JPH055321A - Stool having microweak light measuring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To detect the change of a physical condition and different light by a method wherein a microweak light device unit to measure a biological microweak light emitted from urine and/or feces is located to a stool body, and during urination and defecation, microweak light is measured. CONSTITUTION:A measuring device unit 12 to measure microweak light from urine and/or feces is located in a foreign style stool 10 body. In the measuring device unit 12, urine samples sampled by a urine sampling cylinder 16 is fed to a passage 18 with the aid of a cylinder pump 14 and is caused to flow to an inspecting part 20. A microweak light detecting element 22, such as photoelectron multiplying pipe and a photo diode, is located in the passage 18 in a manner to front on the inspecting part 20. The intensity of emission light is taken out as a current value thereby to amplify the current value by means of an amplifier. After the current value is converted into a digital signal by an A/D converter, the digital signal is inputted to a computer 26. and a computing result is displayed on a display device 28. A washing solution 30 is fed with the aid of a pump 32, and by switching a flow passage by means of a solenoid valve 34, the interior of the passage 18 is washed. This constitution enables early detection of the change of the physical condition of a stool user.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toilet bowl, and more particularly to a toilet bowl equipped with an extremely weak light measuring device.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, with the remarkable development of optoelectronics, the existence of extremely weak light derived from living organisms, which is called biological photon, has been confirmed, and attention has been paid to this phenomenon as a new phenomenon for research. ..

This biological photon phenomenon is detected in almost all living bodies regardless of animals, plants and microorganisms, and it does not intervene with a specific substance specific to luminescence like bioluminescence, and has various biological activities and biological effects. Accompanying this, it is recognized that it is a very weak natural luminescence that occurs widely in the general natural world.

A photomultiplier tube (PM) is generally used for detecting the extremely weak light. The measurement method using PM has been developed along with the remarkable development of optoelectronics in recent years, and is known as a photon counting method and put to practical use.

By the way, it has been acknowledged that useful information about a living body can be obtained by such measurement of extremely weak light, and for example, the luminescence intensity may be increased by oxidative stress of organs such as liver, kidney and heart. It has been reported.

Urine, which is easily available as a clinical sample, has also been studied, and it has been reported that the luminescence intensity varies depending on the state of the living body.

[0007] That is, urine and feces are the end products of metabolism and are concentrated, and extremely weak light is measured. As a result, the amount of luminescence of diseased urine such as nephritis is that of healthy people. It has been confirmed to be higher.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and its gist is to provide an apparatus for measuring an extremely weak light of a living body emitted from urine and / or feces as a toilet bowl. It is provided for the purpose of enabling extremely weak light measurement at the time of urination and / or defecation.

[Operation and Effect of the Invention] According to the present invention, extremely weak light measurement of urine and / or feces can be performed at the same time at home, such as when urinating or defecating in the toilet.

This makes it possible to measure and trace extremely weak light from urine or feces many times throughout the day, or to track changes in their luminescence intensity over a long period of time.

By tracking the extremely weak light from urine and feces, it is possible to know changes in physical condition and abnormalities, which can be useful in health management or for early detection of diseases.

When extremely weak light measurement of urine or feces is to be carried out at a specific specialized institution, it is necessary to go out there, and the measurement is one-time only, and the information obtained from this is limited. It is a thing.

However, if extremely weak light measurement from urine or feces can be carried out in a household toilet or the like, it is possible to carry out the measurement many times in one day while staying at home and in daily life.
You can catch continuous changes without hassle,
Sensitive to the overall tendency and change in physical condition.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a Western-style toilet, which is provided with a measuring device unit 12 for measuring extremely weak light from urine and / or feces (hereinafter simply referred to as urine) in the toilet body.

FIG. 2 shows a specific structure of the measuring device unit 12. In this figure, reference numeral 14 is a pump for collecting the urine collected by the urine collecting cylinder 16 of FIG.
The liquid is sent to 8 and the inspection unit 20 is circulated.

A faint light detecting element 2 such as a photomultiplier tube or a photodiode is provided in the passage 18 so as to face the inspection section 20.
2, the emission intensity is extracted as a current value here, amplified by the upper amplifier 24, converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter, and then sent to the computer 26. The computer 26 processes the signals and displays the results on a display 28.
To display.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 30 denotes a cleaning solution, which is sent by a pump 32 and is circulated in the passage 18 by the switching of the flow path of the electromagnetic valve 34 for cleaning.

According to this example, the extremely weak light of urination or feces can be measured at the time of replenishment in daily life, and this can be automatically performed. The result is immediately displayed on the display 28 or recorded in the recording means.

The user of the toilet bowl can immediately recognize the change in the physical condition, the general tendency, etc. by looking at this record or by the content displayed on the display unit 28 every time he or she wants to use the toilet bowl. It can be used for early detection.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, but this is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to the case where the measuring device unit is integrally formed with the toilet body in terms of form, but is also separated in terms of form. It is also possible to provide them, and it is also possible to use those other than the above example as the weak light detection element.

Further, in the above example, the measurement of the extremely weak light is continuously observed in the flow of the liquid, but the extremely weak light measurement can be carried out batchwise depending on the circumstances. Within a range that does not deviate, it can be configured in a form in which various changes are made based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a case where an extremely weak light measuring device unit is provided in a toilet bowl according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific configuration example of the measuring device unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Western-style toilet 12 Ultra-low light measurement device unit

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. An extremely weak light measuring device for measuring extremely weak light of a living body emitted from urine and / or feces is provided, and an extremely weak light measurement is performed at the time of urination and / or defecation. A toilet bowl equipped with an extremely weak light measurement device.