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. 2024 Feb 26;77(1):e20230084.
doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0084. eCollection 2024.

Technological prospecting of patents related to monitoring accidents due to falls in hospitals

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Renata Camargo Alves  1 , Rosana Maria Barreto Colichi  1 , Silvana Andrea Molina Lima  1
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Technological prospecting of patents related to monitoring accidents due to falls in hospitals

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Renata Camargo Alves et al. Rev Bras Enferm. .

Abstract
in English, Portuguese, Spanish

Objectives: to map the production of technologies aimed at monitoring falls in a hospital environment protected by registered patents.

Methods: a technological prospecting of international patents, with a quantitative approach, with search carried out between February and March 2022 in the Derwent Innovations Index database with descriptors fall, hospital, monitoring.

Results: 212 patents were found, with the majority filed and published since 2010, by Tran B (9) and Cerner Innovation Inc (9), focused on health technology. Universities were responsible for 13% of deposits. There was a predominance of records from the United States (43.4%), China (21.7%) and Japan (12.3%), in addition to technological strategies classified as devices for the environment (80.7%) and for preventing falls (66.5%) as well as trend towards resources with multiple functionalities in the same technology.

Conclusions: the plurality of functions in the same device reflects the search for optimizing resources and the concern with comprehensive care.

Objetivos:: mapear a produção de tecnologias voltadas para monitoramento de quedas em ambiente hospitalar protegidas por patentes registradas.

Métodos:: prospecção tecnológica de patentes internacionais, com abordagem quantitativa, com busca realizada entre fevereiro e março de 2022 na base Derwent Innovations Index com os descritores fall, hospital, monitoring.

Resultados:: foram encontradas 212 patentes, com maioria depositada e publicada a partir de 2010, por Tran B (9) e Cerner Innovation Inc (9), focadas em tecnologia em saúde. As universidades foram responsáveis por 13% dos depósitos. Houve predomínio de registros dos Estados Unidos (43,4%), da China (21,7%) e Japão (12,3%), além de estratégias tecnológicas classificadas como dispositivos para ambiente (80,7%) e para prevenção de quedas (66,5%), bem como a tendência de recursos com múltiplas funcionalidades em uma mesma tecnologia.

Conclusões:: a pluralidade de funções em um mesmo dispositivo reflete a busca pela otimização dos recursos e a preocupação com a integralidade do cuidado.

Objetivos:: mapear la producción de tecnologías destinadas al monitoreo de caídas en un ambiente hospitalario protegido por patentes registradas.

Métodos:: prospección tecnológica de patentes internacionales, con enfoque cuantitativo, con búsqueda realizada entre febrero y marzo de 2022 en la base de datos Derwent Innovations Index con los descriptores caída, hospital, monitoreo.

Resultados:: se encontraron 212 patentes, la mayoría presentadas y publicadas desde 2010, por Tran B (9) y Cerner Innovation Inc (9), enfocadas en tecnología de la salud. Las universidades fueron responsables del 13% de los depósitos. Hubo predominio de registros de Estados Unidos (43,4%), China (21,7%) y Japón (12,3%), además de estrategias tecnológicas catalogadas como dispositivos ambientales (80,7%) y para prevenir caídas (66,5%), así como la tendencia hacia recursos con múltiples funcionalidades en una misma tecnología.

Conclusiones:: la pluralidad de funciones en un mismo dispositivo refleja la búsqueda de optimización de recursos y la preocupación por la atención integral.

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Figure 1. Flowchart of the selection process of patents available in the Derwent Innovations Index for sample composition, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil, 2022
Figure 2
Figure 2. Evolution of patent filings and publications for fall prevention, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil, 2022
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