KR20130043794A - Diaper for sensing exceta and system for sensing diaper state using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A diaper for sensing excrement and a diaper state sensor system using the same are provided to inform a caregiver whether a diaper wearer had excreted urine or feces in real time. CONSTITUTION: A diaper for sensing excrement comprises a diaper(150); a urine sensing unit(102-1) or a feces sensing unit(102-2) which is mounted in the diaper and senses excrement; an excrement sensing unit(102) which includes at least one of the urine sensing unit and the feces sensing unit; and a wireless sensor module(104) which is mounted in the diaper and wirelessly transmits an excrement detection signal to the outside when excrement is detected by the excrement sensing unit. The wireless sensor module is detachably and attachably adhered to the diaper.

Description

DIAPER FOR SENSING EXCETA AND SYSTEM FOR SENSING DIAPER STATE USING THE SAME}

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a diaper, and more particularly, to a diaper for detecting feces that can detect whether the diaper wearer excreted wirelessly and a diaper state detection system using the same.

In general, diapers are used to receive urine in people who are unable to cover their urine and stool (eg, infants and dementia patients) or those who are uncomfortable (eg, patients and the elderly). After wearing a diaper, the person wearing the diaper cannot change the diaper on their own, and usually a caregiver (eg, a parent, family, nurse, caregiver, etc.) changes the diaper.

However, infants and patients with dementia cannot express their expression properly even after seeing urine or feces, so they often wear diapers with feces for a long time. In this case, there is a risk of damaging the skin of the diaper wearer due to the toxicity of the excreta and the moisture contained in the excreta. In other words, if you wear a diaper with a droppings for a long time, there is a risk of various skin diseases such as skin rash or eczema. In addition, in order to prevent the diaper wearer from wearing the feces with the feces for a long time, it is cumbersome to check whether the diaper wearer has seen urine.

On the other hand, when the diaper wearer is an adult, if the stool is large, the stool may leak out of the diaper, the feces are buried in various parts of the body part of the diaper wearer is not good hygiene, it is difficult to protect the caregivers.

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a protector diaper for detecting the feces of the diaper wearer in real time and a diaper state detection system using the same.

Another embodiment of the present invention is to provide a diaper for detecting feces that can easily accommodate a large amount of feces and diaper condition detection system using the same.

Another embodiment of the present invention is to provide a diaper for detecting feces and diaper condition detection system using the same that can easily determine whether the diaper wearer's disease through the urine analysis reagent.

Excretion sensing diaper according to an embodiment of the present invention, the diaper; A fecal sensor mounted on the diaper and including at least one of a urine detector and a feces detector to detect feces; And a wireless sensor module mounted on the diaper and wirelessly transmitting the excrement detection signal to the outside when the excretion is detected by the excrement detecting unit.

Diaper state detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention, excretion detection unit including at least one of a urine detection unit and feces detection unit mounted on the diaper for detecting the feces; A wireless sensor module mounted on the diaper and wirelessly transmitting a feces detection signal when feces are detected by the feces detecting unit; And a diaper state notification device for receiving the excrement detection signal to notify the state of the diaper.

According to embodiments of the present invention, by detecting whether the diaper wearer is excreted by transmitting a excretion detection signal wirelessly, the guardian can change the diaper by checking in real time whether the diaper wearer. Therefore, the diaper wearer can prevent the skin disease from wearing the diaper with the droppings for a long time. In addition, by mounting a separate feces that can be stretched to the diaper, even if the diaper wearer sees a large amount of feces can be sufficiently accommodated, thereby preventing the feces from leaking out of the diaper. In addition, by applying the urine analysis reagent to the diaper, it is possible to easily determine whether the diaper wearer disease.

1 is a view showing a diaper state detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view showing a diaper according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 shows another embodiment in which the wireless sensor module is mounted in a diaper.
Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a diaper state notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view showing a diaper according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a AA ′ portion in FIG. 5. FIG.
7 is a view showing a state in which the stool portion mounted on the diaper according to an embodiment of the present invention accommodates the stool.

Hereinafter, a specific embodiment of a diaper for detecting feces and a diaper state detecting system using the same will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. However, this is only an exemplary embodiment and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In the following description, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and may be changed according to the intention or custom of the user, the operator, and the like. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

The technical spirit of the present invention is determined by the claims, and the following embodiments are merely means for effectively explaining the technical spirit of the present invention to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

1 is a view showing a diaper state detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a view showing a diaper according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the diaper state detection system 100 includes a feces detector 102, a wireless sensor module 104, and a diaper state notification device 106.

The excrement detector 102 may include, for example, a urine detector 102-1 and a stool detector 102-2. The urine detector 102-1 and the feces detector 102-2 may be formed at adjacent positions depending on whether the diaper 150 is a male diaper or a female diaper, or may be formed at different positions. The urine detector 102-1 is electrically connected to the wireless sensor module 104 through the first connection line 111-1, and the feces detector 102-2 is connected through the second connection line 111-2. It is electrically connected with the wireless sensor module 104.

The urine detector 102-1 detects whether the person wearing the diaper 150 has urine, and the feces detector 102-2 detects whether the person wearing the diaper 150 has viewed the feces. do. The urine detector 102-1 and the feces detector 102-2 may be formed of at least one of a temperature sensor, a moisture sensor, an odor sensor, and a pressure sensor, for example. In particular, the feces detector 102-2 may be formed of a moisture sensor and a pressure sensor. In this case, the stool detection unit 102-2 can check the stool amount and the stool state (for example, the water content of the stool) through the weight of the stool and the water content contained in the stool.

Although the urine detector 102-1 and the stool detector 102-2 are illustrated one by one, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the urine detector 102-1 and the stool detector 102-2 may each be provided in plural. It may be formed.

The excrement detecting unit 102 may be formed, for example, in the diaper 150. That is, the excrement detection unit 102 may be formed between the inner and outer skin of the diaper 150. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the excrement detecting unit 102 may be formed on the endothelial surface of the diaper 150. In addition, the excrement detector 102 may be mounted under separate pads (eg, urine absorbent pads and fecal absorbent pads) mounted on the diaper 150. In this case, when the diaper 150 wearer sees urine or stool, only the urine absorbent pad or the stool absorbent pad needs to be replaced.

Meanwhile, a urine analysis reagent may be applied to the endothelial of the diaper 150. Then, when the diaper 150 wearer urinates, it is possible to simply check whether the diaper 150 wearer's disease through the color change of the urine analysis reagent applied to the endothelial of the diaper 150. Herein, although the urine analysis reagent is described as being applied to the endothelium of the diaper 150, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the urine analysis reagent may be applied to a separate urine absorption pad mounted on the diaper 150.

The wireless sensor module 104 transmits the excrement detection signal to the diaper state notification device 106 when the excrement detecting unit 102 detects the excrement. For example, when the urine detector 102-1 detects urine, the wireless sensor module 104 wirelessly transmits a urine detection signal to the diaper state notification device 106. The wireless sensor module 104 wirelessly transmits the feces detection signal to the diaper state notification device 106 when the feces detecting unit 102-2 detects the feces. In this case, the stool detection signal may include stool and stool state information.

The wireless sensor module 104 may be mounted, for example, on the front surface of the outer surface of the diaper 150. However, the mounting position of the wireless sensor module 104 is not limited thereto, and the wireless sensor module 104 may be mounted anywhere on the diaper 150. The wireless sensor module 104 may be attached to the diaper 150 to be detachably attached, for example, using a double-sided adhesive tape or the like.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the wireless sensor module 104 may be accommodated in the accommodating part 155 formed in the diaper 150. That is, a part of the outer surface of the outer surface of the diaper 150 is cut to form the door 151. At this time, the door 151 is formed with an accommodating part 155 for accommodating the wireless sensor module 104. Here, when the adhesive tape 153 is formed on the inner edge portion of the door 151 and the outer surface of the diaper 150 corresponding thereto, the door 151 can be opened and closed. In this case, the wireless sensor module 104 may be inserted into the accommodating part 155 through the door 151 and may be taken out of the accommodating part 155 again.

The wireless sensor module 104 has a first connection terminal 113-1 formed at the end of the first connection line 111-1 and a second connection terminal 113-2 formed at the end of the second connection line 111-2. A connector 115 is formed to which can be connected. In this case, when the first connection terminal 113-1 and the second connection terminal 113-2 are inserted into the connector 115, the wireless sensor module 104, the urine detector 102-1, and the feces detector are inserted into the connector 115. When the first connection terminal 113-1 and the second connection terminal 113-2 are disconnected from the connector 115, the wireless sensor module 104 and the urine detector 102-1 are connected thereto. ) And the feces detector 102-2 are separated.

In this case, when urine or faeces are detected through the urine detector 102-1 and the feces detector 102-2, the user may detect the first connection terminal 113-1 and the second connection terminal 113-2. ), The wireless sensor module 104 may be detached from the diaper 150 contaminated with feces. Thereafter, when the wireless sensor module 104 is attached to the other diaper 150, the wireless sensor module 104 can be continuously used. That is, when the diaper 150 wearer sees urine or stool, even if the diaper 150 equipped with the excrement detector 102 is discarded, the wireless sensor module 104 may be mounted on another diaper 150 so that the diaper 150 may be used continuously. do.

The wireless sensor module 104 may be formed by, for example, forming a circuit on the FPCB substrate and surrounding the PCB substrate with a housing made of a soft material. In this case, since the wireless sensor module 104 is formed to be flexible, even if the diaper 150 equipped with the wireless sensor module 104 is worn, there is no inconvenience for the wearer to behave. Meanwhile, at least one of a thermometer and a hygrometer may be additionally installed in the wireless sensor module 104.

Diaper status notification device 106 is a kind of terminal is formed separately from the diaper 150. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a diaper state notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, the diaper state notification device 106 may include a wireless communication unit 131, a notification unit 133, a storage unit 135, a display unit 137, and a controller 139.

The wireless communication unit 131 performs wireless communication with the wireless sensor module 104. For example, the wireless communication unit 131 may receive a urine detection signal and feces detection signal transmitted by the wireless sensor module 104. In addition, the wireless communication unit 131 may transmit an alarm message to the guardian of the diaper 150 wearer under the control of the controller 139. The wireless communication unit 131 may be, for example, short-range wireless communication means such as Wi-Fi, WLAN, Bluetooth (Blue Tooth), UWB, Zigbee, or the like.

When the wireless communication unit 131 receives the urine detection signal and the feces detection signal, the notification unit 133 may generate an alarm sound or blink an indicator under the control of the control unit 139. In this case, the notification unit 133 may include at least one of a speaker and an indicator.

The storage unit 135 stores the reception time and the number of receptions of the urine detection signal and the feces detection signal under the control of the controller 139. In addition, the storage unit 135 may store the variance and the stool state included in the stool detection signal.

The display unit 137 may display, on the screen, a reception time, a frequency of reception, a stool variable, and a stool state of the urine detection signal and the stool detection signal under the control of the controller 139.

The controller 139 controls the operations of the wireless communication unit 131, the notification unit 133, the storage unit 135, and the display unit 137. For example, when the wireless sensor module 104 transmits the urine detection signal and the feces detection signal, the controller 139 may receive the urine detection signal and the feces detection signal through the wireless communication unit 131.

When the urine detection signal and the stool detection signal are received, the control unit 139 is a mobile communication terminal carried by the guardian of the person wearing the diaper 150, the person wearing the diaper 150 to see the urine or stool The alarm message may be transmitted through the wireless communication unit 131. In this case, the guardian can check the urine of the diaper 150 wearer even from a remote place.

In addition, when the wireless communication unit 131 receives the urine detection signal and the feces detection signal, the controller 139 may generate an alarm sound or flash an indicator through the notification unit 133. In this case, after receiving a urine detection signal and a stool detection signal, the controller 139 may generate an alarm sound or blink an indicator when a predetermined time elapses. That is, to prevent the guardian from opening the diaper 150 while the person wearing the diaper 150 is watching urine or stool, the alarm sound after receiving a urine detection signal and a stool detection signal and a predetermined time elapses. Can be generated or the indicator flashes.

In addition, the controller 139 may store the reception time, the number of receptions, the stool amount, and the stool state of the urine detection signal and the stool detection signal in the storage unit 135, and display them on the screen through the display unit 137. . In this case, the guardian can easily check the urine and feces status of the diaper 150 wearer. Then, the health status of the diaper 150 may be checked through the stool and the stool state.

5 is a view showing a diaper according to another embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a 'A' part in FIG. Here, the diaper was equipped with a separate stool for accommodating feces.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, the diaphragm 150 cuts a portion of the endothelium to form the insertion groove 157, and then the feces 140 are mounted in the insertion groove 157. The stool portion 140 is accommodated in the insertion groove 157 is formed on the stool receiving portion 141 for receiving the stool and the stool receiving portion 141 and the adhesive portion 143 adhered to the inner skin of the diaper 150 It includes. In this case, the stool detector 102-2 may be formed below the stool 140 to detect the stool.

Here, the stool receiving portion 141 is made of an elastic material, a plurality of wrinkles may be formed on the side. When the diaper 150 wearer sees the stool, the stool receiving unit 141 increases in volume by increasing the number of wrinkles formed on the side by the weight of the stool, thereby increasing the amount of stool. It can also be easily accommodated.

When the diaper 150 wearer is an adult (for example, a patient or an elderly person), if the diaper 150 wearer has large stool when the stool is seen, the stool may leak out of the diaper 150, and the stool may be a diaper ( 150 It is not sanitary due to burial on the wearer's body, and caregivers also have difficulty handling feces.

However, when the stool portion 140 is attached to the diaper 150, when the diaper 150 wearer views the stool, many wrinkles formed on the side of the stool receiving portion 141 extend and accommodate the stool. Positive feces can be easily accommodated, and feces can be prevented from leaking out of the diaper 150. In addition, when the wearer of the diaper 150 sees the feces, only the feces 140 may be detached from the diaper 150 and disposed of.

Here, for example, the adhesive portion 143 may use a double-sided adhesive tape. At this time, one surface of the adhesive portion 143 is bonded to the inner skin of the diaper 150, the other surface of the adhesive portion 143 is bonded to the body of the wearer of the diaper 150. In this case, since the diaper 150 is in close contact with the wearer's body by the adhesive part 143, the feces detector 102-2 can accurately detect the feces, and the feces receiving unit 141 The feces inside can be prevented from spreading to other places.

In addition, when the stool portion 140 is attached to the diaper 150, when the wearer of the diaper 150 sees the stool, only the stool portion 140 may be detached from the diaper 150 and disposed of. The feces 140 is adhered to the diaper 150 through the adhesive portion 143, so that it is easy to attach and detach.

On the other hand, it is described here that the feces 140 is detachable to the diaper 150, but is not limited to this, the feces 140 may be formed integrally with the diaper 150. That is, the diaper 150 may be integrally formed to include the stool receiving portion 141 made of an elastic material.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken by way of limitation, I will understand. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, but should be determined by equivalents to the appended claims, as well as the appended claims.

102: excrement detection unit 102-1: urine detection unit
102-2: feces detector 104: wireless sensor module
106: diaper state notification device 111-1: first connection line
111-2: second connection line 113-1: first connection terminal
113-2: second connection terminal 115: connector
131: wireless communication unit 133: notification unit
135: storage unit 137: display unit
139: control unit 140: feces
141: feces receiving portion 143: adhesive portion
150: diaper 151: door
153: adhesive tape 155: housing
157: insertion groove

Claims (14)

diaper;
A fecal sensor mounted on the diaper and including at least one of a urine detector and a feces detector to detect feces; And
And a wireless sensor module mounted on the diaper and wirelessly transmitting a manure detection signal to the outside when the manure is detected by the manure detection unit.
The method of claim 1,
The wireless sensor module,
A diaper for detecting feces to be detachably attached to the diaper.
The method of claim 1,
The diaper is,
A door is formed so that a portion of the diaper is cut open and open.
The wireless sensor module is stored in the housing formed in the door, diapers for detecting feces.
The method of claim 1,
The feces detection diaper,
A connection line formed in the excrement detector;
A connector formed in the wireless sensor module; And
The diaper for detecting excretion is formed at the end of the connecting line, further comprising a connection terminal connected to or separated from the connector.
The method of claim 1,
The feces detection diaper,
An insertion groove formed by cutting a portion of the diaper; And
And a fecal part accommodated in the insertion groove and formed on an upper portion of the stool detecting part to receive a stool.
The method of claim 5,
The stool portion,
A stool receptacle formed of a stretchable material and having a plurality of pleat films formed on a side thereof and accommodated in the insertion groove; And
The diaper for detecting feces is formed on the top of the stool receiving portion, comprising an adhesive portion bonded to the diaper.
The method according to claim 6,
The adhesive portion
One side is adhered to the diaper, the other side is a double-sided adhesive tape adhered to the wearer of the diaper to adhere the diaper to the wearer, feces sensing diaper.
The method of claim 1,
The feces detection diaper,
The diaper for detecting feces is formed on top of the stool detection unit, further comprising a stool receiving unit made of a stretchable material for receiving a stool.
The method of claim 1,
The diaper is,
A fecal detection diaper to which a urine analysis reagent is applied.
A feces detecting diaper according to any one of claims 1 to 9; And
And a diaper state notification device that receives the excrement detection signal from the feces detecting diaper to inform the state of the diaper.
The method of claim 10,
The diaper state notification device,
And upon receiving the excrement detection signal, notifying the state of the diaper using at least one of an alarm sound and an indicator.
The method of claim 11,
The diaper state notification device,
And inform the diaper state by using at least one of the alarm sound and an indicator after a preset time elapses from the time when the excretion detection signal is received.
The method of claim 10,
The excretion detection signal, at least one of excretion amount and excretion state information,
The diaper state notification device, diaper state detection system for displaying at least one of the received time of the excrement detection signal, the number of times of receiving the excrement detection signal, the amount of excretion and the excretion state information on the screen.
The method of claim 10,
The diaper state notification device,
And upon receiving the excrement detection signal, transmits an alarm message to the protector terminal of the diaper wearer.

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