AU2017101416A4

AU2017101416A4 - Fluid bag alarm

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Publication number: AU2017101416A4
Application number: AU2017101416A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Kwan Sheung Woo
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2017-12-14
Filing date: 2017-12-14
Publication date: 2018-01-18
Anticipated expiration: 2025-12-14

Abstract

The Fluid bag alarm is a rectangular device with a hole on the top of it and a hook at the other end of it. The device is use in conjunction with a hospital stand and sodium chloride irrigation bag. Once the device is hook to the hospital stand, a fluid bag can be hook onto the device. Once that is all set the device can be turn on. If there are power to the unit the LED at the front will light up. Once the bag almost run out or empty of fluid, an Alarm will sound out thus notifying to the nurses that the patient needs their fluid bag changed over. Dripping Bag Alarm Stainless steel casing Alarm / sensor / indicator - Battery/Power supply Weighing mechanism to detect when fluid bag empties and lightens. Alarm will go off once 250ml - 2 Litre Fluid Bag

Description

Response To a

Formalities Direction

FLUID BAG ALARM

Mid 2017 I was admitted to hospital due to blood getting into my bladder. For the next week and a half I had to undergo a sodium chloride irrigation of the bladder. The sodium chloride irrigation solution is in a 2 litre bag. The bag get hooked to a stand, and from the bag a drip is connected to it. From the drip is connected to the person. This irrigation procedure basically flushes the blood out of your bladder.

Here the problem. If the sodium chloride irrigation solution bag is empty and a new bag is not replace. Blood will start to clot in the bladder. The nurses tend to get to the patient on time and change out the bag but when they are very busy, patients are missed or if the bag is almost empty when they come to check they go off to do sometime else which also cause them a delay to get back to the patients.

This causes a lot of pain and discomfort in the bladder. Once the bladder is full of clot the only way to remove the clot is for the nurses and urologist to manually extract the clot, is even more painful. A procedure that could take anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes. On a side note the extraction kit is a one use item which is dispose of once used.

Therefore I have come up with a device, the Fluid bag alarm (see figure 1) that will help alert the nurses that their patient need their sodium chloride irrigation solution bag change. With the help of the Fluid bag alarm they should be able to get to their patient when they really need too. Which will free them up to do other task instead of having to constantly checking on patient to see if they are ready for a bag change. In the long run this should also save them on extraction kits.

The Fluid Bag Alarm

Is a fairly straight forward device but please refer to figure 2 as I explain the different components that makes up the front of the device.

The Fluid bag alarm casing (2) should preferably be made with stainless steel, however other materials can be used. Like hard plastic. The casing itself will have a hole (1) so that it can hook onto a stand. The front of the device have an on/off switch (3), so the alarm can be switch off when not in use. When turn on the LED (8) will light up to indicate that there power to the device. The length of the device is 10 cm long (4) and the width of the device is 6 cm long (5).The dimension of the device should allow the nurses to handle the device fairly easily. The weighing mechanism (6) is to detect when the fluid in the bag gets very low to empty an alarm will sound out. Hook (7), to hook onto the fluid bag.

Figure 3. A side view of the Fluid bag alarm. Again Stainless steel or other suitable material should be use.

Figure 4. The back of the device contain the speaker (1) so when the fluid get low of empty, the alarm will produce a sound to notify the nurses that the patient's fluid bag needs changing. Just below the speaker you have the batteries housing cover (2). 2 x AA batteries are inserted into this compartment for the unit to work.

Claims

The claims defining the invention are as follows;

1. The Fluid bag alarm is a rectangular shape device that has a hole at the top of it. It also has a hook on the other end. On the front of the unit there an on/off button that can be depress, and just below that an LED. The back of the unit have a speaker build into the device. This is to allow sound to emit from it. There also a panel for the batteries compartment.
2. The Fluid bag alarm as claimed in claim 1 can be constructed out of stainless steel.
3. The Fluid bag alarm as claimed in claim 1 where the batteries panel can be removed to allow the insertion of two AA batteries.