A new intelligent bed care system for hospital and home patients

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-319

  Yonezawa, Yoshiharu ^a   Miyamoto, Yasuaki ^a   Maki, Hiromichi ^b   Ogawa, Hidekuni ^a   Ninomiya, Ishio ^e   Sada, Kouji ^c   Hamada, Shingo ^c   Caldwell, W Morton ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b International Trinity College   (Japan)

^c Shimonoseki Kousei Hospital   (Japan)

^d Caldwell Biomedical Electronics   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROSTATICS; HEALTH CARE; MICROCOMPUTERS; PATIENT MONITORING; STAINLESS STEEL;

ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC) VOLTAGE; BED-CARE SYSTEM; HOME PATIENTS; INTELLIGENT BED-CARE SYSTEM;

HOSPITAL BEDS;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTUBATION; FALLING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BED; MICROCOMPUTER; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT MONITORING; URINE INCONTINENCE;

BEDS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 23744498969     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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