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Health care signaling device

Patent 3991414 Issued on November 9, 1976. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject November 9, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

1969554

2436518

3325799

Inventor

Application

No. 168051 filed on 08/02/1971

US Classes:

340/573.4, House arrest system, wandering, or wrong place600/595Body movement (e.g., head or hand tremor, motility of limb, etc.)

Examiners

Primary: Habecker, Thomas B.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

A61G 12/00 (20060101)

Abstract

A signaling device for health care to indicate when the occupant of a bed is restless or out of bed incorporated into and operating in response to a specially designed array including at least two deflection elements having a crossed, "X" configuration and a control detection device transverse to the bed, the array being under the spring structure of the bed and operatively connected thereto for activating detection and circuit completing apparatus responsive to detect the deflections produced by movements of the occupant of the bed and producing a signal indicative of the movement on or from the bed.

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