Apparatus and method for reducing the risk of decubitus ulcers

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A61G 7/057 (2006.01) A61B 5/11 (2006.01) G08B 21/04 (2006.01)

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CA 2411394

There is provided herein a sensor for use in patient monitoring situations, wherein the level of patient motion activity is tracked for purposes of determining whether or not that patient has exhibited sufficient activity to merit eliminating a scheduled assisted relocation to a new position. The instant device broadly operates to sense the length of time since a patient has last moved from a previous sitting or lying position. If the patient has not moved during some predetermined time interval, it is preferred that the nursing staff be notified that it is time to manually reposition the patient. On the other hand, if the patient has changed position within the specified time period, the device will note that fact and inform the attending nurse or other caregiver that the patient need not be moved at the next scheduled relocation, thereby eliminating the need in some cases to rouse the patient from an otherwise sound sleep. In either case, the instant invention operates to reduce the risk that a patient will develop bed sores by helping ensure that the patient manually moved as frequently as is medically necessary, but no more often than is actually necessary.

L'invention concerne un capteur utilisé dans des situations de surveillance d'un patient, le niveau de changement de position dudit patient étant suivi afin de déterminer si ce patient présente ou non une activité suffisante pour éviter un déplacement planifié dans une nouvelle position. Le dispositif fonctionne sensiblement de façon à capter l'intervalle de temps écoulé depuis le dernier changement de position assise ou allongée du patient. Si ce patient n'a pas changé de position pendant un intervalle de temps prédéterminé, il est préférable d'informer le personnel soignant qu'il est temps de changer manuellement la position dudit patient. Si le patient a changé de position dans un intervalle de temps spécifié, le dispositif enregistre ce fait et informe l'infirmière ou une autre personne soignante que le patient n'a pas besoin de changer de position avant le prochain changement de position planifié, ce qui évite dans certains cas de le réveiller. Dans les deux cas, l'invention fonctionne de façon à réduire le risque de développement d'escarres de décubitus par le patient, par information du déplacement manuel du patient aussi souvent que le médecin le requiert, mais pas plus que nécessaire.

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