IP-based nurse call system with advanced assisting features / Not sold in USA/Canada
Emfit DVM is a new innovative IP-based system for centralized monitoring and processing of bed-specific nurse-call alarms, bed exits, movements, vital signs and, when needed, even tonic-clonic epileptic seizures.
What is it?
Emfit’s DVM™ (discreet vitals monitoring) technology measures basic physiology (e.g. heart rate, respiration rate, movement activity) passively, from below the patient’s mattress, without any electrodes, leads, cuffs or cannula. It is a versatile system that can be used for delivering various alarms and notifications, monitoring, and trend tracking in establishments that include hospitals and elderly, mentally/physically disabled, and psychiatric care facilities. Its main purpose is to provide an easy-to-use (yet advanced) system for delivering nurse call alarms and automatic presence/absence (fall) alarms from bedside to personnel, as well as tracking and acknowledgement alarms.
Why is it needed?
The DVM™ technology was developed to enhance the care environment for both the patients and personnel. There are always patients who need special attention, who should not leave their beds without assistance and are not able to use a nurse-call button. In addition, nursing staff may be required to check a sleeping patient's status and are forced to wake the individual in order to do so. The DVM technology lowers the workload of nurses, decreases patient falls and wanderings, and lowers costs associated with patient monitoring in general. It also provides better rest for patients by eliminating the need for night-time interruptions of sleep. Additional applications can also be useful in sleep studies.
How does it work?
DVM technology consists of Emfit’s patented thin film dynamic sensor (installed under the mattress or between two mattress layers), a control unit that utilizes advanced digital signal processing, a standard data network (LAN or WLAN) that serves as the media for all communications, one or more monitoring computers with Emfit’s sophisticated DVM software, and optional remote terminals showing all main status information and alarms that can be installed in passageways. A conventional nurse call button, along with nurse-present and nurse-request-for-help buttons are also included.
The sensor responds to small pressure changes caused by patient’s ballistocardiographic (BCG) and respiration movements, and generates a respective output voltage signal. Digital data acquisition and a signal processing unit use special algorithms developed by Emfit (patents pending) to calculate heart and respiration rates and movement activity from the sensor signal.
The system transmits all alerts, events, and monitoring data over a standard data network, using standard IP protocol. In the future, it will be possible to generate several other types of alerts in the application software running on the monitoring computer(s), e.g. of a prolonged tachy- or bradycardia, overall movement activity that drops below a preset threshold for more than the preset time (mentioned as examples only).
Who is it for?
DVM technology can be used for low-risk adults and children in various care environments. However, the intended use does not include monitoring of vital physiological parameters, where the nature of variations is such that it could result in immediate danger to the patient.
Benefits
- Low purchase and use cost
- Easy to install
- Easy to use
- Interfaces to existing data networks (LAN or WLAN)
- Comfortable for the patient, being virtually undetectable
- Generates bed-exit (fall) alarms automatically
- Provides a fast and easy-to-use way for acknowledgement of alarms and requests for help
- Assisting vitals monitoring data is available from every bed
- Optional epileptic tonic-clonic seizure alarm
- Works with adults and children
Brochure: IP-Based Nurse-Call System with Assistive Non-Body-Contact Vitals Monitoring (PDF, 620 KiB)
