathroom proximate the door with the door in the closed position will be notified by the alarm device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method of monitoring a patient in a bathroom having a toilet wherein a door is moveably mounted in a doorway, the doorway providing access to the bathroom when the door is in an open position and the door blocks access through the doorway when the door is in a closed position, and wherein, when the door is in the closed position, the door has an interior surface facing the bathroom and an exterior surface facing away from the bathroom, the method comprising:
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mounting a support structure on the door; attaching a first housing to the support structure proximate the interior surface of the door, the first housing supporting a motion detector sensor; positioning the motion detector sensor wherein the motion detection sensor defines a detection zone extending over the toilet and having a lower boundary spaced above the toilet wherein the patient seated on the toilet will be located below the detection zone without intruding into the detection zone and when the patient rises from the toilet the patient will enter the detection zone; attaching a second housing to the support structure proximate the exterior surface of the door, the second housing supporting an alarm device; and providing control circuitry to operably couple the motion detection sensor with the alarm device, the control circuitry configured to activate the alarm device when the motion detection sensor detects motion whereby a caregiver positioned outside the bathroom proximate the door with the door in the closed position will be notified by the alarm device when the patient rises from the toilet. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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