METHOD, SYSTEM AND SENSOR FOR MONITORING AN INFANT LYING IN A BED

摘要

For monitoring an infant (1; 51) lying in a bed, continuously or periodically a temperature is measured in a confined layer of air (67, 68) that is shielded from the infant (1; 51) by at least one first thermally insulating layer (8; 65) and shielded from the environment by at least one second thermally insulating layer (3; 53, 58). The second thermally insulating layer (3; 53, 58) insulates a portion of the infant (1; 51) and the first thermally insulating layer (8; 65) from the environment. A warning signal is generated if the measured temperature exceeds a threshold temperature. The threshold temperature is lower than 36 °C which is significantly lower than a body temperature of an infant that would make a warning signal desirable. A system and a sensor for use in the method according to the invention are also described.