Patient monitoring system employing array of force sensors on a bedsheet or similar substrate

摘要: A patient monitoring system includes a replaceable laminar sensor to be placed on bed, the including distributed force sensing elements providing output signals processing apparatus near-bed processor and central coupled by wireless communication link. The applies spatial weighting derive distribution across sensor, processes over time generate status information such as presence, position, agitation, seizure activity, respiration, security. This can displayed at station, provided paging alert attending medical personnel, used update databases. may manufactured from layers of olefin film conductive ink form capacitive elements.