JPH08160039A - Equipment for urinalysis for warm-water wash toilet seat - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To use an equipment for urinalysis for a warm-water wash toilet seat simply without touching it. CONSTITUTION: Urinalysis is executed by using a reagent passage 6 through which a reagent 5 coming out of a urine reagent storage means 3 passes, a urine trap means 7 which receives urine as a urine drop on the reagent passage 6, a change detecting means 10 which detects an optical change of the urine drop due to the reagent 5, a determining means 11 which makes determination as to whether the urine is normal or not, on the basis of an output of the change detecting means 10, and an information means 12 which informs an inspector of the result of determination by the determining means 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hot water flush toilet seat urine analyzer that is provided with a urine test function in a hot water flush toilet seat device used at home or at work to contribute to health management in a toilet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is important to sense the state of a living body and inform the person concerned and medical personnel of the state of the living body for prevention of diseases, maintenance of health, health management during medical treatment, etc. We are gradually beginning to work towards an aging society.

As a means for that purpose, sophisticated medical devices have been developed in medical institutions, and are often used in hospitals. Moreover, thermometers, blood pressure monitors, etc. are gradually entering the home. In the future, it is required to obtain more detailed human body information by urinalysis and to utilize it for medical treatment.

Conventionally, this urine test has mainly involved putting urine in a urine test cup, immersing the urine test strip for a certain period of time, and reading the chemical reaction of the test strip visually or by an optical sensor.

In order to improve these examination methods, an automatic urine examination apparatus as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-27672 has been proposed.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing this conventional example. 1
Reference numeral 01 is a translucent test container, 102 is urine contained in the test container, 103 is a reagent injection means for injecting a reagent according to the test content, and 104 and 105 are the urine 102 in the test container 101 in between. Light emitting means and light receiving means, which are provided so as to face each other, 106 is a detecting means for optically detecting the degree of discoloration of urine by a reagent by the light emitting means 104 and the light receiving means 105, and 107 is a display of the result of the detecting means 106. It is a display means. Reference numeral 108 is a main body column, and 109 is a container pedestal.

With this structure, urine 102 is placed in the test container 101.
Then, the test container 10 is charged by the reagent injection means 103.
Put in 1. Light emitting means 104 for urine mixed with reagents
The received light is received by the light receiving means 105 through the above light. This is detected by the detection means 106 and displayed on the display means 107.

[0008]

However, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-27672 of the above-mentioned conventional structure, it is possible to detect without using an expensive test paper, so that the running cost can be facilitated. (1) Toilet To use it, you must bring a separate test container, which is a urine container, and store it.
Therefore, there is a problem that inconvenience may occur such that urine is attached to the hand before the device is installed in the apparatus body.

(2) Similarly, when the urine is discarded, the work of holding the test container and discarding it in a toilet or the like is involved, and the same problem may occur.

(3) It is desirable to keep the ratio of the reagent and the urine constant when a certain amount of the reagent is added to the urine for reaction, but it is possible to make the reagent amount constant, but a certain amount of urine. There was a problem that it was difficult to collect.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and a first object thereof is to automatically collect urine when it is being discharged from the toilet while the urine is falling, and to inspect it without touching it by a person.

Then, the urine detecting portion is exposed to facilitate cleaning. A second purpose is to store a fixed amount of a small amount of urine and detect it under the same conditions at any time.

[0013]

In order to achieve the first object of the present invention, a urine reagent storage means for storing a urine test reagent provided on a warm water washing toilet seat and a reagent discharged from the urine reagent storage means are provided. , A urine trap means for receiving urine as a urine drop on the reagent passage, a change detecting means for detecting an optical change of the urine drop due to the reagent, and a judgment as to whether or not the change is normal by the output of the change detecting means. And a notifying means for notifying the result of the judgment made by the judging means.

Also, a urine trap means for receiving urine as a urine drop, which is provided in the urinating action portion by the support portion from the warm water washing toilet seat, a temperature heating means for heating the temperature of the urine in the urine trap means, and a temperature heating means. Change detecting means for detecting the optical change of the urine heated by, the judging means for judging whether the output is normal or not, and the notifying means for notifying the result judged by the judging means. There is.

For the second purpose, the urine trap means includes a trap portion for receiving urine, a light emitting optical fiber connected to the light emitting means provided on the trap portion, and a light receiving optical fiber connected to the light receiving means. The tip of the light emitting optical fiber and the tip of the light receiving optical fiber are arranged so that a distance can form a lump of urine droplets in the trap portion.

[0016]

The present invention has the following effects due to the above-mentioned structure.

For the first purpose, the urine test reagent provided on the warm water washing toilet seat is stored in the urine reagent storage means, and the reagent discharged from the urine reagent storage means is caused to flow through the reagent passage, and then on the reagent passage. Urine is received as a urine drop by the urine trap means provided in the, and the change detecting means detects an optical change of the urine drop due to the reagent. Then, the determination means determines whether or not the change is normal, and the result determined by the determination means is notified by the notification means.

In addition, the urine provided in the urination portion by the support from the warm water washing toilet seat is received by the urine trap means as urine droplets, while the temperature of the urine in the urine trap means is heated by the temperature heating means to obtain the temperature. The change detecting means for detecting the optical change of the urine heated by the heating means detects it, and the output of the change detecting means determines whether or not it is normal, and the notifying means informs the result of the judgment by the determining means. I am doing it.

Further, the urine trap means receives urine at the trap portion, and the tip end of each of the light emitting optical fiber connected to the light emitting means provided on the trap portion and the light receiving optical fiber connected to the light receiving means. It is designed so that it can be formed in the trap portion as a single urine drop.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 (a) is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 (b) is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the detection portion.

1a and 1b, 1 is a warm water washing toilet seat, 2 is a main body accommodating a washing mechanism of the warm water washing toilet seat 1, and 3 is urine for storing a test reagent 5 of urine 4 provided on the hot water washing toilet seat 1. Reagent storage means, 6 is a reagent passage through which the reagent 5 discharged from the urine reagent storage means 3 passes, and 7 is urine 4 on the reagent passage 6.
A urine trap means for receiving as a urine drop, 8 and 9 are a light emitting means and a light receiving means for detecting a change in an optical change of the urine drop 4 (for example, a change in transmittance, absorptance, etc.), 10 Is a change detecting means for detecting an optical change change of the urine 4 by the reagent 5 by the output of the light receiving means 9, 11 is a judging means for judging whether the change is normal by the output of the change detecting means 10, and 12 is a judging means. It is an informing means for informing the result.

The change detecting means 10 comprises a memory A section 13, a memory B section 14, a change determining section 15, and a detection control section 16. 17 is a washing nozzle, 18 is a toilet seat, 19
Is a toilet bowl.

In FIG. 2, the urine trap means 7 includes a trap portion 20 for receiving urine 4, a light emitting optical fiber 21 connected to the light emitting means 8 provided on the trap portion 20, and a light receiving means 9 connected to the light receiving means 9. The optical fiber 22, the light-emitting optical fiber tip 23, and the light-receiving optical fiber 24 tip are configured to have a distance such that one lump of urine droplets 4 can be formed in the trap portion 20. Reference numeral 25 indicates the direction in which the reagent flows through the reagent passage 6 provided with the depression. Reference numeral 27 is a tip portion of the urine trap portion 20 so that the additional reagent 5 and the urine are dropped. Both ends above the tip portion 27 are provided at the above-mentioned light emitting optical fiber tip 23 and light receiving optical fiber 24.
When the reagent or urine comes on the drop, the distance between the and is stagnation due to surface tension.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
When using a urine test, both men and women sit on the toilet seat 18 and urinate. The urine that has been discharged is received by the urine trap means 7 that is placed in the falling path. Droplet-like urine is collected at the urine trap means 7 whether it is one drop or many drops. As shown in FIG. 2, urine droplets are accumulated between the light emitting optical fiber 21 connected to the light emitting means 8 provided on the trap portion 20 and the light receiving optical fiber 22 connected to the light receiving means 9. Thus, a lump of urine droplet 4 is formed in the trap portion 20. The urine that came later flows down from the tip of the trap portion 20, and one drop of urine is always accumulated in the trap portion 20 due to the surface tension.

After that, a reagent (such as sulfosalicylic acid in the case of a urine protein reagent) 5 stored in the urine reagent storage means 3 through a reagent passage 6 provided with a recess when the test is performed.
Comes to the urine trap 20 and reacts with urine. Here, if there is no abnormality in urine, the color of urine does not change, and if there is abnormality in urine, the color of urine is black or cloudy. This is the light emitting means 8
The light emitted from is transmitted through the urine drop and is received by the light receiving means 9.

In FIG. 2, these operations are caused to emit light through the light emitting optical fiber and received by the light receiving means 9 through the light receiving optical fiber. In this way, the optical change of the urine 4 is sensed, and the change of the optical change of the urine by the reagent 5 is detected by the change detecting means 10 by the output of the light receiving means 9. In the change detection means, the optical change of only urine is stored in the memory A section 13, and the optical change when the reagent 5 is added is stored in the memory B section 14, and the difference between the optical changes of the two is changed. The detection unit 15 detects it. Then, the determination unit 11 determines whether or not the change is normal by the output of the change detection unit 15, and the notification unit 12 notifies the result determined by the determination unit 11. As described above, the urine test is performed while using the warm water washing toilet seat.

Further, since the urine trap means does not have to be constantly in the toilet bowl, it may be housed in the warm water washing toilet seat when it is not used by using the movable means. In addition, more accurate measurements can be made by automatically cleaning with water when storing.

Next, the structure of the second embodiment will be described. 3 (a) and 3 (b) show the configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention, in which the reagent storing means is eliminated from the first embodiment and the temperature of the urine in the urine trap means 7 is heated instead. The temperature heating means 28 is provided. An optical change change of the urine heated by the temperature heating means 28 is detected by a change detecting means which detects the output of the light receiving means 9.

Here, the reagent passage 6 serves as the support portion 29 of the urine trap means 7 here.

The operation of the configuration of the second embodiment will be described. When using a urine test, both men and women sit on the toilet seat 18 and urinate. The urine that has been discharged is received by the urine trap means 7 that is placed in the falling path. Droplet-like urine is collected at the urine trap means 7 whether it is one drop or many drops. As shown in FIG. 4, urine droplets are accumulated between the light emitting optical fiber 21 connected to the light emitting means 8 provided on the trap portion 20 and the light receiving optical fiber 22 connected to the light receiving means 9. Thus, a lump of urine droplet 4 is formed in the trap portion 20. The urine that came later flows down from the tip of the trap portion 20, and a drop of urine always collects in the trap portion 20 due to surface tension.

After that, when the inspection is to be performed, the supporting portion 29
The temperature heating means 28 embedded in the urine trap portion 2
The urine at 0 is heated. Here, if there is no protein abnormality in urine, the color of urine does not change, and if there is protein abnormality in urine, the color of urine is white or cloudy. The light emitted from the light emitting means 8 passes through the urine drop and is received by the light receiving means 9. In FIG. 2, these operations are caused to emit light through the light emitting optical fiber and received by the light receiving means 9 through the light receiving optical fiber.

In this way, the optical change of the urine 4 is sensed, and the change of the optical change of the urine due to heating is detected by the change detecting means 10 by the output of the light receiving means 9. The memory A section 13 stores the optical change of urine that is not heated by the change detecting means, and the memory B section 1 stores the optical change when heated.
The change detection unit 1 stores the difference in optical change between the two.
Detect at 5. Then, the determination unit 11 determines whether or not the change is normal by the output of the change detection unit 15, and the notification unit 12 notifies the result determined by the determination unit 11.

As described above, the urine test is performed while the warm water washing toilet seat is in use, and the urine test can be performed without touching the urine as in the case of the first embodiment. Further, in this case, since no reagent is used, the running cost can be reduced.

[0035]

As described above, the urine test apparatus for a warm water washing toilet seat of the present invention has the following effects.

A urine trap means for receiving urine as a urine drop, which is provided in the urination portion by the support portion from the warm water washing toilet seat, a temperature heating means for heating the temperature of the urine in the urine trap means, and the temperature heating means. From a change detecting means for detecting an optical change of urine heated by, a determining means for determining whether the output is normal by the change detecting means, and an informing means for informing the result determined by the determining means. Therefore, (1) when urine is discharged from the toilet, it can be automatically collected while the urine is falling and can be inspected without human touch. It is a very clean inspection device, and other bacteria do not enter the urine, so an accurate inspection can be performed.

(2) Since the urine detection portion is exposed, cleaning is easy. (3) Since the urinalysis device is provided on the toilet seat for washing with warm water, excess urine can be cleaned up and the urine can be cleaned up after the test in the toilet bowl, which facilitates handling.

Further, by heating with the temperature heating means, (4) urine can be examined without using reagents, and the running cost can be reduced.

The urine trap means includes a trap portion for receiving urine, a light emitting optical fiber connected to the light emitting means provided on the trap portion, a light receiving optical fiber connected to the light receiving means, and the light emitting means. The distance between the tip of the optical fiber and the tip of the light-receiving optical fiber is such that a urine droplet can be formed in the trap portion.

(5) Accurate because it is possible to store a fixed amount of urine as a urine drop and detect it under the same conditions at any time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 (a) is a block diagram of a urinalysis device for a warm water washing toilet seat in a first embodiment of the present invention (b) is a block diagram of the same urinalysis device

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a sensing portion of the urinalysis device of the present invention.

FIG. 3A is a block diagram of a urinalysis device for a warm water washing toilet seat in the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3B is a configuration diagram of the urinalysis device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a sensing portion of the urinalysis device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a configuration of a toilet seat portion of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Warm water washing toilet seat 3 Urine reagent storage means 5 Reagent 6 Reagent passage 7 Urine trap means 10 Change detection means 11 Judgment means 12 Notification means 20 Trap part 21 Optical fiber for light emission 22 Optical fiber for light reception 23 Optical fiber tip for light emission 24 Optical fiber tip for light reception 28 Temperature heating means 29 Support section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A urine reagent storage means for storing a urine test reagent provided in a warm water washing toilet seat, a reagent passage through which a reagent discharged from the urine reagent storage means passes, and urine drops of urine on the reagent passage. As a urine trap means, a change detection means for detecting an optical change of the urine drop due to a reagent, a determination means for determining whether the change is normal or not, and a result determined by the determination means A urinalysis device for a warm water washing toilet seat, which comprises an informing means for informing. 2. A urine trap means for receiving urine as a urine drop provided in a urinating action portion by a support portion from a warm water washing toilet seat, a temperature heating means for heating the temperature of urine in the urine trap means, and the temperature. Change detecting means for detecting an optical change of urine heated by the heating means, judging means for judging whether the urine is normal by the output of the change detecting means, and notifying means for notifying the result judged by the judging means A urinalysis device for the toilet seat that is washed with warm water. 3. The urine trap means includes a trap portion for receiving urine, a light emitting optical fiber connected to the light emitting means provided on the trap portion, a light receiving optical fiber connected to the light receiving means, and the light emitting means. The urine test apparatus for a warm water washing toilet seat according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the distance between the tip of the optical fiber and the tip of the optical fiber for receiving light is such that a lump of urine droplets can be formed in the trap portion.