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The Challenge:

Need to measure how well chronically ill patients are sleeping through the night?

  • How restless are they?
  • Did they wake up and get out of bed at night?
  • How many times did they toss and turn?
  • Get 12 hours of data into excel for plotting/charts and analysis.

Diagram:

load cell downloads

Results:

load cell downloads

Solution:

Use four load cells to place on legs of hospital bed in order to monitor (movement) of patient.

    Parts Used:
  • 4 iLoad Pro USB 100 lb digital load cells
  • WX-800 Wireless USB hub
  • LoadVUE software
    Total time to setup
  • 30 minutes

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