The present disclosure provides methods of identifying a patient in need of pressure ulcer treatment and treating the patient with clinical intervention selected based on sub-epidermal moisture values. The present disclosure also provides methods of stratifying groups of patients based on pressure ulcer risks and methods of reducing incidence of pressure ulcers in a care facility.

A device for determining the location of a pelvis of a person, comprising at least one first pressure transmission element designed for absorbing a sitting pressure/contact pressure exerted by the coccyx/pubic bone of the person and at least one second pressure transmission element designed for absorbing a contact pressure exerted by the sacrum of the person and an evaluation unit, the evaluation unit being designed for performing the following steps: receiving measuring signals from the pressure transmission elements and evaluating them; determining a first characteristic pressure distribution in which, during a rotation of the person's pelvis around his or her horizontal axis, the first pressure transmission element is charged with a sitting pressure of the coccyx or the first pressure transmission element is charged with at least part of the contact pressure of the pubic bone; and determining a second characteristic pressure distribution in which the sitting pressure of the coccyx exerted on the first pressure transmission element exhibits a sudden drop and the contact pressure of the sacrum exerted on the second pressure transmission element exhibits a sudden rise.

A method, a sensor and a system for the sensor includes a device for processing the measurement signal of the sensor, such as measuring electronics, and a device for communicating measurement results and/or data relating to the measurement results for further processing. The sensor is a radar-based sensor, such as a frequency-modulated continuous-wave MIMO radar-based sensor, configured to detect persons in the monitored area and to measure and detect movement, such as breathing frequency, location, velocity and/or shape of the monitored person. The sensor or a monitoring system connected to the sensor is configured to determine at least one of the following states of the person: breaks or interruptions with breathing of the monitored person, e.g. in order to recognize sleep apnea, and/or immobility of the monitored person, e.g. in order to avoid bedsores or pressure ulcers, and the sensor and/or the monitoring system is configured to provide an alarm based on the determined state of the person.

Systems, devices, and methods of the present application relate to the diagnostic measurement of condition for pressure ulcers. Preferred embodiments utilize pressure measurements at body locations to determine a diagnostic pressure ulcer value. A pressure sensor device generates patient pressure data that is processed by a data processor which utilizes a diagnostic function to determine the diagnostic value that indicates whether corrective action is needed to prevent pressure ulcer formation. One or more sensor devices can be attached to a patient to measure to transmit data for further processing.

Apparatus for assessing medical risks of a patient includes an analytics engine and equipment that provides data to the analytics engine. The analytics engine analyzes the data from the equipment to determine a sepsis risk score, a falls risk score, and a pressure injury score. The apparatus further include displays that are communicatively coupled to the analytics engine and that display the sepsis, falls, and pressure injury risk scores. The displays include a status board display located at a master nurse station, an in-room display provided by a room station of a nurse call system, an electronic medical records (EMR) display of an EMR computer, and a mobile device display of a mobile device of a caregiver assigned to the patient.

A wearable electronic monitoring device comprising one or more sensors configured to noninvasively measure one or more parameters of a user. The device can include a housing, a motion sensor positioned within the housing configured to generate one or more signals based on an orientation of the user, a display proximate a top portion of the housing that includes at least one display element responsive to an amount of health risk associated with the orientation of the user, one or more other sensors or user inputs, and one or more hardware processors configured to receive the one or more motion signals, determine the orientation of the user relative to a surface responsive to the one or more motion signals, determine the amount of health risk responsive to the orientation of the user, and change an appearance of the at least one display element responsive to the health risk.

Disclosed are a method and system for managing pressure ulcers and computing device for executing the same. The computing device according to a disclosed embodiment is a computing device provided with one or more processors and a memory storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors, the computing device including a pressure ulcer risk level evaluation module configured to acquire pressure ulcer risk factor information of a patient admitted to a hospital and calculate a pressure ulcer risk level of the corresponding patient based on the acquired pressure ulcer risk factor information, and a pressure ulcer prevention management module configured to schedule a pressure ulcer prevention activity for a patient whose pressure ulcer risk level is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold level.

Methods and devices monitor oxygen saturation levels in tissue. According to one aspect of the invention, a device is a sensor panel comprising a flexible substrate and a plurality of oximeter sensor units coupled to the substrate. In another aspect of the invention, the device is a sensor panel comprising a flexible substrate and a plurality of oximeter sensor units and a plurality of pressure sensors coupled to the substrate. Embodiments of the invention can be used to simultaneously measure oxygen saturation levels in many locations of a large tissue. Embodiments of the invention can be applied in diagnosing a medical condition involving a large tissue area where the oxygen saturation level is unstable.

A system for monitoring medical conditions including pressure ulcers, pressure-induced ischemia and related medical conditions comprises at least one sensor adapted to detect one or more patient characteristic including at least position, orientation, temperature, acceleration, moisture, resistance, stress, heart rate, respiration rate, and blood oxygenation, a host for processing the data received from the sensors together with historical patient data to develop an assessment of patient condition and suggested course of treatment. In some embodiments, the system can further include a support surface having one or more sensors incorporated therein either in addition to sensors affixed to the patient or as an alternative thereof. The support surface is, in some embodiments, capable of responding to commands from the host for assisting in implementing a course of action for patient treatment. The sensor can include bi-axial or tri-axial accelerometers, as well as resistive, inductive, capacitive, magnetic and other sensing devices, depending on whether the sensor is located on the patient or the support surface, and for what purpose.

A system and method for measuring vital signs and motion from a patient comprising a plurality of sensors, each comprising a processor and analog-to-digital converter configured to generate the physiologic data waveform(s) from the sensor as synchronized, separately resolvable digital data comprising a header indicating the sensor from which the digital data originates, and to transmit the physiologic data waveform(s) to a processing system via a cable comprising a terminal connector that reversibly mates with one of a plurality functionally equivalent of connectors to operably connect the sensor to the processing system. The processing system receive sthe physiologic data waveforms and determines therefrom one or more vital signs for the individual, which are transmitted to a remote vital sign monitor.