Wireless intelligent incontinence management system using smart diapers

Author

Ang, L.-M. ; Ow, S.H. ; Seng, K.P. ; Tee, Z.H. ; Lee, B.W. ; Thong, M.K. ; Poi, P.J.H. ; Kunanayagam, S.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Nottingham, Selangor

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

14-17 May 2008

Firstpage

69

Lastpage

72

Abstract

This paper presents a wireless intelligent incontinence management system being developed for the University Malaya Medical Center (UMMC) that utilizes ldquosmartrdquo diapers to discreetly monitor and estimate wetness events, detect other relevant clinical conditions and alert staff by transmitting information via wireless technology to an intelligent central management system. We describe the hardware and software modules of the system and give results conducted on diaper experiments and the transmission range of the wireless technology.

Keywords

biomedical telemetry; computerised monitoring; medical computing; radiotelemetry; wetting; wireless sensor networks; University Malaya Medical Center; hardware modules; information transmission; smart diapers; software modules; wetness events estimation; wireless intelligent incontinence management system; Detectors; Hospitals; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent systems; Moisture; Patient monitoring; Pediatrics; Skin; Technology management; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2008. ECTI-CON 2008. 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Krabi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2101-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2102-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTICON.2008.4600374

Filename

4600374