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US 12,594,061 B2Granted
Urinalysis device and health facilitation system
AssigneeFirst Screening Co., Ltd.
InventorsYohei Kanazawa, Yoshito Tsunoda
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Abstract
A urinalysis device includes a target formed from a water-repellent material, an absorbent portion formed from a water-absorbing material and at least partially in contact with the target, a surface structure that forms a pathway for directing urine for application to the target; and a sensor element that is provided in the absorbent portion and outputs signals corresponding to components in the urine.
Claims4
A urinalysis device, comprising:
- a target on which a subject urinates, the target being formed of a water-repellent material;
- an absorbent portion formed of a water-absorbing material and at least partially in contact with the target;
- a surface structure of the target that forms a pathway for directing urine for application to the absorbent portion;
- a sensor element that is provided in the absorbent portion and outputs signals corresponding to components in the urine;
- a body having a sheet shape;
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- a box having an opening at least in a part other than a bottom surface, wherein
- the absorbing portion and the sensor element are provided in the body,
- the body is placed on the bottom surface, and
- the bottom surface is inclined such that, in the installed state of the body, a part corresponding to the absorbing portion is low and a part corresponding to the target is high.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.