318 results about "Care giver" patented technology

A drying apparatus of the present disclosure has a drying towel having a first face and a second face. The drying apparatus also has a first handle secured to the first face of the drying towel at or near an end of the drying towel so that a caregiver can grasp the drying towel to dry a disabled person with the second face.

Provided herein is an engagement and care support platform (“ECSP”) computer system including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device for facilitating senior user engagement. The processor is programmed to: (i) register a user through an application, (ii) register a caregiver associated with the user through the application, (iii) generate a senior profile based upon user personal and scheduling data, (iv) build a daily interactive user interface that reflects the senior profile, (v) display the daily interactive user interface at a first client device associated with the user, (vi) cause the first client device to initiate a daily interaction prompt to the user, (vii) determine whether any user interaction was received in response to the daily interaction prompt, and (viii) transmit a daily update message to a second client device associated with the caregiver, including an indication of whether any user interaction was received.

The invention discloses an intelligent nursing system based on fall risk early warning, and the system comprises the steps: monitoring the current behavior information of a user in real time, and obtaining each behavior parameter; after obtaining each piece of behavior information, establishing a first risk early warning model, inputting each behavior parameter value, and outputting a risk value; obtaining a risk value, comparing the risk value with a risk threshold value, and judging whether the current state of the user is in a falling risk range or not; when the comparison module judges that the user is in the falling risk, corresponding intervention measures are taken; and transmitting the comparison result and the implemented intervention measures to intelligent terminal equipment of nursing personnel. A mode of combining multiple sensors is adopted, the motion state of the old people can be monitored in real time, environment information can be obtained, and therefore the falling risk can be judged more accurately; a concept of a falling risk index is introduced, the falling risk index is calculated through comprehensive analysis of motion state parameters and environment information, and an early warning mechanism is triggered according to the size of the index.

The invention discloses a rehabilitation nursing auxiliary system based on multi-modal data driving. The problems that in the prior art, data collection is single, a nursing scheme lacks individuation, and a feedback mechanism is insufficient are solved. The system comprises a multi-modal data acquisition module, a data processing and fusion module, an intelligent analysis and decision support module, a feedback and adaptive adjustment module and a patient interaction and nurse assistance interface module. According to the system, physiological data, behavior data, image data and environment data of a patient are collected in real time through Internet of Things equipment, cross-modal features are extracted through a deep learning model, and a comprehensive state vector S (t) is generated. Based on a reinforcement learning algorithm, a personalized nursing scheme C (t) is dynamically generated, and a multi-modal data weight theta and the nursing scheme are optimized through patient historical data and real-time feedback F (t); through the rehabilitation progress evaluation function P (t), the system can adjust the nursing plan in real time, and the rehabilitation effect is improved.

An apparatus and method for measuring a biosignal of a monitored patient, processing the measured biosignal to generate a treatment protocol for guiding clinical care of the monitored patient, and outputting the treatment protocol for use by a clinical caregiver. In one example, the monitored patient is a preterm infant, the biosignal is a respiratory pattern of the infant during oral feeding, and the treatment protocol provides a recommended treatment regimen setting forth therapeutic interventions and / or medical interventions for a clinical caregiver to follow for achieving a predetermined outcome for improving oral feeding of the monitored infant.

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for managing health status of persons with a chronic condition including providing dynamic, adaptive monitoring, detection, and prediction of suicide risk to a person at risk for suicide related to mental health. In an embodiment, a patient-assessment application is used to obtain information periodically on a patient's mental health status. Based on this information, a logistic regression model is employed to determine a patient's probability of attempting suicide. The probability is evaluated against a default threshold to determine if the patient's status has changed significantly, and if the threshold is exceeded, an action is evoked. In one embodiment, the action includes providing notice to the patient's care provider, caregiver, or case manager.

To provide a foldable bathroom chair that allows a shape of the chair to be changed to a physique of a care-receiver or the like, and allows a care-giver or the like to change the shape of the chair by one hand.SOLUTION: A foldable bathroom chair includes: a leg frame having a leg part and a backrest support part; a seat part attached to the leg frame; a support frame arranged parallel to a backrest support part; and a backrest part attached to the support frame so as to be lifted and lowered, and height adjusting means. The height adjusting means is formed by fixing first and second locking parts that are opposed to each other to the support frame, providing first and second rack parts having a plurality of first and second engaging parts that engage with the first and second locking parts, to the backrest part, and providing energizing means for energizing the first and second rack parts between the first and second rack parts so that the first and second engaging parts engage with the first and second locking parts. The first and second rack parts engage with the first and second locking parts or release the engagement by sliding the rack parts, in a horizontal direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Improvements in capturing an image of a cornea with Placido's disk lines are disclosed. The imaging is with a clam shell clamping device that is easily clamped onto a cellular device and the lighting tube is centered on the camera so the image at the end of the tube can be captured. The clamping device includes a ring light source that illuminates the outside of the tube with an internally reflective cone. The tube has a plurality of geometrically spaced light and dark rings to create evenly spaced rings on the cornea. Imperfections in the cornea will distort the rings. The camera can capture the image and the image or picture can be forwarded to a doctor or other care giver to determine the perfection or imperfection of the cornea and tear film break-up device.

The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles having a first belt and a second belt with one or more frangible pathways. A frangible pathway may extend between a proximal terminus on an inner edge of a belt and a distal terminus on an outer edge of the belt. A grip region comprising an accessibility opening may be positioned between the inner and outer edges of the belt. The frangible pathway may comprise a first tear zone and a second tear zone extending from the accessibility opening to the distal terminus and to the proximal terminus. Such frangible pathway configurations provide a feature that allows a belt of a diaper pant to be relatively easily torn along the frangible pathway when removing the diaper pant from a wearer. The frangible pathway may be configured to allow a caregiver to initiate and / or completely tear the first belt with one hand.

A handle adjustment mechanism includes at least one stand and an engaging structure. The at least one stand is installed on a frame of a child crib. A positioning structure is on the at least one stand. The engaging structure is coupled to a handle of the child crib and configured to engage with or disengage from the positioning structure for adjusting a position of the handle relative to the at least one stand to position the handle at different heights relative to the frame. The handle adjustment mechanism is easy to operate for allowing a caregiver to put the child in or take the child out of the child crib.

A sleep system for a baby includes multiple sensors to sense environmental conditions and physiological parameters of the baby. The sensors are located beneath the baby's resting position and lateral to the baby's torso. The system includes a computer processor with a neural network trained to provide caregivers with personalized sleep improvement recommendations. These are delivered via a bi-directional graphical user interface that allows caregivers to provide feedback. The system employs federated learning for enhanced data security and continuous algorithm improvement based on aggregated data from a network of devices. Dual API architecture enables secure on-device data processing and the transmission of encrypted data to third-party developers, fostering an open ecosystem for innovation in infant care.

The invention discloses a baby crying classification method based on baby facial feature extraction, which realizes intelligent classification of baby crying reasons by introducing a multi-scale information fusion network (MIFNet) to extract and classify baby facial features. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, extracting local features and global features of a baby face in parallel through a CNN branch and a self-attention branch; secondly, fusing the features by using a spatial global attention module and a channel attention module; and finally, performing feature classification by combining adaptive depth center loss with SoftMax loss, thereby obtaining different crying types of the baby, including but not limited to hunger, restlessness, anthenia, pain, discomfort and the like. Through the method, different types of crying of the baby can be accurately classified and identified, and parents or nursing personnel can timely know and meet the requirements of the baby. Compared with the prior art, the method has high classification accuracy and real-time performance through facial feature extraction and a deep learning algorithm.

The purpose of the present invention is to notify a caregiver of a bed leaving, for example, 30 minutes before a caregiver leaves the bed. A bed leaving prediction device (server device) (10) is connected to a portable information processing terminal (40) of a caregiver, an environmental sensor (32-34) for detecting environmental values ​​such as the temperature in a room, a human body sensor (31), and a bed-mounted sensor (35) via an electronic communication line network (60). A bed leaving prediction processing unit (115) calculates a bed leaving prediction value indicating the degree of possibility of a caregiver leaving the bed after a second time from the current time point based on a plurality of environmental values ​​detected during a period between a current time point and a time point before a first time point, the output of the human body sensor, and the output of the bed-mounted sensor. A bed leaving notification processing unit (117) compares the bed leaving prediction value with a threshold value, and when the bed leaving prediction value exceeds the threshold value, sends a bed leaving notification indicating that the caregiver will leave the bed after the second time point has passed to the portable information processing terminal.

A Car Seat Transportation Device is an apparatus that holds and transports a car seat when it is out of a vehicle. The device takes the form of a cart supported by four (4) casters that rotate three-hundred-sixty degrees (360°) (spinner style), that easily roll over almost any surface. The rear of the device is provided with handle system, that adjusts in height, and is similar to that of a handle found on a stroller. The top of the platform, or base, that holds the removed car seat is adjustable, allowing use with almost any make or model of car seat. These features allow the device to safely hold a car seat with an infant or child inside of a home and also allow the car seat to function as a stroller as well. It also allows a parent or care giver to remove the car seat from a car with the infant or child still in place and place it on the device thus transforming it into a stroller without disturbing the child. It is great for travel, especially when moving between gates in an airport. Finally, when not in use, the device collapses, and folds for easy storage almost anywhere.

To provide an improved bassinet accessory.SOLUTION: A bassinet accessory for a foldable playard, where the bassinet and playard are folded and unfolded together. When unfolded, the bassinet is relatively shallow from a top of the playard so that a caregiver may more easily place a child into, and remove the child from, the bassinet. A bassinet mattress is supported by a central hub on the bottom of the bassinet and four support tubes coupled to the hub and extending to respective bottom corners of the bassinet. During folding, the bassinet hub travels in a vertical direction and the support tubes rotate from a horizontal to a vertical position, becoming parallel with respective legs of the playard.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 48

The present disclosure provides a caregiver system and method for interfacing with and controlling an oral medication dispensing device. The system registers the caregiver and provides the caregiver a list of patients under the caregiver's care, as well as associated medication dose schedules for each of the one or more patients. The caregiver is provided reminders regarding doses and allowed to modify the dose schedule to generate a modified dose schedule. The modified does schedule is pushed to a patient system associated with a medication dispensing device.

The present invention relates to a therapeutic system and method for teaching social and emotional management skills to patients. Instructive messages that teach self-soothing skills to mitigate social and emotional conditions are encoded into a plushy. At the onset of one of the social and emotional conditions, in a patient, the patient interacts with the plushy, listens to the appropriate instructive message, and physically implements the self-soothing skill to mitigate the social and emotional condition. A caregiver can encode a situational message in the plushy that is appropriate for the situational environment the patient is within. Therapist messages can be encoded in the plushy to determine the patient's treatment plan progress. The treatment plan continues until, at the onset of a social or emotional condition, in the absence of the plushy, the patient physically implements the self-soothing skill to mitigate the social or emotional condition. The plushy can be web-enabled.

A system and method for maintaining a patient's body temperature during and after surgical exposure is provided. A surgical, insulative cap both aids in maintaining the patient's core body temperature at an euthermic range and further incorporates a graphic display panel for providing a remote caregiver informational interface. Vital signs sensors may therefor communicate, either directly or remotely, to said informational interface and allow access to vital signs information to the caregiver in a convenient manner that does not require diversion of attention from the patient in order to monitor. Medical information can be communicated in a visual or audible manner, including alerts, status or patient care instructions.

A flexible assist harness is configured to allow caregivers to assist patients with limited mobility. The flexible assist harness may include a flexible belt assembly which may be secured to the torso of the patient, and in some cases at least one leg anchor assembly which may be secured to a leg of the patient.

To provide an information processing method, a program, and an information processor that enable a care worker to output a message that should be communicated to a care requiring person or the like.SOLUTION: In a care support system, a tablet displays a screen requiring generation of a first message, based on an instruction of a care worker, and transmits an inputted care worker ID, a care requiring person ID, date information, and a notification requiring generation of a first message to a server. The server receives the care worker ID, the care requiring person ID, the date information, and the notification requiring generation of a first message transmitted by the tablet, and refers to anamnesis rows of a care requiring person DB corresponding to the received care requiring person ID, counseling rows and remark rows and the like, in order to allocate an attribute of the care worker, an attribute of the care requiring person, a selection support content item, and a generation instruction of a first message to a template, whereby a prompt is generated, and the generated prompt is inputted to a language model so that a first message that should be communicated by a care worker is acquired and transmitted to the tablet.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

The utility model discloses a separated nursing bed chair which comprises a nursing bed assembly and a nursing chair assembly movably connected with the nursing bed assembly. A containing cavity for containing the nursing chair assembly is formed in the nursing bed assembly, the nursing chair assembly comprises a wheelchair assembly and a collecting assembly arranged in the wheelchair assembly, the wheelchair assembly and the nursing bed assembly are equal in height, a telescopic shaft is arranged in the nursing bed assembly, one end of the telescopic shaft is connected with the nursing bed assembly, and the other end of the telescopic shaft is connected with the collecting assembly; the wheelchair assembly is pushed to be embedded in the containing cavity, so that the end face of the wheelchair assembly is flush with the end face of the nursing bed assembly, and the collecting assembly is arranged at the preset position. According to the nursing bed, the containing cavity is formed in the nursing bed assembly and used for containing the nursing chair assembly, when a nursed person lies on the nursing bed assembly, the waist of the nursed person is directly placed on the wheelchair assembly, the nursed person can be transferred by pushing away the wheelchair assembly, excrement of the nursed person is collected through the collecting assembly, and the nursing bed is convenient to use. The purpose of easily transferring the nursed person is achieved.

A baby stroller handle device includes a baby stroller that has a frame which including a handle that angles upwardly and rearwardly from the baby stroller. A pair of first handle extensions is each slidably integrated into the handle of the frame. Each of the pair of first handle extensions is urgeable into a deployed position such that a respective one of the pair of first handle extensions can be gripped by the caregiver thereby facilitating the caregiver to stand off to either side of the baby stroller. A pair of second handle extensions is each pivotally attached to the handle. Each of the pair of second handle extensions is pivotable into a deployed position such that a respective one of the pair of second handle extensions can be gripped by the caregiver thereby facilitating the caregiver to stand next to the baby stroller.

The present disclosure provides a caregiver system and method for interfacing with and controlling an oral medication dispensing device. The system registers the caregiver and provides the caregiver a list of patients under the caregiver's care, as well as associated medication dose schedules for each of the one or more patients. The caregiver is provided reminders regarding doses and allowed to modify the dose schedule to generate a modified dose schedule. The modified does schedule is pushed to a patient system associated with a medication dispensing device.

A caregiver assistance system helps caregivers manage the care of patients and the beds that support the patients. The system monitors tasks associated with the patients, such as caregiver rounding tasks, bed sore assessments, and / or fall risk assessments, and forwards completed tasks to an EMR server. The system also monitors the state of the beds and determines compliance with one or more healthcare facility protocols. Over time, the system gathers data from multiple beds regarding how often the beds are in compliance with the healthcare facility protocols and produces reports of the compliance levels to assist administrators in managing their healthcare facilities. The system may further monitor how quickly caregivers responds to one or more alert conditions relating to the beds and / or patients, and generate reports for the administrators regarding such response times.

To provide a system according to an embodiment, the system intending to analyze a care condition on the basis of action histories of a care person and a care-receiver, and notify the family.SOLUTION: A system according to an embodiment includes: a collection part; an analysis part; and a notification part. The collection part collects respective action histories of a care person and a care-receiver. The analysis part analyzes a condition of care given to the care-receiver by the care person on the basis of the information collected by the collection part. The notification part notifies the care-receiver's family of the analysis result by the analysis part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A nursing bed device for the digestive system department comprises a bed body, a middle plate, an adjusting device and leg bending devices, the middle plate is inserted into the middle of the bed body, the lower portion of the bed body is connected with the liftable adjusting device, and the upper portion of the adjusting device is connected with the two rotatable leg bending devices. A middle groove is formed in the middle of the bed body, a groove is formed in the rear side of the middle groove, a middle plate is inserted into a slot in the middle of the rear side of the groove, and the middle plate is flush with the surface of the middle groove. The adjusting device comprises an adjusting seat, the lower portion of the adjusting seat is fixedly connected with a lifting motor, an output shaft of the lifting motor is connected with a lifting lead screw, and the lower portion of the lifting lead screw is rotationally connected with an adjusting seat bearing seat. Nursing personnel nurse a wound from the front of the wound of a patient, the wound of the patient cannot be hurt, and dirt generated in the nursing process is easy to remove.

This article is a transfer aid made substantially of hard plastic (e.g., ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene) and used to transfer a person (patient) from a bed or the like to a wheelchair (or seat), or vice versa. The transfer aid (10) comprises a floor plate body (11) having a longitudinal length of approximately 400 to 1000 mm and a thickness of approximately 4 to 10 mm. A buttocks interference prevention part (12) is provided in the center of one side of the floor plate body (11), and under-buttocks insertion parts (13) are provided on both ends. The buttocks interference prevention part (12) has a through-hole and a handle (12a), and is configured to be bendable via a recess (12b) between it and the floor plate body (11). In addition, notches (14) are formed between the main body (11) of the floor plate and both sides of the buttock interference prevention section (12) to the under-buttock insertion section (13), making it easier for the caregiver to hold the item and insert it under the buttocks of the person being transferred. Furthermore, hook holes (15) are provided on both ends of the main body (11) at positions on the center of gravity, improving convenience for storage and portability. A non-slip plate (16) can be provided on the back of the main body (11), thereby increasing stability during use. Reference rear view 1, showing the state in use, shows the main body (11) with two non-slip plates (16) attached, while reference rear view 2, showing the state in use, shows the main body (11) with one non-slip plate (16) attached. The reference perspective view and the reference front view show the buttock interference prevention portion (12) folded and flat with the floor plate body (11).