A sensor that tells care staff in real time

The task

mySenti is a start-up out to improve the situation in care homes and in mobile care. The idea of an incontinence sensor was to become a system ready for the market.

We examined the IoT sensor system for feasibility and worked out the concept. The core of the work was hardware and software development, along with support for the pilot installation in a care home.

The solution

At the centre sits an absolute humidity sensor integrated into a board structure. Next to it are an ultra-low-power chip, battery management and further sensors. The sensor attaches to any incontinence product on the market.

Encrypted sensor data goes out at intervals to the mySenti IoT bridges, which pass it on to the local backend in the home. Through an interface to the care software that we developed, the measurements join up with the patient records and reach the care staff's mobile app.

The whole system runs on the local network. The cloud backend evaluates anonymised readings only, and that evaluation serves product improvement alone.

Handling patient data

The concept follows a simple line: capture as little patient data as possible and store none of it.

The entire data path is encrypted and secured by certificate checking.