Incontinence Detection System Sleep Status Scheduling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Incontinence detection systems face challenges in determining optimal timing for hygiene services in hospital settings, particularly when patients experience incontinence events during sleep, as immediate intervention may disturb the patient, and existing systems lack precise methods to differentiate between urine and fecal matter or assess fluid volumes accurately.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize sensors to acquire patient status and incontinence event data, determining the sleep status of the patient and fluid volume to schedule hygiene services based on specific criteria, such as fluid volume ranges and sleep duration, to decide the appropriate timing for interventions like changing linens or moving the patient to a clean bed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If hygiene services are provided immediately after incontinence event detection, then patient hygiene is improved, but patient sleep is disturbed
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the response to incontinence events based on real-time sleep status detection. When the patient is detected to be sleeping, the system delays hygiene intervention until the patient wakes up naturally, whereas immediate intervention occurs when the patient is awake. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by making the hygiene service timing contingent on the patient's sleep state rather than following a fixed immediate-response protocol.
2Loss of time
If incontinence detection systems provide immediate alerts, then hygiene response time is reduced, but patient sleep continuity is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates feedback from sleep status monitoring to modulate the alert and intervention timing. The incontinence detection system receives feedback about whether the patient is sleeping or awake, and this feedback determines the appropriate response timing. When sleep status feedback indicates the patient is sleeping, the system delays intervention; when the patient is awake, immediate intervention is triggered. This feedback mechanism resolves the contradiction by using real-time physiological state information to optimize both hygiene response time and sleep continuity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach allows for timely and appropriate hygiene service scheduling, minimizing disruption to the patient by determining when it is safe to intervene based on the volume of incontinence and the patient's sleep status, ensuring quick removal from a soiled environment while respecting the patient's sleep.
Implementation Method 1
The presence of at least one of urine or fecal matter may be detected
Implementation Method 2
measuring at least one of brain activity of the patient with an electroencephalogram
Implementation Method 3
heart activity of the patient with an electrocardiogram
Implementation Method 4
Movement of the patient may be measured with at least one pressure sensor
Data Source
AI summary
A method of providing hygiene services to a patient. The method includes acquiring patient status data of a patient with a sensor. Incontinence event data is acquired with an incontinence detection system. After the occurrence of the incontinence event, a sleep status of the patient is determined based the patient status data. A time period to provide hygiene services to the patient is determined based on the incontinence event data and the sleep status of the patient.