Provided is a non-invasive blood measuring device comprising: a fixture which in part or in whole is buried in bone tissue of a patient; an abutment provided in a space inside the fixture; a sensing unit including biosensors for measuring a substance in the blood; a filter through which the substance in the blood to be measured is passed through; and an outcall unit.

Devices for collecting a fluid sample from the oral cavity, the device including a mouthpiece that includes a chamber, the chamber including front and rear inner walls; and means for collecting the fluid sample from the oral cavity; and methods of collecting and analyzing samples of fluid from the oral cavity, including the steps of placing the device in the oral cavity, collecting the fluid sample and conducting an analysis of the fluid sample.

We disclose a medical toilet that comprises one or more medical devices and a control for the metrics they collect. The medical devices may be used to collect metrics relevant to a user's health status. The medical toilet further comprises a conduit through which volatile organic compounds travel from the toilet bowl to the environment outside the toilet. An animal trained to identify the scent of bodily waste collected from a user that is afflicted with a disease perceives the scent of the user's bodily waste traveling through the conduit and performs a defined act upon perceiving the disease scent. The metric collected by the medical device(s) may be used to diagnose the same disease as that which the animal is trained to identify. The diagnosis provided by the animal by way of the conduit acts as a control for the metric collected by the medical device.

The invention relates to a device for collecting fluid (10) including a tubular body (11) having a first open free end (13) and a second open free end (14), and including at least one conduit (30) and a flared section (20) extending from the conduit (30), and having an increasing diameter from the conduit (30) to the first open free end (13), and a part (21), referred to as top part, of the first open free end (13) being more radially spaced relative to the conduit (30) than another part (22), referred to as bottom part, of the first open free end (13), which is diametrically opposite the top part (21). It also relates to a system for quantifying fluid loss including such a device and a quantification receptacle connected to the conduit (30) of the device (10).

A method for the collection and testing of mammalian fluid samples using a fluid collection and testing device. The device includes an outer sleeve and an inner swab whereby the inner swab fits into an internal cavity of the outer sleeve and is moveable within the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve contains testing means, such as a pH test or an amine release test within its internal cavity. A fluid sample is introduced to the device by way of a sample collection opening in the outer sleeve, which is received by the inner swab within the outer sleeve. The method includes moving the inner sleeve through the outer sleeve so that the fluid sample contacts the testing means.

A device and method for the collection and testing of mammalian fluid samples. The device consists of an outer sleeve and an inner swab whereby the inner swab fits into the internal cavity of the outer sleeve and is moveable within the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve contains testing means, such as a pH test or an amine release test within its internal cavity. A fluid sample is introduced to the device by way of a sample collection opening in the outer sleeve, which is received by the inner swab within the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve containing the sample is then moved through the outer sleeve so that it comes into contact with the testing means.

Coextruded plastic capillary tube and method of manufacturing a coextruded tube for collecting a volume of liquid. The tube is disposable, inexpensive to manufacture and can reliably draw blood and other aqueous based fluids into the tube by capillary action, at a fluid uptake level comparable to glass and other commercially pre-treated plastic tubes, without requiring further interior coating.

A multilayer collection pad includes a fluid permeable top layer configured to be in proximity to a flow of menstrual effluent of a user, the menstrual effluent of a user comprising menstrual blood. The multilayer collection pad also includes a cover layer; and an adhesive layer disposed between the fluid permeable top layer and the cover layer, such that a perimeter of each of the layers is substantially aligned. A collection strip is included that is disposed between the fluid permeable top layer and the adhesive layer. The collection strip includes a tab extending from an edge of the collection strip past the perimeter of each of the layers.

Provided is a non-invasive blood measuring device comprising: a fixture which in part or in whole is buried in bone tissue of a patient; an abutment provided in a space inside the fixture; a sensing unit including biosensors for measuring a substance in the blood; a filter through which the substance in the blood to be measured is passed through; and an outcall unit.

The present disclosure teaches a sanitary napkin having diagnostic arrangement to detect analytes in menstrual blood. The sanitary napkin includes a top layer to collect the menstrual blood and a middle layer having vertical columns for size-based separation of the collected menstrual fluid. Further, the sanitary napkin includes a sensor layer having spots corresponding to the vertical columns to sense concentration of the analytes. Further, the sanitary napkin includes a transmitter to transmit the sensed concentration to a user device for comparing with healthy conditions to detect and analyze the analytes in the menstrual blood. Additionally, the sanitary napkin includes a bottom layer to sandwich the middle layer, the sensor layer, and the transmitter with the top layer.