Anticipatory fall prevention

Protect patients.
Prevent falls.

Continuous monitoring can reduce falls from bed by up to 90%.1 With its 360° sensing, BedEx detects every bed exit — and alerts the nursing team as soon as a patient moves at the edge of the bed, not once the fall has happened.

90 %
Fewer falls in clinical studies1
360°
Detection — both sides of the bed, any height
2-in-1
Bed-edge or bed-exit alert
BedEx – product view
Effective fall prevention through all-around­monitoring
Diagnosis

A fall is the most common preventable adverse care event.

Falls don't come out of nowhere — they happen in the gap between spotting the risk and responding to it. Right where two nurses cover 30 patients, the room light is off, and no one sees a patient pushing himself up at the edge of the bed.

3:14 a.m.

A disoriented patient sits up. He needs the bathroom. The nurse is in the next room.

Three seconds later — he's already on the floor.

20'800
people died in Germany in 2023 from the consequences of a fall — one of the most significant non-natural causes of death.
Statistisches Bundesamt, Todesursachenstatistik 20232
Across the general population — the hardest hit are older and vulnerable people, precisely those cared for in hospitals and nursing facilities.
34,5 %
of all falls in Swiss acute hospitals lead to injury.
ANQ Sturz- und Dekubitusbericht 20193
3,7 %
of all patients suffer a preventable fall in the hospital.
ANQ Sturz- und Dekubitusbericht 20193
The principle

Anticipate — don't react.

The difference between a prevented fall and a hospital admission is 30 seconds of warning. BedEx alerts the nursing team the moment a patient pushes up at the edge of the bed — not once they're already standing.

Fall timeline
from sitting up to impact
z z z
Lying
0 s
Sitting up
≈ 3 s
BedEx alerts
Legs over edge
≈ 8 s
Patient standing
≈ 15 s
Floor mat alerts
Fall
≈ 17 s
BedEx · response time for nursing staff
Floor mat · too late
~12 s advance warning for nursing staff
Anticipatory

The sensors beneath the mattress detect the smallest movements — even the first sitting up. The nursing staff have enough time to reach the room before the patient stands.

Reactive

Floor mats and light barriers trigger only once the patient is already standing or has left the bed. With limited mobility, the fall can then often no longer be prevented.

2-in-1 solution

One sensor. Two alert levels.

Through the intuitive control unit, the nursing team sets the right alert level for each patient — based on mobility, fall risk, and time of day. No swapping devices. No re-setup.

Bed-edge alert Alert when the patient sits up — before the bed exit
high risk
Bed-exit alert Alert when the patient leaves the bed
moderate risk
Competitive comparison

Four approaches to bed-exit detection — compared head to head.

Technology-based fall prevention is an established field with a range of approaches. Every solution has its strengths — and its specific use case. BedEx combines anticipation, 360° detection, and modular expandability in one system.

Contact mat (floor)
Pressure switch in front of the bed — triggers when the patient steps onto it.
  • Reacts only once the patient is already standing
  • Can be bypassed or pushed aside
  • A tripping hazard itself
  • No data continuity, no extension
Bed-edge sensor strip
Pressure sensor along one side of the bed — detects sitting up on the equipped side.
  • Covers only one side of the bed
  • Exit side must be defined in advance for each patient
  • Wrong side = blind spot
  • No choice between early and late warning
Ceiling-mounted radar
Contactless motion detection via ceiling sensors — with high acquisition and operating costs.
  • Ceiling infrastructure required in every room
  • High acquisition and construction costs
  • Ongoing licence and cloud costs over years
  • Lock-in to a single vendor across the entire property
BedEx
360° sensors beneath the mattress — contactless, anticipatory, modular.
  • Both sides of the bed · any height · any exit direction
  • 2-in-1: choice of bed-edge OR bed-exit warning
  • No false alarms from visitors and nursing staff
  • Modularly expandable to the Mobility Monitor

The decisive difference: BedEx isn't "a better contact mat" — it's the entry point to a data-driven care platform that grows with a facility's care risks.

How BedEx works

Three components. One data chain.

Discreet, contact-free, and compatible with any standard nurse call system. Installation takes less than 3 minutes per bed — no construction, no work on the ceiling.

1
SENSOR UNIT BENEATH THE MATTRESS

Sensor unit under the mattress

The discreet sensor mat picks up the slightest movements without contact — sitting up, turning, leaving the bed. Patients and nurses never notice it.

2
BedEx ACTIVE ALERT LEVEL Bed edge on sitting up Bed exit on leaving MODE OK ACTIVE SELECTED

Control unit at the bedside

At the press of a button, nurses switch between bed-edge and bed-exit alerts. Status LEDs show at a glance that the system is active and ready.

3
DECT · WARD 3 09:42 ! Bed exit Room 12 2 sec ago Accept Details 123 456

Alert through the nurse call system

BedEx passes the signal straight to the existing nurse call system — DECT phone, ward monitor, or pager. The alert arrives where nurses already respond to calls.

On the ward, day to day

Nurses stay with the patient — the technology stays in the background.

While a nurse talks with the patient at the bedside, the sensing under the mattress keeps running, unseen. When the system detects a risk, the alert goes straight to the nurse call system and to the nursing team.

  • Continuous monitoring — even when no one is in the room
  • Direct alerting — through the existing nurse call system
  • Discreet and contact-free — patients and visitors notice nothing
BedEx in use: nursing staff at the bedside, physician receiving the alert at the ward terminal
Investment protection

Fall prevention today. The extended care platform tomorrow.

BedEx isn't a product with an expiration date. The same sensing that detects bed exits today is the foundation for risk assessment, pressure ulcer prevention, sleep management, and automated micro-mobilization. Invest in fall prevention — and keep your path to data-driven care open.

Entry · today
BedEx

Anticipatory fall prevention. One focused job, solved perfectly.

  • 360° bed-exit detection
  • Bed-edge or bed-exit alert
  • Connection to the nurse call system
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Expansion
Mobility Monitor

Make care risks visible — before they escalate. The same sensing, full data depth.

  • Mobility, sleep, and getting-up behavior 24/7
  • Risk indicators for falls, pressure ulcers, delirium
  • Assessment on demand for care planning
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Strategic expansion
AMS

Active Mobilisation System. Staff-independent, automatic repositioning — day and night.

  • Automatic repositioning — up to 4300×/month
  • Works even with dementia, pain, and resistance
  • 45–90 min. of nursing time back per day
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Systemic stabilization, not a one-off fix. The three building blocks share the same sensing, data model, and operating logic. A facility that starts with BedEx can move to the next level at any time — no sensor swap, no reinstallation.
Who it's for

Two settings. One sensor.

BedEx is used equally in acute and inpatient care settings — the configuration is tailored to each risk profile.

Acute hospital

Protect patients. Prevent falls.

In acute care, fall risk is usually temporary — postoperative, under sedation, during delirium. BedEx gives a stretched nursing team the warning time to step in before a fall doubles the length of stay.

  • Postoperative and delirium-prone patients
  • Fewer restraints and sitters — especially on the night shift
  • Modular upgrade to the Mobility Monitor

Nursing home · long-term care

Protect patients. Prevent falls.

In long-term care, fall risk is often chronic and highest at night. BedEx replaces resource-heavy sitters and reduces the need for restraints — while patients keep full freedom of movement.

  • Patients with dementia and night wandering
  • Fewer sitters and restraints
  • Modular upgrade room by room
Next step

See BedEx in your facility.

Book a free needs assessment with our nursing experts — or start right away with a no-obligation trial on a ward of your choice.

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