Patent classifications
A61B2010/0006
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN SITU MEASURING AND COLLECTING SAMPLES OF ANALYTE CONCENTRATION IN BODILY FLUIDS
A system and related methods include a durable component, an indicator component including an indicator zone comprising at least one colorimetric analyte sensing element, at least one moisture sensor, and a fluid collection reservoir. The durable component contains at least one spectrophotometer, a computing system, and means for electronic communication between the computing system and at least one external device. The indicator component includes at least one colorimetric analyte sensing element and a fluid transport layer in fluid communication with the indicator zone, and it is arranged and configured for attachment to the durable component. In addition, the moisture sensor is arranged and configured to communicate the presence of moisture to initiate a predetermined delay in measuring the concentration of at least one analyte. The fluid collection reservoir is releasable from at least one of the indicator components and the durable component at a predetermined breaking point for clinical analysis.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MENSTRUAL CYCLE TESTING
The present invention relates to a system and methods for evaluating and tracking the operation of the menstrual cycle and treating undesirable trends associated with the menstrual cycle. Various aspects of the system and methods described herein rely upon the operation of diagnostic tests specially configured to evaluate a bodily fluid for the presence or absence of hormones or analytes, and more specifically configured to evaluate a bodily fluid for at least the presence or absence of pregnanediol glucuronide at a threshold selected from the range inclusive of 1 μg/mL-10 μg/mL. The results from one or more diagnostic tests are interpreted in accordance with the teachings of the system. The interpretations are useful in accordance with facilitating treatments associated with medical conditions correlated to the generated interpretations, optionally delivered during a consultation with a medical provider during a telemedicine consultation, the treatments optionally comprising dietary changes incorporating the consumption of certain seeds to mitigate hormonal imbalances.
BODILY EMISSION ANALYSIS
Apparatus and methods are described for use with feces of a subject that are disposed within a toilet bowl. One or more light sensors receive light from the toilet bowl, while the feces are disposed within the toilet bowl. A computer processor detects a set of three or more spectral components that have a characteristic relationship with each other in a light spectrum of bile, by analyzing the received light, and detects a presence of bile within the feces, in response to detecting the set of three or more spectral components. The computer processor generates an output in response thereto. Other applications are also described.
SEX TOY ADAPTED TO COLLECT BODY FLUID AND/OR CELLS FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
A sex toy collects a body fluid and/or cells as present in a genital, especially in a female vagina, for a diagnostic test, especially an in-vitro diagnostic test and/or a biomarker test. The sex toy includes a housing having at least one sampling port leading into at least one sampling channel for collecting a sample of body fluid and/or cells through the sampling port and the sampling channel inside the housing. The sex toy includes a test module adapted for analyzing and/or screening and/or monitoring diagnostic parameters of a collected sample body fluid and/or cells with medical implications as well as general health and lifestyle parameters. The test module includes comprising at least a first analyzing unit for carrying out a diagnostic test.
SAMPLE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS
The present disclosure provides systems, methods, devices, and kits for analysis of vaginal biological samples. A device for the analysis of vaginal biological samples can include a sample collector, an extractor, and an assay cartridge. A method for the analysis of vaginal biological samples can include detecting the presence or absence of a pathology, a disease, an immune disorder, a reproductive disorder of a subject. The method may further comprise preserving, storing, or transporting the vaginal biological samples. A kit for the analysis of vaginal biological samples can include probe, reagents and instructions for detecting a nucleic acid in the vaginal biological samples.
URINE ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD
A urine analysis device includes a case configured to be positioned entirely within a toilet, the case having a front face for receiving a stream of urine directly from a user urinating on the toilet a rear face opposite the front face, and a collection port, disposed on either the front face or the rear face, wherein the case contains a test assembly configured to perform an analysis on urine collected through the collection port.
BIOLOGICAL FLUID TEST DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR A SALIVA TEST DEVICE
The invention relates to a biological fluid test device (1), in particular a saliva test device, the device comprising:—a sample collector (2) in the form of a membrane, —a means for checking whether the quantity is sufficient, the collector being configured to cause a biological fluid to migrate to the checking means, - a means for displaying, on the device, a test result for at least one desired substance, characterised in that the device (1) comprises, or is associated with, at least one means for removing the collector and storing it for second expert opinion purposes. The invention also relates to a corresponding kit and method.
SAMPLE COLLECTION AND DETECTION CARD
Disclosed is a sample collection and detection card. A lower cover of the card is provided with a sample loading chamber capable of accommodating a sampling part of a sampling end, an outlet is arranged at a bottom of the sample loading chamber, and a sample loading area of a test strip is located at the outlet; a fixing structure for fixing a sampling rod to a box is further arranged between the box and the sampling rod, and the sampling part is deformable when the sampling rod is fixed to the box. In embodiments of the present disclosure, the sample loading chamber is arranged on the lower cover, and the sample loading area of the test strip is arranged at the outlet of the sample loading chamber.
System and method for in situ measuring and collecting samples of analyte concentration in bodily fluids
A system and related methods include a durable component, an indicator component including an indicator zone comprising at least one colorimetric analyte sensing element, at least one moisture sensor, and a fluid collection reservoir. The durable component contains at least one spectrophotometer, a computing system, and means for electronic communication between the computing system and at least one external device. The indicator component includes at least one colorimetric analyte sensing element and a fluid transport layer in fluid communication with the indicator zone, and it is arranged and configured for attachment to the durable component. In addition, the moisture sensor is arranged and configured to communicate the presence of moisture to initiate a predetermined delay in measuring the concentration of at least one analyte. The fluid collection reservoir is releasable from at least one of the indicator components and the durable component at a predetermined breaking point for clinical analysis.
Needle assembly with flexible catheter nose for diagnostic sampling of fluid
A needle assembly for sampling fluid from a patient including a needle guard, an insertion needle, and a needle housing. The distal end of the needle guard includes a nose portion and a flexible nose extension defining a fluid collection reservoir. The proximal end of the needle guard includes a push feature. The insertion needle has a sharpened distal tip, a proximal needle end and a shaft defining a lumen extending therebetween. The needle housing is operably coupled to the proximal needle end and is slideably coupled to the needle guard. The needle housing includes a flash chamber including a wall defining a cavity. The cavity is in fluid communication with the lumen of the insertion needle and is sealed at one end by a gas permeable flash plug. The push feature selectively engages the flash plug to divert captured bodily fluids to the fluid collection reservoir for sampling.