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Incontinence Care System and Method Therefor:

U.S. Patent No. 11,504,28

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry

Jim McDermott, Victoria, Canada.
Assigned to Care Changer Inc., Victoria, Canada.

Filed: 9/18/18
Issued: 11/22/22

A method of detecting a voiding event of a care-receiver, the method comprising: a temperature-measurement step wherein one or more temperatures are measured in real-time at a location adjacent a lower portion of the care-receiver’s torso where the voiding event is to occur; and a voiding-determination step wherein a determination of the voiding event occurs if the measured one or more temperatures rise at a variation rate greater than or equal to a temperature-rising rate-threshold, wherein the temperature-rising rate-threshold is about 0.5° F. per three minutes or about 0.5° F. per five minutes.

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