Seizure Alert Devices

Seizure alert devices can be useful to give you, your family and friends more time to get help or to take medications if you have an oncoming seizure. They can also help people who have epilepsy understand the symptoms of an oncoming seizure and to manage them.

Detecting seizures through movement

Most seizure alert systems work by monitoring movements and sounds to detect oncoming seizures. They can also be able to monitor heart rate and oxygen levels in the blood.

Bed sensors

The Emfit Epileptic Sensor Mat is a sleep alarm that can monitor a person’s seizures from underneath their mattress. It can detect tonic-clonic seizures, and will raise an alarm when the person falls out of bed or leaves their bed and does not return within a pre-set time.

A pulse oximeter can be used to monitor blood oxygen saturation in the body, which is common during some types of seizures. It is often used by hospitals as a tool to measure a person’s breathing patterns and alert them when they are low on oxygen in the blood.

Cameras

The use of cameras to detect oncoming seizures has been shown in a number of studies to improve the detection of seizures, as it can be more difficult for people with seizures to see things like movement and noise. emfit seizure monitor Camera devices work by capturing images through an infrared camera and then sending them to a phone or computer for analysis.