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US 10,893,852 B2Granted
Toilet bowl urine measurement instruments
AssigneeHall Labs LLC
InventorsDavid R. Hall, Dan Allen, Joe Fox
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Abstract
A toilet with multiple urinalysis instruments is disclosed. Two or more of the optical instruments are able to take simultaneous measurements. Optical instruments may share a common light source. One or more light source may use amplitude modulation. A cleaning jet may be used to clean and dry a surface tension urine slot. An inductive heater may be used to preheat and control urine temperature while testing the urine.
Claims19
A toilet comprising:
- a bowl comprising:
- a recess configured to trap urine
- wherein the recess is in optical communication with a plurality of optical instruments;
- wherein the recess is formed by a slit, having an open top, open ends, side walls, and a base;
- and
- wherein the side walls at least partially comprise an optically transparent material and the base at least partially comprises an optically transparent material;
- a flush mechanism;
- one or more controllers;
- programming stored on the one or more controllers instructing the flush mechanism to wait for the plurality of optical instruments to complete a urine measurement before actuating the flush mechanism;
- wherein at least two of the plurality of optical instruments share a common light source and provide simultaneous measurements of the trapped urine in the recess;
- and
- wherein the plurality of optical instruments comprises a refractometer, a spectrometer, a glucose polarimeter, and a turbidity detector.
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