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Method and system for determining whether a caregiver takes appropriate measures to prevent patient bedsores

  • US 10,524,722 B2
  • Filed: 12/24/2015
  • Issued: 01/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computerized method for monitoring compliance with a bedsore-prevention regimen, the method performed by one or more processors and comprising:

  • electronically receiving 3D motion sensor data from one or more 3D motion sensors positioned in a room with a patient;

    using the 3D motion sensor data to identify a position of the patient in the room;

    receiving a configuration of a virtual patient zone, wherein the virtual patient zone is a 3D volume defined by proximity to the patient;

    using the 3D motion sensor data to identify a second person in the room;

    detecting when the second person enters the virtual patient zone;

    timing the duration from the entry of the second person into the virtual patient zone to an exit of the second person from the virtual patient zone; and

    identifying a failure to comply with a bedsore-prevention regimen when duration from the entry to the exit is less than a predetermined period of time needed to comply with the bedsore-prevention regimen, wherein the predetermined period of time is configured to be specific to the identified second person.

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