Lecturer Prakankiat Youngkong at KMUTT’s Institute of Field Robotics said the electromechanical system was unlike other devices that call for help after an immobilised patient’s fall. The new invention would instead be activated when rails on both sides of a bed were lifted into place, he said. The alarm would also sound if the bed rails were pushed down, he said, alerting nurses to potential fall. The device’s pressure detection could be adjusted to account for a patient’s age and weight, he added. The device could be used in hospitals or at home to safeguard paralysed patients and bedridden elderly people as Thailand moves towards an ageing society, he said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 29, 2017 18:00 UTC