KR101692962B1 - A portable apparatus for measuring urination information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a portable urination information measuring device. The portable urine information measuring apparatus includes a handle capable of being hand-held and moved, a button for recording a weather-visual time, a button for recording a bedtime, a urination recording start button, a cover portion for placing a urination cup, A signal processor for signal processing the measured weight information as a function of time, a battery for portable use, an external storage memory for continuously storing data, And a case disposed in the case.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a portable,

More specifically, the present invention relates to a portable urine information measuring device, and more particularly, to a portable urine information measuring device, in which a patient carries the present equipment in a hospital, a nursing home, a nursing home or a home, The urine volume and velocity during urination and the urination time are continuously measured by this device by discharging the urine in the urine cup installed in this equipment. From this, it is possible to measure the urination related state of the patient and to measure the urination information Device.

In general, it is important for the physician to accurately identify the urination status of the patient, such as the number of urination, the time of urination, the amount of urination, the urinary volume, and the like, By analyzing the data on the urination status, the doctor can make appropriate diagnosis and treatment.

Patients with hypertrophy of the prostate have a long urination time, weak urination, and frequent urination. These symptoms of voiding dysfunction can be determined by measuring the urine volume and urine intensity and the urination cycle, and the treatment is performed based on this data.

Generally, the urination volume and the urination cycle are divided into the daytime and the nighttime, so that the doctor or the nurse transmits the urination diary to the patient, so that the patient can receive daily urination information such as urination time, urination volume, bedtime, And the doctor or the nurse classify them into weekly urine and nocturia based on the urine record, and they are used for diagnosis or treatment by grasping each condition. However, the urine of the urination is the information about the time required for urination and the urination strength You can not get it. Therefore, in order to obtain the information about the time required for urination and the urination strength, a fixed-type urine measuring device installed in the hospital is used. In this case, There is a problem that is difficult to grasp.

In addition, there are many cases in which the patient forgets or comes in when filling out the urination diary, which causes the diagnosis or treatment to be wrong. Especially, in the case of the elderly patient without the caregiver or the patient with the disability, There is a problem that the recording can not be done unless it is rented.

The basic object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above. More particularly, one object of the present invention is to carry the device when the patient is urinating and to automatically record and store the urination volume and the urination time on the equipment without the help of others, and to easily transmit the data to the urination information management system So that the urination log can be automatically generated.

Another object of the present invention is to automatically record the time taken for the urine discharge, the shape of the urine discharged, and the urine intensity each time the patient views the urine so that the patient can easily grasp the urine appearance in daily life . By automatically storing sleep time and weather time on this equipment, it is possible to automatically identify the number of days and nights of urination, the urine flow rate, urine volume, total urine volume and urine discharge type during each urination through a single device And to provide a urine measurement information measuring apparatus.

A portable urination information measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cover portion for placing a urination cup thereon, a weight measuring portion for measuring a weight transmitted by the cover portion, and a weight measuring portion for measuring the measured weight information as a function of time A battery for use while portable, an external storage memory for continuously storing data, and a case disposed below the cover.

The weighing part is constituted by a strain gauge disposed under the cover part and pressed by the cover part.

The cover portion can be slid up and down with respect to the case.

And a data interface unit for transmitting the measured weight information and the information processed by the signal processing unit to a storage medium.

The case part further includes a handle.

When the weather button or the sleep button is pressed, the date and time, the sleeping date and time are recorded in the signal processor, and when the measurement button is pressed, the measurement date and time are stored in the signal processor And records and stores the change in weight as a function of time.

When the measuring button of the handle is pressed, the measurement is controlled to start.

The signal processing unit performs zero adjustment for weight measurement before urine discharge by the weight including the urination cup.

The signal processing unit measures an instantaneous amount of urine and a required amount of urine to be filled in the urination cup for a predetermined time.

Additional beeps are generated at the start and end of the measurement.

The signal processing unit changes the state of the power supply to a state in which the power supply is turned off if the change in the weight applied to the cover unit is not measured for a predetermined time while the power is on.

An external memory connected to the data interface for storing the measured information and the processed information is further provided.

According to the portable urination information measuring apparatus of the present invention as described above, medical digital information according to urination can be collected, processed and stored for each patient by simply urinating the urine collecting cup.

In addition, according to the portable urination information measuring apparatus of the present invention, it is possible not only to measure only the urination volume at the time of one urination but also to measure the number of days and nights of urination, the urinary flow at the time of urination, .

In addition, according to the portable urination information measuring apparatus according to the present invention, since devices are provided for individual patients, the patient can be used at any time (even at night) alone so that accurate urination information can be measured without the aid of a separate medical staff or a caregiver do.

The buttons for controlling the measurement are disposed on the handle protruding from the side of the urine measurement device, thereby preventing an unsanitary condition in which urine is buried in the hand when pushing the buttons, and pushing the button while holding the handle It becomes convenient.

1 is a perspective view showing a state before a urination cup is attached to a urination information measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a urination cup is mounted on a urination information measurement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a section taken along line III-III in Fig. 2. Fig.
4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for processing urine information as a function of time in the signal processing unit of the urine information measurement apparatus according to the present invention.
5 is an example of a urination diary which can be prepared based on urine information obtained by the urine information measuring apparatus according to the present invention.
6 is a graph showing the urination rate (urine flow rate) and the volume change (urine volume) with time based on urine information obtained from the urine information measuring device according to the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing a state before a urination cup is mounted on a urine information measuring and storing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a urine drainage cup 110 for receiving urine (urine) from a patient is mounted on the urine drainage information measuring apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Conversely, after use, the urine collecting cup 110 can be separated and processed in the urine information measuring apparatus 100.

The lower structure of the urine collecting cup 110 has a corresponding shape to be mounted on the urination information measuring apparatus 100.

In particular, unlike the case of a male patient, when used in a female patient, the opening 112 of the urination cup 110 can be formed in various sizes and shapes in consideration of the urination and posture of a female patient.

The urine information measuring apparatus 100 is disposed at a lower portion of the urine collecting cup 110, a handle having a measurement, a sleeping, a built-in button, and a urine collecting cup to measure urination information, And a main body 150.

1 and 2, the main body 150 of the urination information measuring apparatus 100 includes a cover 130 for supporting the urine collecting cup 110 from below, And a case 140 in which a device for measuring urination information and a device for storing urine are contained.

 A volume scale (not shown) may be displayed on the side of the urination cup 110 for the purpose of visual confirmation of the urination volume.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a section taken along line III-III in Fig. 2. Fig. 1 and 3, the urine collecting cup 110 includes magnets 114 and 131, which are attracted to each other on the bottom surface of the urine collecting cup and the upper surface of the cover, so that the urine collecting cup 110 can be seated at a predetermined position of the cover. So that the urine collecting cup can be seated on the upper surface of the cover and a fixing protrusion (not shown) protrudes.

3, the cover 130 is disposed below the urine collecting cup 110. The cover 130 includes a top surface 134 having a circular shape, for example, a circular shape, And a side surface 132 extending downward from the lower surface of the base plate 132. [

The cover 130 is disposed below the urine collecting cup 110 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction with respect to the case 140 having the weight measuring unit 145 and the signal processing unit 147 therein.

Therefore, when the urine volume inside the urine collecting cup 110 is increased, the cover part 130 moves downward, and when the flow amount is removed, the cover part 130 moves back to the upper side. For restoring movement, an elastic member may be interposed between the cover part 130 and the case 140 although not shown in the drawing.

The inner diameter of the side surface 132 of the cover part 130 is formed to be larger than the outer diameter of the upper side part 141 of the case 140 so that the cover part 130 slides up and down with respect to the case 140 . That is, the side surface 132 of the cover part 130 is guided along the outer contour of the upper part 141 of the case 140 and slides in the vertical direction.

The case 140 of the main body 150 is provided with a weight measuring part 145 for measuring the weight transmitted by the cover part 130.

That is, when the cover part 130 is slid downward by a predetermined amount, the cover part 130 applies a force to the weight measuring part 145, and the weight measuring part 145 measures the weight from the applied force Analysis.

The weight measuring unit 145 may be, for example, a strain gauge disposed on the lower side of the cover unit 130 and pressed. However, the weight measuring unit of the present invention is not necessarily limited to the strain gauge, and various measuring means for measuring the weight may be used.

The upper edge of the upper portion 141 of the case 140 is chamfered to prevent interference with the side surface 132 of the cover portion 130 which is disposed on the case 140 and slides with respect to the case .

In consideration of hygiene, the urination cup 110 may be inserted into the housing 130 by mounting the housing on the cover 130.

The case 140 is provided with a signal processing unit 147 that not only processes information on the flow rate measured by the weight measuring unit 145 but also controls the power supply of the urine collecting information measuring and storing device.

When the patient urinates the urination cup 110, the cover 130 is slid downward with respect to the case 140 by the weight of urine flowing into the urination cup 110.

At this time, when a load is applied to the urine collecting cup 110 fixed by the magnet, a load is also transmitted to the cover part 130 disposed below the urine collecting cup 110 so that a force is applied to the weight measuring part 145 disposed therebelow , Thereby measuring the weight of the urine from the force being pushed

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 3, a data interface unit 146 for plugging a storage medium, for example, USB, is disposed on a side surface of the case 140.

In addition, the urine information measuring apparatus 100 according to the present invention is a portable structure capable of carrying urine measurement by carrying a patient to a toilet. The battery 149 can be charged from an external power source through a power supply 148 formed on the side of the handle 160 extending from the side of the main body 150. In this case, have.

Meanwhile, in the power transmission to the urine information measuring apparatus according to the present invention, the user presses the measuring button 162 of the handle to enter the on state, which is a wake-up mode. In order to inform the user, May provide visual information through the provided lamps 168, or may provide the auditory signal separately or in parallel.

Before the urine is filled in the urination cup 110 by the user, the urine information measuring apparatus according to the present invention needs to adjust the zero point of the weight measured by the weight measuring unit 145 first.

The urine volume (urine volume) information should be measured only by the flow rate of urine into the urine collecting cup 110, thereby improving the measurement accuracy. That is, the weight of the urine collecting cup 110 and the cover 130 itself is sensed by the weighing part 145 but it should be excluded when measuring the pure urine volume.

For this purpose, the signal processing unit 147 automatically performs zeroing by excluding the weight of the urine collecting cup 110 and the cover unit 130 from the weight information measured by the weight measuring unit 145.

After the zero point adjustment is completed, when the user starts to urinate in the urine collecting cup 110, the cover part 130 slides downward due to the weight pressed by the urine to be urinated, thereby contacting the weight measuring part 145 The weight information measured by the weight measuring section 145 is processed by the signal processing section 147 as weight information.

As the medical information of urology, patient's urge is important medical information. Therefore, the urine collecting information measuring and storing apparatus according to the present invention divides the urine amount to be filled into the urine collecting cup 110 by a short time unit, and calculates the urine amount that increases with time. For this purpose, the signal processing unit 147 calculates the instantaneous velocity through a change amount of the required amount which is increased, for example, at intervals of 0.1 second, 0.5 second, or 3 times per second.

On the other hand, ultimate one-time urination is also important medical information, how many times a urination is done per day, the frequency of urination during the day and the number of urination during the night are important medical information.

In order to measure the number of times of daytime and nighttime urination, the user presses the sleep button 166 and the weather button 164 attached to the handle of the urination information measuring apparatus and records each time in the equipment. For example, if the user presses the sleep button 166 before entering the water surface, the sleep time is recorded in the equipment and all urination information recorded thereafter is displayed as night urine. After waking up for everyday life, urine information measured from this time can be classified into weekly urine by pressing the weather button 164 on the handle. Generally, since the first urine after the weather is classified as nocturia, it is preferable that the user presses the weather button after discharging the first urine after the weather.

If the user does not press the sleep button, or presses the sleep button incorrectly, the doctor or nurse can review the stored data and record the mood and sleep time by artificially adjusting it.

Therefore, the urine information measuring and storing device according to the present invention continuously measures the amount of syngeneic urination, the number of days of urination, the number of night urination, the number of weekly urination, the total amount of urination at night and night, and the change in urination rate per urination.

4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for processing urine information as a function of time in the signal processing unit of the urine information measurement and storage apparatus according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, a step of detecting the start of measurement by first pressing the measurement button 162 of the knob 160 as described above is performed by entering the wake-up mode.

After the device enters the wake-up mode, the user, i. E. The patient, will urinate the urine cup. At this time, instantaneous weight information measured by the weight measuring unit 145 is calculated by the signal processor 147 as instantaneous velocity as a function of time. The instantaneous velocity is measured at a predetermined time interval, for example, 0.1 second or 0.5 second as described above.

The user continues to urinate in the urination cup 110 even as the instantaneous urinary flow rate is measured. The apparatus continues the measurement operation for a preset time interval, for example, an interval of 30 seconds to 3 minutes, After the measurement time has elapsed, a step of finally measuring the amount of urine filled in the urine collecting cup 110 is performed.

Here, it is preferable that the time at which the yaw rate is continuously measured is statistically set to the time it takes for the patients to complete the urination after the urination is started. Therefore, it is preferable that the time for measuring the urinary flow rate is set to be sufficiently long after the time required for completing the urination, so that the urination is not completed but the operation for measuring the urinary flow rate is not stopped.

The signal processing unit 147 can measure the time from the time when the change in the amount of urination is detected to the time when the change in the amount of urination does not change, that is, the time until the end of the urination is detected as the time required for urination, The time taken can also be used as medical information.

Then, the measured information is stored in a storage medium, for example, an external memory, a USB, etc., through the data interface unit 146.

The signal processing unit 147 may provide a power saving function for battery performance or power saving of the urination information measuring and storing apparatus of the present invention. That is, if the weight of the weight measuring unit 145 is not detected for a predetermined time, for example, 10 minutes, the signal processing unit 147 determines that the device is not used, Can be changed.

In some patients, urination is cut off during urination and then urination begins again. For this purpose, in order to distinguish a change in weight in the weight measuring part 145 when the urine is temporarily cut off during the urination, and a change in weight in the weight measuring part is not measured after the use is completed, the signal processing part 147 For example, if the time interval without weight change is less than 30 seconds and the weight change is detected again by the weighing part, it is judged to be one urination by tying it together with urination before urination is cut off, can do.

The signal processing unit 147 may include a function for removing noise of the measured data, for example, noise in the weight data due to vibration due to the amount of urine to be filled in the receiving cup. To this end, the signal processing unit may apply a predetermined vibration model to the calculation data obtained by statistically processing the measured urine data and process the data by an information filter.

FIG. 5 is an example of a urination log which can be created based on urination information obtained from the urination information measuring apparatus according to the present invention. The information stored in the memory is processed through data processing software, The number of urine, the number of nocturnal urine, the total amount of urination, and the amount of urine per day / night.

FIG. 6 is a graph showing a urination rate (urine flow rate) and a volume change (urine volume) with time based on the urine information obtained from the urine information measuring apparatus according to the present invention. The time taken, the total urination time, the average urinary frequency, etc., and can be used to determine the patient's condition.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when the urine information measuring device according to the present invention is used, calculation and processing are performed based on data measured by the urine information measuring device in the software, It is shown in the form of a urination diary containing the urine information described above, and can be printed and stored on a computer.

It is to be understood that the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and the foregoing description is made for the purpose of describing an exemplary configuration of the present invention, and not for limiting the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it is understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various modifications that may be made from the described embodiments are within the scope of the invention.

100: Urinalysis information measuring device
110: urination cup 112: opening
130: cover part 132: side
134: upper surface 140: case
141: upper side part 145: weight measuring part
147: Signal processing unit 148: Power supply unit

Claims (7)

A cover portion for supporting the urination cup,
A weight measuring section for measuring a weight transmitted by the cover section,
A signal processor for signal processing the measured weight information as a function of time,
A case disposed below the cover portion, and
And a handle projecting from a side surface of the case and extending upward,
The cover portion can slide in the vertical direction with respect to the case,
The weight measuring unit is a strain gauge disposed below the cover unit and pressed by the cover unit,
An elastic member is interposed between the cover portion and the case,
Wherein a side inner diameter of the cover portion is larger than an outer diameter of an upper portion of the case,
When the weight change is measured again by the weight measuring unit after a predetermined time without change in weight after the change in weight measured by the weight measuring unit is detected, the signal processing unit detects again the change in weight and weight before the change in weight is detected And the subsequent weights are summed and measured. delete The method according to claim 1,
And a data interface unit for transmitting the measured weight information and the information processed by the signal processing unit to a storage medium. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the signal processing unit adjusts the zero point for weight measurement by the weight including the urination cup. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the signal processing unit measures an instantaneous change amount of a urine volume and a urine volume to be filled in the urine collecting cup for a predetermined period of time, The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the handle is provided with a measurement start button, a weather button, and a sleep button, The method of claim 3,
And an external memory connected to the data interface unit and storing the measured information.

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