A defecation recording system according to an embodiment includes: a toilet bowl which is installed in a toilet room; a user identification device which identifies a user who uses the toilet bowl; a detection device which detects feces discharged into the toilet bowl; a determination device which determines a property of the feces from a detection result of the detection device; a clocking device which acquires time information indicating date and time of detection of the detection device; a recording device which records the property of the feces and the time information as personal data in association with the user identified by the user identification device; and a display device which displays information regarding the feces based on the personal data recorded in the recording device.

A toilet seat apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a toilet seat on which a user sits; a light emitting unit including a light emitting element that emits light; a light receiving unit including a light receiving element that receives light; and a control unit that controls energization of the light emitting element and application of voltage to the light receiving element, in which the control unit performs light reception control including transmitting a control instruction to open an electronic shutter to the light receiving element and energizing the light emitting element so as to permit reception of the reflected light from feces, and performs control of setting an interval from a start of execution of one light reception control to execution of light reception control subsequent to the one light reception control, to 0.2 milliseconds or more.

Systems, kits, and related methods of making fecal transplants are described. In an embodiment, the system comprises a sample collector defining a sample collection chamber shaped to collect a fecal sample from fecal matter; a sample processing module defining a sample port shaped to receive the sample collector and comprising: a channel positioned to receive at a proximal end of the channel the fecal sample from the sample collection chamber when the sample collector is received by the sample port; and a capsule fluidically coupled to a distal end of the channel adapted to receive a portion of the fecal sample passed therethrough; and a sample processing unit comprising: a housing defining an opening shaped to receive the sample processing module; and an actuator disposed in the housing and configured to urge the sample from the sample collection chamber through the channel to the capsule.

Methods and systems directed to collecting, processing, and analyzing stool samples are disclosed herein. A stool sample may be collected from a subject using a stool collector and collected in a collection unit. The stool sample may be analyzed using a sensor. The sensor may be used to determine one or more parameters of the stool sample, e.g., for nucleic acid or protein analysis. One or more biomolecules (e.g., proteins, nucleic acids) may be extracted or isolated from the stool sample using the methods and systems disclosed herein.

Techniques are disclosed herein for improving the accuracy of nutritional responses measured in a non-clinical setting. Using the technologies described herein, different techniques can be utilized to improve the accuracy of test data associated with one or more “at home” tests. In some examples, more than one test is utilized to improve the accuracy of test data associated with a particular biomarker. In other examples, a data accuracy service can programmatically analyze data received from an individual and determine whether the data is accurate. In some examples, a computing device is utilized to assist in determining what food item(s) are consumed, as well as determine whether a test protocol was followed.

An analytical toilet is disclosed. The toilet includes a bowl for receiving excreta, a mechanism that uses a consumable for analyzing a sample of excreta, a storage structure for storing the consumable, a sensor that detects at least one property of the consumable, and a processor that generates an alert when the property is outside a predetermined parameter. The property the sensor detects can be used to determine at least one of the identity of the consumable, the quantity or supply of the consumable, or a property related to the suitability of the consumable.

A single-use foldable stool specimen collection device supportable atop the top face of a toilet seat is described. The device includes (a) a U-shaped foldable support member having a top surface, a bottom surface, an exterior U-shaped edge and an interior U-shaped edge defining a stool collection aperture; and (b) a foldable stool collection pocket attached to said foldable support member along its bottom surface, wherein the collection pocket spans and extends below the stool collection aperture. A folded stool specimen collection device and a stool specimen collecting system are also disclosed.

The present disclosure provides devices, systems, kits, methods, and compositions for collecting, storing, transporting, preserving, and culturing anaerobic microorganisms obtained from a subject or a biological sample of the subject (e.g., a human subject).

Disclosed is an integrated device for faeces sampling and occult blood detection, which has functions of quantitative collection, dissolution, filtration, detection with immune test strips of the faecal sample, and is convenient to carry and operate, and the device does not leak any liquid during storage, transportation and detection. The device can accurately collect a constant sample with no pollution and leakage, and can quickly determine results of occult blood without the aid of other items. The device can detect faecal occult blood at any time and at any place, can help to overcome the problem of low rate of inspection due to the inconvenience of faeces submission and inspection, further promote the detection of faecal occult blood, and can improve the early diagnosis and screening rate of colorectal cancer of the population.