GB2550323A - Patient movement apparatus with alarm - Google Patents

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GB2550323A
GB2550323A GB1606358.8A GB201606358A GB2550323A GB 2550323 A GB2550323 A GB 2550323A GB 201606358 A GB201606358 A GB 201606358A GB 2550323 A GB2550323 A GB 2550323A
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Abstract

An apparatus (i.e. hoist, stair lift, adjustable bed or chair) comprising: a support structure 21 for a person; drive means for the support structure; actuation and stopping means for the drive means; a system 1 which monitors performance parameters for the drive, actuator and stopping means at predefined periods; a memory to store obtained parameters; and a transmitter for transmitting the parameters to a remote device for analysing the parameters and transmitting an alarm message when the parameters indicate a predetermined potential danger condition. A receiver may receive the alarm message via a visible display or audible signal, and the drive means may be reset on receipt of the alarm message. Performance parameters may include location data comprising GPS data, a history of usage for the drive and/or actuation means, whether a power supply has failed, whether a battery needs recharging or replacing, and/or a charging history for the battery. The potential danger condition may be that the apparatus is at an unexpected location, and the apparatus may further comprise an emergency call device and/or a weighing means for the person.

Description

Patient movement apparatus with alarm
The present invention concerns apparatus arranged to provide controlled movement of a patient or other compromised person (by which is meant a person, or user, who has impaired mobility, as a result of accident, disability, infirmity or age - and especially a hospital or nursing home patient). The compromised person is generally to be moved In a controlled manner by a third party (such as a carer or nurse) while supported in the apparatus in a sitting, recumbent or lying position.
Many different types of apparatus are known in the health sector for the controlled movement of compromised persons, and the movement may be from location to location (for example a stairlift or hoist), or when the person is in a fixed location but is to be moved periodically while
Such apparatus may be subject to abuse or incorrect use, or may break down (for example, by the loss of electrical power), or it may even not be used when its use is required. But it is frequently difficult to monitor such apparatus to check all these variables. There is therefore a need for a system that can communicate information relating to the use and performance of such apparatus to a remote monitoring station.
According to the present invention there is provided apparatus arranged to move a compromised person, the apparatus comprising a support structure for the compromised person; drive means to cause movement of the compromised person when the person is supported by the support structure; actuation means to actuate the drive means; stop means to stop actuation of the drive means by the actuation means; a monitoring system configured to monitor the performance parameters for the drive means, the actuation means and the stop means, at time points at predetermined intervals; a memory to store the resultant performance parameters corresponding to each such time point; and a transmitter for transmitting the stored performance parameters to a remote device; the remote device being arranged to analyse the stored performance parameters and transmit an alarm message when the analysed parameters indicate a precalibrated potentiai danger condition.
The alarm message may be transmitted to a remote location or to the apparatus according to the invention; when the alarm message is to be transmitted to the apparatus according to the invention, it is particularly preferred that the apparatus further comprises a receiver for the alarm message, and indicating means (such as a visible display, or an audible signal generator) for indicating the danger condition. The apparatus according to the invention preferably further comprises means for re-setting the drive means in response to the receipt of the alarm message by the receiver.
The apparatus according to the invention may, for example, be a stairiift. Such apparatus may be provided with a drive or motor to drive a chair or seat up and/or down stairs; a power supply such as a mains supply or by a stored power supply such as a battery; an actuator such as a handset fitted with function buttons; control circuitry provided with a memory for storing information relating to the ongoing operation of the apparatus; and a transmitter to communicate the stored information to the remote device.
Alternatively, the apparatus according to the invention may be a re-configurable chair, a bed, a hoist or a motorised mattress.
In preferred embodiments, apparatus according to the invention is provided with weighing means (such as a scale or balance) for weighing the compromised person, the memory in the apparatus being arranged to store the resultant weight information and the transmitter being arranged to transmit the resultant weight information to the remote device.
The performance parameters to be monitored, stored and transmitted to the remote device (such as a server) typically include location data for the drive means such as Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) data retrieved from a GPS data source. Thus, when the remote device determines that apparatus has been found to have moved to an unexpected location (or has not moved to where it has been expected to move), the remote device may trigger the transmission of the alarm message. The monitoring system may therefore comprise a GPS location tracker arranged to send tracking information via the Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) network, such as via mobile phone (cellphone) masts, satellites or the like, or via wired or wi-fi communication (such as that known commercially as "Bluetooth" -Bluetooth Is currently a registered trade mark) to a computer having internet access.
The apparatus according to the invention may further be provided with an emergency call device (such as a button or pull switch) that when activated, can communicate a call for assistance sent out manually by the compromised person, typically via the transmitter referred to above.
The performance parameters monitored and stored by the apparatus according to the invention may be transmitted (relayed) to a remote device such as a remote server, and then re-directed to another collection device such as a desktop computer, a smart phone, or a tablet or laptop computer.
Among further preferred performance parameters that can be transmitted to the server by the apparatus according to the invention are the following: (a) history of the usage of the drive means (motors) and actuators, such as whether the motors and actuators have been misused by exceeding their recommended duty cycle, or exceeding maximum power settings; and/or (b) whether a power supply to the apparatus has failed, (c) whether a battery for the drive means requires re-charging or replacement due to the number of excessive re-charges that may have taken place; and (d) a charging history for a battery for the drive means so that a record can be kept if the charging history is not in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions (for example, if the battery is charged too infrequently, or too often when the battery has been excessively discharged).
The potential danger condition may concern hazard to the user (the compromised person), such as that there has been a power failure (which can have serious consequences if the power failure were to be undetected while the user was being moved) or that the apparatus has been laden with too much weight when the apparatus has a scale or balance for weighing the compromised person. Alternatively, or additionally, the potential danger condition may concern hazard to the apparatus, such as that the apparatus has been detected at an unexpected location, or that a battery as a power supply has not been charged correctly or in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations or warranty terms.
Where power loss or low power is identified, the information once received can be acted upon immediately following the transmission of the alarm message, thereby avoiding a possible failure and/or a user being unable to use the apparatus according to the invention at a critical time.
When the apparatus according to the invention is a stair iift, and a compromised person (a user) requires to use the stairiift, he or she wiil get onto the stairiift, and press a button or otherwise activate the stairiift to either ascend or descend the stairway. In this embodiment, controi software is generaily provided, programmed to monitor any or all of the following performance parameters: the average time (or a predetermined maximum time) to ascend and descend the stairway for any specific and particular stairiift; or whether or not a user is actually being transported (that is, whether or not the stair lift is carrying a compromised person or user).
It may happen that a user experiences a medical problem while travelling on the stairiift, and as a result does not arrive at the fully ascended or descended position. To cater for this possibility, the monitoring system may be programmed to recognise the case when the stairiift does not arrive, and after a predetermined time, the transmitter is caused to transmit details to the remote device, which can then process the details and if appropriate transmit the alarm message so that the relevant information can be acted upon.
In a similar way, a stairiift may have reached the fully ascended or descended position, but if the user does not alight from the stairiift after a predetermined time, again details can be transmitted to the remote device which can then process the details and if appropriate transmit the alarm message so that the relevant information can be acted upon (in this occasion making the assumption that there may be a medical problem with the user).
Most conventional stairlifts are fitted with a battery back-up system to allow the stairiift to be operational in case of a mains power failure. Unexpected power failure can put the user in a critical situation should the stairiift stop somewhere between the fully ascended and fully descended positions. Should the back-up battery system fail as well as the mains power fail, then a user could find themselves in a critical position.
The monitoring system and memory in apparatus according to the invention are therefore generally designed to continually assess and monitor the status of a battery back-up when present, and should there be a problem or potential problem with the battery back-up unit or the battery charging system, then the monitoring system and memory will immediately identify these problems and cause the transmitter to transmit this information so that an alarm message can be transmitted.
This therefore permits remedial action to be taken when such an alarm message has been transmitted.
Especially when the apparatus according to the invention is a stairlift, the apparatus may be provided with means for weighing a patient, such that weight information is stored within the memory and subsequently communicated to the remote device (or server) whereby historical weighing data can be interrogated and acted upon accordingly. Such a stairlift may further be provided with access control means to allow use of the stairlift by authorised persons only by way of an access code or security card; typically such access control means is arranged not only to recognise the owner of each and every user of the relevant codes or security cards, but to store and communicate this information as and when required.
Stairiifts and other apparatus for moving a compromised person require regular servicing; and some are used regularly and some intermittently, and knowing this information can be vital to the manufacturers of such apparatus, as well as the organisations (such as the United Kingdom National Health Service) that own, fit and oversee such apparatus.
Gathering information such as usage and abuse of such apparatus on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis can be a useful tool - and as mentioned above may indicate a precalibrated danger condition. Furthermore, the manufacturer may want to learn about potential useful design changes that could be more cost effective and more functional; equally, owners may realise they have too many of one specific type of apparatus, but not enough of another type. The way in which the apparatus is used either correctly or incorrectly may furthermore point towards better or improved training in using the apparatus.
It is envisaged that information gathered in the monitoring system in the apparatus according to the invention would be transmitted (communicated) back to a remote device (server), and that the information gathered would be shown on a display (such as in the form of a spread sheet) so that the information could then be sub-divided into various categories, some information more useful to the manufacturers, some more useful to organisations that use the apparatus.
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described, by way of an example only and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of features of an exemplary monitoring apparatus for use according to the invention;
Figure 2 is a schematic illustration of an embodiment of apparatus according to the invention, in the form of a stairlift;
Figure 3 is a schematic illustration of an embodiment of apparatus according to the invention, in the form of a patient chair;
Figure 4 is a schematic illustration of an embodiment of apparatus according to the invention, in the form of a hospital bed;
Figure 5 is a schematic illustration of an embodiment of apparatus according to the invention, in the form of a ceiling mounted patient hoist; and Figure 6 is a schematic illustration of an embodiment of apparatus according to the invention, in the form of a floor mounted patient hoist.
Referring to Figure 1, there is shown a monitoring unit 1 having a series of motor power relays 2,3,4 for connection to a motorised support structure such as a stairlift, hoist, hospital bed, chair, motorised mattress or hoist. The relays are supplied with external power via power connector 5 connected to the relays by respective motor connectors 6,7,8 that are themselves controlled by handset connector 9 and a sensor 10 for sensing performance parameters of the relays 2,3,4. For example, sensor 10 may sense the time intervals in which the motors are used, and the power output to each of the respective motors.
Monitoring unit also has a display 11. The latter can provide fault information such as whether the unit 1 has been disconnected or the motors overloaded, or whether a service is due. Such fault information can be provided to the display by a circuit such as the one that will now be described.
Handset connector 9 is included in a circuit that includes a battery backup 12 and a memory chip 13 programmed to compare sensed actual operation parameters sensed by sensor 10 with pre-programmed parameters. If the comparison shows that the sensed operation parameters differ from the pre-programmed parameters by more than a predetermined amount, a signal is sent to a send/receive GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) module 14 for a GPS (Global positioning System), which in turn sends a signal via a GPS mast 15 to a remote sen/er 16.
Server 16 then sends an alarm to a cell phone 17 or to a computer (typically comprising a personal computer 18, with a keyboard 19 and display monitor 20). The module 14 Is typically a two way device to not only send information, but also to collect information stored in a memory device.
Referring to Figure 2, there is a shown a stairlift comprising a chair 21 mounted on an inclined stair track 22. The chair 21 comprises a seat portion 23 having a back 24 and armrests 25, 26. Beneath the seat portion 23 is a platform 27 on which the user (a "compromised person" as described above) may rest his/her feet. Beneath the seat portion is a monitoring unit 1 such as that described above with reference to Figure 1.
Referring to Figure 3, there is a shown a patient chair comprising a chair comprising a base part 30 and an upper tippable part 31 tippable by means of actuator 32. The actuator has an electrical supply connected via a monitoring unit 1 such as that described above with reference to Figure 1, as weil as a back-up battery 33 for the actuator 32.
Referring to Figure 4, there is a shown a hospital bed 40 comprising a mattress 41 mounted on a base 42. The mattress 41 is arranged to be moved by an actuator 43 via handset 44 and a monitoring unit 1 such as that described above with reference to Figure 1.
Referring to Figure 5, there is a shown a hoist 50 mounted on a ceiling track 51, the hoist comprising a lift belt 52 and a harness bracket 53. Within the body of hoist 50 are a pair of motors 54,55, as weli as a battery 56. The hoist 50 is arranged to be moved by motors 54,55 using a monitoring unit 1 such as that described above with reference to Figure 1.
Referring to Figure 6, there is a shown a hoist having a sling 60 mounted to a support frame 61. The support frame comprises a base frame 62 comprising a pair of struts or beams 63a, 63b mounted on wheels 64a, 64b, 64c, 64d with a structural crosspiece 65 connecting the beams 63a, 63b. Crosspiece 65 is connected to beam 63a via pivot 66a and to beam 63b via a corresponding pivot 66b. A motor 67 is provided to selectively open or close the spacing between beams 63a and 63b as a result of pivoting about pivots 66a and 66b.
Mounted to crosspiece 65 is a mast 68 having at its upper extremity a cantilever arm 69 to which the sling 60 is mounted via a load cell 70 for weighing a patient supported by the hoist. Mast 68 is connected to cantilever arm 69 via a motor 71 for seiectiveiy lifting or iowering the arm. Motor 71 is driven by a battery 62 provided on mast 68 via a handset 72, using a monitoring unit 1 such as that described above with reference to Figure 1.

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1. Apparatus arranged to move a compromised person, the apparatus comprising (a) a support structure for the compromised person, (b) drive means to cause movement of said compromised person when the person is supported by the support structure, (c) actuation means to actuate the drive means; (d) stop means to stop actuation of the drive means by the actuation means; (e) a monitoring system configured to monitor the performance parameters for the drive means, the actuation means and the stop means, at time points at predetermined intervals, (f) a memory to store the respective monitored performance parameters obtained at each such time point; and (g) a transmitter for transmitting the stored performance parameters to a remote device; the remote device being arranged to analyse the stored performance parameters and to transmit an alarm message when the analysed parameters indicate a precalibrated potential danger condition.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, which further comprises a receiver for the alarm message, and means for indicating the danger condition.
3. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the indicating means is a visible display, or an audible signal.
4. An apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, which further comprises means for re-setting the drive means in response to the receipt of the alarm message by the receiver.
5. An apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the support structure is a re-configurable chair, a bed, a hoist, a stair lift or a motorised mattress.
6. An apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the compromised person is to be supported by the support structure in a sitting, recumbent or lying position.
7. An apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the performance parameters include location data for the drive means.
8. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the location data comprises Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) data retrieved from a GPS data source.
9. An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the potential danger condition is that the apparatus is at an unexpected location.
10. An apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 9, which is fitted with an emergency caii device that, when activated, can communicate a caii for assistance from the compromised person transmitted via the transmitter to the remote device.
11. An apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 10, wherein the monitored performance parameters comprise one or more the following: a history of the usage of the drive means and/or actuation means; whether a power suppiy to the apparatus has failed; whether a battery for the drive means requires re-charging or replacement; and a charging history for a battery for the drive means.
12. An apparatus according to any of ciaims 1 to 11, wherein the monitoring system is programmed to continuaiiy assess and monitor the status of a battery for the drive means, and the transmitter is arranged to transmit information concerning said status to the remote device.
13. An apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 12, which is provided with means for weighing the compromised person, the memory being arranged to store the resultant weight information and the transmitter being arranged to transmit the weight information to the remote device.
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