A system for conducting urinalysis of urine is provided. The system includes a housing mountable on a urination device defining urination area; a dispenser mounted in the housing and being configured for holding a plurality of urine test strips (hereinafter “UTS”). Each one of the UTS includes at least one reacting area configured for a chemical reaction with a substance in the urine. The system further includes a detector configured for detecting at least one property of the reacting area and a shifting mechanism configured for extracting one UTS from the dispenser and moving the UTS to a urination position in which the UTS is disposed above the urination area, such that the reacting area is disposed along a urine path.

Provided is a system for detecting a user of a bathroom. The system comprises at least one sensor coupled to a bathroom use analysis device, where the sensor generates data that can be used to detect and/or identify the user. Also provided is a method of detecting a user of a bathroom. The method comprises analyzing data generated by the sensor in the above system to detect and/or identify the user.

Example systems, catheters, and methods are disclosed for actively sampling a fluid. An example system includes a pump configured to pump fluid to direct the fluid a dissolved oxygen sensor and the dissolved oxygen sensor configured to output a signal indicative of an amount of dissolved oxygen in the fluid.

A portable medical diagnostic device (100) to collect and analyze one or more biological specimen of a user is provided. The device (100) includes a housing having an interactive display (102) and a keypad (104). The keypad (104) comprises a plurality of selectable keys (106-1 or 106-2). The device (100) includes one or more biological specimen collection modules (108) operatively connected to the housing to receive at least one biological specimen of the user. One or more biological specimen collection modules (108) are communicably coupled with at least one selectable key of the selectable keys (106-1 or 106-2). The device (100) includes one or more sensors (110) provided in each of biological specimen collection module (108), configured to analyze at least one biological specimen received in the associated biological specimen collection module to determine one or more parameters of the biological specimen to be displayed on the interactive display (102).

Devices and methods for treating obesity are provided. More particularly, intragastric devices and methods of fabricating, deploying, inflating, locating, tracking, monitoring, deflating, and retrieving the same are provided.

The present invention provides an improved system, device, and method for determining a comprehensive state of health in real time using non-invasive patient testing. The invention characterizes disease and other states of health by simultaneously assaying both liquid and gas in a sample or samples. During metabolism, the body performs a large variety of biochemical reactions. Reaction products, reaction by-products, and breakdown products are transported by the circulatory system throughout the body. Many of these molecular products are labile and volatilize into gases from bodily liquids. In gas form, these compounds appear as volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

An incontinence detection system monitors an area for moisture events and wirelessly transmits moisture-related information to one or more notification devices. The system has a pad that includes a substrate and one or more sensors supported by the substrate. The sensor(s) emit wireless signals indicative of the moisture-related information. A sensor event communication system forwards the sensor signals to another device, such as a notification device. Portions of the system are included in a patient support apparatus, such as a bed.

A patient support apparatus includes a frame and a mattress supported by the frame and arranged to support a patient thereon. A sensor is included to detect moisture on the patient and/or the patient support apparatus. The sensor produces signals indicative of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus. One or more alerts are output in response to the signals provided by the sensor to notify a caregiver of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus.

A method for collecting and analyzing urine at the time it is released uses a urine collecting tube joined with a canister. Suction is produced in the collecting tube to join the tube with a penis or to the exterior surface of a female urethra orifice. Once suction is achieved the collecting tube stays in place by suction action. When urine flows into the urine collecting tube a sensor triggers a vacuum pump to produce a higher level of suction to flush the urine into the canister where a level sensor determines the quantity of urine received. Various sensors in the canister determine levels of non-urine partials such as occult blood, drugs, salt, and other substances. When urine is no longer detected within the urine tube, the vacuum pump is turned off and a low-level vacuum remains to assure interconnection with the urine tube.

A contaminant type detection system and method, which enable detection of the type of the contaminants contained by wireless signals, before or after the use, by the liquid within the component of the ceramic sanitary ware that provides the connection of the ceramic sanitary ware with the wastewater installation, in other words, within the elbow structure, and which, in case a contaminant other than the expected is encountered, enable to inform the user and/or third parties about the contaminant.