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US 12,085,542 B2Granted
Method for measuring stool consistency and method for evaluating stool state using same
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha
InventorsTakuya Akiyama, Kazunori Matsuda, Junji Fujimoto
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Abstract
For providing a method capable of physically and objectively evaluating the consistency and state of a stool, provided is a method for measuring a stool consistency with a texture analyzer provided with a probe, the probe having a shape capable of measuring a consistency of a stool in a liquid form and in a solid form.
Claims5
A method for evaluating a stool, comprising:
- pushing a probe in the stool, the probe having a shape configured to measure the stool in at least one of a liquid form and a solid form, and
- measuring the stool with a texture analyzer provided with the probe by at least determining a force at the probe as the probe is being pushed into the stool and taking a natural logarithm of the determined force,
- wherein the probe has a cylindrical shape having a diameter greater than or equal to 6 mm and less than or equal to 20 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.