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The Patient Call Button

THE PROBLEM:  To provide a method for a handicapped person to alert or call their care giver.

THE SOLUTION:   On searching for a remote switch I discovered a simple, effective, reasonably cheap ($20.00) solution. Purchase a battery powered, wireless door bell chime. Put the Button in a location accessible to the patient and the chime some place where it will be heard by the attendant. The chime is distinctive and loud enough to work in noisy areas. The normal range for these units is about 15 -20 meters which should provide coverage anywhere in an average home. Since both pieces are battery powered and need not be permanently attached, they can be moved as the situation requires. The button is about 2 x 5 cm and requires only light pressure to operate. Battery power means that this system would work for patients on electrical life support in the case of a power failure.

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