iSens light is a sensor that will be commercially available from spring 2021. It detects whether a person in need of care with cognitive impairments moves out of bed. The sensor is distributed by the Poly-Projekt company in Bern.
The product is designed for use in elderly people's- and nursing homes, where it can be integrated very easily and without interfering with the infrastructure. It can be placed next to a nursing bed and runs there for years, battery-operated, without the need for any intervention.
iSens light uses various sensors to measure whether a person with cognitive impairments (for example dementia) is leaving their bed at an unusual time and can inform a caregiver via radio so that they can check the situation in the room.
The sensor has a key advantage over previous systems: it only monitors the small area of the bed. Existing systems are monitoring the whole room, which leads to considerable disadvantages: Nursing staff who enters the room also triggers the sensor. Other people entering the room also trigger false alarms.
The iSens light reduces false alarms because it only detects activity in the bed. It thus reduces the burden on nursing staff from unnecessary control visits.
The product was developed together with our long-term partner, the Poly-Projekt company in Bern, and is being distributed by Poly-Projekt.
