Patent classifications
A61B5/208
AUTOMATED COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF BODY FLUIDS
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.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING AND TREATING HEMORRHAGE AND OTHER CONDITIONS
Embodiments herein relate to systems, devices, and methods for assessing hemorrhage and other conditions and treating patients suffering from the same. In an embodiment, a method for detecting hemorrhage in a patient is included. The method can include obtaining a breath sample from the subject and contacting it with a chemical sensor element, the chemical sensor element including a plurality of discrete graphene varactors; sensing and storing capacitance of the discrete graphene varactors to obtain a sample data set; and classifying the sample data set into one or more preestablished hemorrhage classifications. Other embodiments are included herein.
TOILET FOR ANIMAL
A toilet for animal, including: an upper container having a plurality of holes formed on a bottom portion, the plurality of holes penetrating in an up-down direction; a lower container that includes a receiving section receiving excrement that has passed through the plurality of holes, gravity of the upper container not acting on the lower container; and an output unit that outputs a signal changing according to an amount of the excrement received by the receiving section.
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAFE ACCESS AND AUTOMATED THERAPY
An automated therapy system having an infusion catheter; a sensor adapted to sense a patient parameter; and a controller communicating with the sensor and programmed to control flow output from the infusion catheter into a patient based on the patient parameter without removing fluid from the patient. The invention also includes a method of controlling infusion of a fluid to a patient. The method includes the following steps: monitoring a patient parameter with a sensor to generate a sensor signal; providing the sensor signal to a controller; and adjusting fluid flow to the patient based on the sensor signal without removing fluid from the patient.
MEDICAL TOILET WITH ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS FOR COLLECTING HEALTH-RELATED MEASUREMENTS
The medical toilet may include a seat, lid, and bowl as does a traditional toilet. It also includes one or more acoustic transducers. The acoustic transducers may be located on the seat where they may measure bone density in a user's pelvis or femur. The acoustic transducers may be located on the lid or on a belt which wraps around the user. These acoustic transducers may collect data relating to a user's heart, lungs, liver, bowel, or other internal organs. The medical toilet may include a handrail with an acoustic transducer which measures the bone density in the user's wrist, radius, or ulna. A controller associated with the medical toilet may store algorithms for analyzing the data collected by the acoustic transducers. The controller may perform machine learning to improve the analyses and may calculate trends in repeated measurements taken from the same user or a population of users.
TOILET WITH VASCULAR HEALTH REPORTING
A system for providing a report on vascular health of a user is disclosed. The system includes a toilet with a bowl adapted to receive excreta from the user and a processor. The toilet includes a seat with weight and PPG sensors. BCG data is derived from the weight sensor data. PPG data is derived from the PPG sensor. The processor performs a comparison of the data from the weight sensor and the data from the PPG sensor and preexisting data in a database. The processor then generates a report on the user's vascular health based on the comparison.
Systems, devices and methods for draining and analyzing bodily fluids
A device for draining bodily fluids is described herein which generally may comprise an elongate body defining one or more lumens configured to receive a bodily fluid from a cavity, e.g., bladder, of a patient body. The one or more lumens are in fluid communication with a reservoir which may receive the bodily fluid. A pumping mechanism may be used to urge the bodily fluid through the one or more lumens, where the pumping mechanism is configured to maintain an open space within the one or more lumens such that outflow of the bodily fluid through the one or more lumens remains unobstructed such that a negative pressure buildup in the cavity is inhibited. The device may also include a vent or valve mechanism in communication with the elongate body to allow air to enter or exit the one or more lumens.
Method and apparatus for collecting and analyzing urine samples
A urine collecting and analyzing apparatus that mounts on a toilet. The apparatus has a housing that mounts to or is integrated into the rim of the toilet bowl and has an opening for access to the bowl. The housing has a collector compartment and a controller compartment. A collector cup fits under the collector compartment extends over the bowl in a retracted position and in a collecting position. When in the collecting position, the cup captures urine released by a user. The cup is connected to a measurement chamber by a transfer tube. The urine moves through the transfer tube from the cup to the measurement chamber to a predetermined threshold volume and level. A controller in the controller compartment reads sensors and transmits sensor data to a device for storage and display.
UROFLOWMETRY AND FECAL FLOWMETRY SYSTEM
A system comprising: a) a toilet comprising a toilet bowl for receiving excreta; b) a detection unit mounted to the toilet bowl and comprising: (i) one or more detectors selected from a group consisting of one or more laser triangulation sensors, an infrared sensing device and a Doppler velocimeter), (ii) a data processor, (iii) a data storage device, (iv) a wireless transmitter to transmit data from the detectors to a communications network and (v) a power source, wherein the one or more sensors are positioned measure characteristics of excreta deposited in the toilet bowl; and c) a computer configured to receive the data over the communications network and comprising memory including computer code to analyze the data and determine an amount of urine and/or feces deposited into the toilet bowl, and a processor to execute the code.
POINT OF CARE URINE ANALYZER
There is provided a urine analysis device for bed side monitoring of a patient, comprising: an inlet sized and shaped for fluid communication with a urine collecting tube that receives urine from a patient; a drip chamber through which the urine flows towards an outlet; at least one sensor that analyzes each drop of urine and estimates a respective volume of each drop; a timing element that measures a reference time for each drop; a program store storing code; and at least one processing unit coupled to the program store for implementing the stored code, the code comprising: code to calculate a urine output flow rate of the urine output flowing through the chamber according to the estimated volume of each drop of the urine and the reference time for each drop; and code to output the urine output flow rate.