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Australian medtech company Sleeptite and RMIT University researchers have secured a U.S. patent for smart bedding technology designed to monitor residents' well-being in health care settings and identify fall risk so caregivers can intervene.

A recent study by RMIT and Sleeptite shows the technology can be manufactured using scalable production techniques while maintaining performance and durability.

Now, Sleeptite has unveiled the technology at The MedTech Conference—a high-profile gathering of medical technology industry leaders held in Boston—as part of an Australian trade delegation led by AUScelerate. The study is published in the journal Flexible and Printed Electronics.

The patented FlexiSense technology, which Sleeptite is developing for use with its REMi in-bed monitoring system, measures bed position and posture via soft, flexible electronics in mattress protectors.

It is designed to help care staff respond sooner to the risk of falls, with detection of pressure sore risk in development.

The technology is the result of nearly a decade of collaboration led by Sleeptite, working with RMIT and manufacturing partner Sleepeezee Bedding Australia.

Sleeptite founder and CEO Cameron van den Dungen said the technology offered a cost-effective, scalable way to improve the quality of care throughout the night, whether in a care facility or in a person's own home.

"Care workers can't be in every room, every minute of the night. This technology gives them an extra set of eyes, without putting a camera in the room," he said.

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