KR101696770B1 - Device for detecting the patient's defecation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for detecting bowel movements in a bowel movement, and more particularly, to an apparatus for detecting a Bowel bowel movement such that the bowel movement can be recognized only by the nurse or the caregiver during bowel movements in order to protect the privacy of the bowel.
According to the apparatus for detecting bowel movements proposed by the present invention, when the bowel movement is defecated, an alarm provided to the nurse or the caregiver or an indicator displayed on the LED plate indicates whether the nurse or the caregiver has bowed to the bowel So as to reduce the shame of the torment and to guarantee the privacy.
In addition, according to the present invention, in a case of a double room or more, it is displayed on the LED board so that the nurse or the caregiver can immediately perform the defecation process so that the defecation can be known.
In addition, according to the present invention, when a defecation process can not be performed even after a predetermined time has elapsed since the display of defecation, a pre-designated nurse or a caregiver can be contacted for defecation processing, thereby reducing risks It can be helpful to improve the hygiene of not only the person himself, but also the other person.
Further, according to the present invention, the alarm can be provided at a tone rate, thereby enabling the nurse or the caregiver to work comfortably.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a device for detecting bowel movements,

The present invention relates to a device for detecting bowel movements in a bowel movement, and more particularly, to an apparatus for detecting a Bowel bowel movement such that the bowel movement can be recognized only by the nurse or the caregiver during bowel movements in order to protect the privacy of the bowel.

In general, nursing home or nursing staff or a caregiver will be assisted by a patient who is uncomfortable in a nursing facility or a hospital because they can not recognize the bowel movement or can not handle the bowel movement. The nurse or caregiver wears a diaper, etc., and checks the defecation from time to time, and treats the defecation by changing the diaper. At this time, the nurse or the caregiver has to check the defecation status of the molar nipples from time to time in order to check whether the nip is defecated, and there is a management difficulty that must be checked periodically every time when it is necessary to manage a large number of nipples.

In order to alleviate this inconvenience, a device equipped with a sensor for detecting a bowel movement has been devised, and a method has been proposed in which a sensor is used to monitor the condition of the bowel over the radio so that the nurse or caregiver can easily recognize the bowel condition. However, in this conventional technique, there is a serious problem in protecting privacy because the hwanwoo is known to the surrounding hwanwoo through alarm or monitor when it is defecated, There was clearly an unknown problem.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1119637 (Publication Date: Mar. 16, 2012) discloses a defecation / urination detection system and a method thereof, and Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0079586 (published on July 21, 2009 ) Discloses a portable bowel movement sensing apparatus and a bowel movement sensing method using the same. In the defecation / urination detection system of the above prior art, in detecting defecation / urination of a person, a change in sensitivity of a tag is detected using an RFID passive tag and a reader to detect a defecation / urination state, To the public. The remaining prior art patents include a display for judging whether or not a bowel movement is detected by detecting a specific component according to a change in electrical resistance caused by contact of particles of a specific component contained in the bowel movement or urine, And it was difficult to understand the privacy of the person, and to understand who was defecated in two or more wards.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the methods proposed in the prior art. The alarm provided to the nurse or the caregiver or the indication on the LED plate is that the nurse or the caregiver The present invention provides a device for detecting bowel movements in a bowel movement, which can reduce the shame of the bowel movement and ensure privacy.

In addition, the present invention provides a device for detecting bowel movements in a bowel movement, which is displayed on an LED board so that a bowel movement can be identified by a nurse or a caregiver, The purpose is to provide.

In addition, when the defecation process can not be performed even after a certain time has elapsed since the defecation display, the present invention enables the defecation process to be performed by contacting the nurse or the caregiver in advance, thereby reducing the risk of bed sores or skin diseases And it is an object of the present invention to provide a device for detecting defecation of the molten wool, which helps not only the molten wool itself but also other molten wool or the whole wool room to improve hygiene.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a device for detecting bowel movements in a bowel movement, in which an alarm can be provided at a tone rate so that the nurse or the caregiver can enjoy working convenience.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for detecting bowel movements,

A sensing unit for sensing a defecation state of the molar;

A controller for determining whether or not the defecation state detected by the sensing unit is defecation; And

A display unit for displaying whether or not a bowel movement is determined by the control unit and for allowing a nurse or a caregiver to recognize the bowel movement by placing the bowel movement on the outer wall of the ward in order to protect the privacy of the bowel movement,

The display unit further includes means for canceling the alarm or the display of the LED plate.

Preferably, the sensing unit includes:

A means for detecting the defecation state of the molar can be used through the temperature change.

Preferably, the control unit includes:

A receiver for receiving a defecation state sensed by the sensing unit;

A micro control unit for judging whether or not the bowel movement is a bowel movement based on the defecation state received by the receiving unit, determining whether the bowel movement is a bowel movement or a urine bowel movement, And

And a transmitter for transmitting the determination of the microcontroller to the display unit.

Preferably, the display unit includes:

An alarm may be provided or an LED may be displayed to allow the nurse or caregiver to know the judgment sent from the control unit.

More preferably,

Nurses or caregivers can be offered at a low rate to facilitate their work.

Still more preferably, in the LED plate,

In the case of a double room or more, the nurse or caregiver may be shown to know who is defecating.

Still more preferably, in the LED plate,

The position of the bed and the bed number can be displayed.

Preferably, the control unit includes:

If the display of the defecation state of the alarm and the LED plate is not released even after a certain period of time has elapsed since the defecation state is displayed on the display unit, the registered nurse or caregiver can be contacted to inform the defecation state of the molar defect.

According to the apparatus for detecting bowel movements proposed by the present invention, when the bowel movement is defecated, an alarm provided to the nurse or the caregiver or an indicator displayed on the LED plate indicates whether the nurse or the caregiver has bowed to the bowel So as to reduce the shame of the torment and to guarantee the privacy.

In addition, according to the present invention, in a case of a double room or more, it is displayed on the LED board so that the nurse or the caregiver can immediately perform the defecation process so that the defecation can be known.

In addition, according to the present invention, when a defecation process can not be performed even after a predetermined time has elapsed since the display of defecation, a pre-designated nurse or a caregiver can be contacted for defecation processing, thereby reducing risks It can be helpful to improve the hygiene of not only the person himself, but also the other person.

Further, according to the present invention, the alarm can be provided at a tone rate, thereby enabling the nurse or the caregiver to work comfortably.

1 is a functional block diagram of an apparatus for detecting bowel movements according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view showing a position where a display unit of a device for detecting bowel movements of a torso is installed according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a display unit of an apparatus for detecting bowel movements according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view schematically showing the function of an alarm generating unit of a device for detecting bowel movements according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a view schematically showing items displayed on an LED plate among display units of a device for detecting bowel movements according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a flow in which a controller of a device for detecting bowel movements according to an embodiment of the present invention contacts a pre-registered nurse or a caregiver in the case where bowel movement is not performed within a predetermined time after bowel movements FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in order that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. In the drawings, like reference numerals are used throughout the drawings.

In addition, in the entire specification, when a part is referred to as being 'connected' to another part, it may be referred to as 'indirectly connected' not only with 'directly connected' . Also, to "include" an element means that it may include other elements, rather than excluding other elements, unless specifically stated otherwise.

Figure 1 is a functional block diagram of an apparatus 100 for detecting defecation of a torso according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, an apparatus 100 for detecting bowel movements according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a sensing unit 110 for sensing bowel movements, The control unit 120 for judging whether or not the subject is defecated with respect to the defecation state and the defecation state of the defective person determined by the control unit 120 are displayed and the patient can be recognized only by the nurse or the caregiver The display unit 130 may further include means 136 for canceling an alarm or an LED display.

The sensing unit 110 senses the defecation state of the molar. According to an embodiment, the sensing unit 110 may be configured to sense the defecation state of the torso through a temperature change.

The control unit 120 determines whether or not the defecation state detected by the sensing unit 110 is defecation. 1, the control unit 120 determines whether or not bowel movement is possible through the defecation state received by the receiving unit 122 and the receiving unit 122 that receive the defecation state sensed by the sensing unit 110, A micro control unit 124 for judging whether or not the person is a double room or more and a transmission unit 126 for transmitting the judgment made by the micro control unit 124 to the display unit 130, .

The display unit 130 functions to display whether or not the bowel movements determined by the control unit 120 are bowel movements. According to an embodiment, the display unit 130 may be configured to provide an alarm or display an alarm on the LED board 132 so that the nurse or caregiver can know the judgment sent from the controller 120. [

FIG. 2 is a view showing a position where the display unit 130 of the apparatus 100 for detecting bowel movements of the molar can be installed according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the indicator displayed on the LED plate 132 may be configured so that only a nurse or a caregiver can recognize the patient to reduce the shame of the torso and protect the privacy. As shown in FIG. 2, the LED plate 132 is installed on the outer wall of the sickroom so that the user can not recognize the other sickness using the same sickroom, and only the nurse or the caregiver can recognize the sickle state of the sickle. In this case, it is possible to know that someone else has bowed down due to an alarm or a tone, but it is not possible to precisely know who has bowed down, so the privacy of a boweling patient can be protected.

FIG. 3 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a display unit 130 of an apparatus 100 for detecting bowel movements according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 2 is a view schematically showing the function of the alarm generating unit 134 of the device 100 for detecting defecation. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the alarm may be configured to provide a tone at a rate to facilitate the working convenience of the nurse or the caregiver. In this way, by noticing the bowel bowel function by the tone, it can reduce the influence on other bowel function and can give psychological stability to bowel bowel.

5 is a view schematically showing a display of the LED plate 132 of the display unit 130 of the apparatus 100 for detecting bowel movements according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the LED plate 132 may be configured to display the name of the person who is defecated by the nurse or caregiver in the case of two or more rooms. According to the embodiment, the position of the bed in the bed can be displayed on the LED plate 132 as well as the text, so that the nurse or the caregiver can view the LED plate 132 to immediately check who is defecating. have.

As shown in FIG. 5, information such as basic information of the patient, kind of defecation, bed room number, bed number and bed number of the defecation bed can be displayed as text in the LED plate 132.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of detecting a bowel movement according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, when the controller 120 of the apparatus 100 for detecting a bowel movement of a bowel movement does not perform a bowel movement within a predetermined time after defecation, Fig. 6, when the alarm and the display of the defecation state of the LED plate 132 are not released even after a certain time has elapsed since the defecation state is displayed on the display unit 130, Or the caregiver can be contacted to notify the defecation state of the molar. Thus, it is possible to perform defecation processing within a certain time after defecation, and thus it is possible to reduce the risk such as pressure ulcer and skin disease, and to improve hygiene of not only the defecation itself but also other defects or the whole room.

Lastly, in the present invention, an apparatus for detecting bowel movements around a bowel movement is described. However, it is needless to say that a device for detecting bowel movements can also be used to detect bowel movements.

The present invention may be embodied in many other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the invention.

100: a device for detecting bowel movements of a torso according to an embodiment of the present invention
110: sensing unit 120:
122: Receiver 124: Microcontroller
126: transmitting unit 130:
132: LED plate 134: alarm generating unit
136: Alarm or display release button

Claims (8)

An apparatus (100) for detecting bowel movements,
A sensing unit 110 for sensing the defecation state of the molar;
A controller 120 for determining whether or not the defecation state detected by the sensing unit 110 is defecated; And
And a display unit (130) for displaying whether or not a bowel movement is determined by the control unit (120), and for allowing the user to recognize only a nurse or a caregiver by placing the bowel movement on the outer wall of the ward for protecting the privacy of the bowel movement,
The display unit 130 further includes means 136 for canceling the display of the alarm or LED plate,
The control unit (120)
A receiving unit 122 for receiving a defecation state sensed by the sensing unit 110 and a defibrillator for determining a defecation state based on the defecation state received by the receiving unit 122 and determining whether the defecation or urine is present, A micro control unit 124 for judging bowel movements and a transmission unit 126 for transmitting an item determined by the micro control unit 124 to a display unit,
The display unit 130 displays,
An alarm generating unit 134 for outputting an alarm for allowing the nurse or the caregiver to know the judgment sent from the controller 120 and an alarm generating unit 134 for informing the nurse or the caregiver of the judgment sent from the controller 120 And an LED plate (132) for displaying a bowed bow,
The alarm may be provided at a tone rate for the convenience of the nurse or the caregiver, and the information displayed on the LED plate 132 may include the patient's room number, the bed number, the bed number, the type of defecation and the bed position (100) for detecting defecation of a molar torso.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sensing unit (110)
(100) for detecting a defecation of a molar torso through a temperature change.
delete delete delete delete delete The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller (120)
If the display of the defecation state of the alarm or LED plate 132 is not canceled even after a certain time has elapsed since the defecation state is provided to the display unit 130 as an alarm or displayed on the LED plate 132, the registered nurse or caregiver And an alarm is transmitted to indicate the defecation state of the torso.

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