KR20220077990A - Urination Monitoring System and Urination Monitoring Method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system capable of monitoring in real time a voiding bag from which urine of a monitoring target is discharged, calculating whether there is an abnormality in urine based on monitoring information, and outputting a notification signal when an abnormality is detected.

Description

Urination monitoring system and urination monitoring method using the same

The present invention relates to a urination monitoring system and a urination monitoring method using the same.

In the case of severe inpatients who are unconscious for a long time, have difficulty in moving to the extent that they cannot get up and go to the toilet on their own for defecation, or need to monitor urination after kidney or urinary system surgery, a urinary tube and urine bag will use

For these seriously inpatients, if there is a guardian residing in the ward, a guardian or a nurse or a nursing assistant will periodically visually check the patient's urination bag and urinate if the urination bag is in a buffered state. After the bag is separated from the excretory tube, it is taken to the toilet, the urine in the urine bag is emptied, and the operation of reconnecting it to the excretory tube is repeated. In addition, the level of urine in the urination bag and the amount of urination for each time period are manually recorded by hand.

Nursing personnel periodically visually check the color and turbidity of the patient's urine to determine whether there are any abnormalities, and visually check for additional abnormalities using urine test strips and colorimetric tables. In addition, if necessary, a urine sample is requested to an analysis department and the presence and amount of abnormal elements (blood cells, protein, glucose, virus, bacteria, etc.) in the urine are checked.

These color tests, turbidity tests, strip tests, particle tests, etc. are used to identify various abnormal symptoms such as kidney and urinary system abnormalities, body hydration abnormalities, bleeding, tumors, diabetes, inflammation, and infection. It is an essential procedure in patient care.

However, in most medical institutions, this urine test requires repeated patient-to-patient visits, visual confirmation, and handwriting by trained nursing personnel, and requires cumbersome and inconvenient procedures such as sample extraction, analysis request, and computerized input of test/analysis results. do. This increases the workload of skilled nursing personnel and also carries the risk of transmission of infectious diseases in hospitals through frequent close contact between patient-nursing personnel.

In order to minimize these problems, urine analysis protocols such as urine color monitoring, turbidity monitoring, urination time, urine volume monitoring, and particle monitoring are automatically performed at all times without a face-to-face visit by nursing personnel, and nursing care is performed by monitoring the state of the remaining space in the urinal. There is a need to minimize the need for patient-to-patient visits by personnel.

Japanese Laid-Open Patent Document No. 2012-530575 (2012.12.06) Korean Patent Document No. 10-0810075 (2008.03.07) Chinese Patent Publication No. 111699387 (2020.09.22) Korean Patent Document No. 10-1531280 (June 18, 2015) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2018-0085579 (2018.07.27) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0118585 (2017.10.25) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2020-0095224 (2020.08.10)

The present invention has been devised to solve the above problems.

Specifically, the purpose of this is to provide a system capable of monitoring in real time the urination bag from which the urine of the monitoring target is discharged, calculating whether there is an abnormality in the urine based on the monitoring information, and outputting a notification signal when an abnormality is detected. .

In addition, in the urine bag monitoring process, monitoring information after applying vibration energy to the urine bag is acquired as effective monitoring information, and various information related to urine is calculated. There is this.

In addition, it is possible to detect the urine level without a process of emptying the urination bag by a nursing staff, and to automatically discharge the urine stored in the urination bag when the detected urine level is above a preset level, thereby providing a system with improved convenience. There is a purpose.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a system capable of managing urination in a clean manner by discharging the urine stored in the urination bag and then washing the voiding bag with the fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit.

An embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems is connected to the monitoring target (P), the urine discharged from the monitoring target (P) is put in the urine bag (B), the urine bag (B) The vibration generating unit 10 configured to apply vibration energy to the input urine, the color sensing unit 20 configured to detect the color of the urine injected into the urination bag (B), the urine detected by the color sensing unit 20 A control unit 60 including a urine abnormality calculation module 66 configured to compare the color of , with a plurality of preset colors of urine, and determine whether the urine injected into the urination bag B is abnormal according to the comparison result. It provides a urination monitoring system comprising:

In one embodiment, the light emitting unit 41 for applying the irradiation light toward the urination bag (B), receiving the light passing through the urination bag (B) among the irradiation light applied from the light emitting unit 41 Among the irradiation light applied from the first light receiving unit 42 and the light emitting unit 41, the second light receiving unit 43 for receiving light refracted or reflected by particles contained in urine inside the urination bag (B) and a turbidity detection unit 40 including (B) further comprising a turbidity calculation module 64 configured to calculate the turbidity of the urine injected into the urine, the urine abnormality calculation module 66, the turbidity calculation module 64 When the turbidity is greater than or equal to the preset turbidity, it can be calculated that there is an abnormality in the urine put into the urination bag (B).

In one embodiment, included in the urine inside the excretion bag (B) among the light emitting unit 31 configured to apply irradiation light toward the urination bag (B) and the irradiation light applied from the light emitting unit 31 Further comprising a particle detection unit 30 including a light receiving unit 32 configured to receive light refracted or reflected by the particles, the control unit 60, the wavelength of the light received by the light receiving unit (32) Using at least one of the change amount of the wavelength of the light received by the light receiving unit 32 with respect to the spectrum and the wavelength of the irradiated light, at least one of whether the urine contains particles, the type of particles, and the amount of the particles in the urine bag (B) and a particle calculation module 63 configured to calculate It can be calculated that there is an abnormality in the urine put into the urination bag (B).

In one embodiment, the urine abnormality calculation module 66 is received by the control unit 60 after vibration energy is applied to the urine injected into the urination bag (B) by the vibration generating unit 10 . Using the information, it is possible to determine whether there is an abnormality in the urine injected into the urination bag (B).

In an embodiment, the control unit 60 further includes a notification module 67 for outputting a preset notification signal, and is configured to be able to communicate with the monitoring device 200 provided in a space in which nursing personnel are disposed. , when it is calculated by the urine abnormality determination module 66 that the urine injected into the urination bag B is abnormal, a preset notification signal is output from the notification module 67 or the monitoring device 200 ), a notification signal may be transmitted, and a preset notification signal may be output from the monitoring device 200 .

In one embodiment, it is provided on the upper side of the urination bag (B) to apply an energy wave or a light wave toward the urination bag (B), and receives a reflected wave reflected from the urine level surface inside the urination bag (B) It further includes; the control unit 60, the urination bag (B) using the time between the time when the reflected wave is received from the time when the energy wave or light wave is applied. and a water level calculation module 65 for calculating the urine level of A replacement notification signal can be generated.

In one embodiment, the connecting pipe 70 connected to the inlet (Bin) of the urination bag (B), branching from one point of the connecting pipe 70 and connected to the monitoring target (P), the monitoring target (P) is connected to the urine input pipe 71 and the fluid supply part 80 into which the urine discharged from the fluid supply part 80 is injected, the fluid input pipe 72, the fluid input pipe ( 72) installed in the first valve (V1) for controlling the opening and closing of the fluid inlet pipe (72), the discharge pipe (90) connected to the outlet (Bout) of the urine bag (B), and installed in the discharge pipe (90) and a second valve (V2) for controlling the opening and closing of the discharge pipe (90), wherein the controller (60) is configured such that the urine level calculated by the water level calculation module (65) is higher than or equal to a preset urine level or the When the forced discharge command is input to the monitoring device 200 In this case, a valve control module 68 for controlling the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 to be opened may be further included.

In one embodiment, when the first valve (V1) is opened, the urine bag (B) is washed due to the fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit (80), and the second valve (V2) is opened In this case, the urine injected into the urination bag (B) may be discharged to the outside along the discharge pipe (90).

In one embodiment, one side is connected to the first inlet (Bin1) of the urination bag (B), and the other side is connected to the monitoring target (P) to receive urine discharged from the monitoring target (P) Inlet pipe 71, one side is connected to the second inlet (Bin2) of the urination bag (B), the other side is connected to the fluid supply unit 80, the fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit 80 is injected into the fluid Pipe 72, a first valve (V1) installed in the fluid input pipe 72 to control the opening and closing of the fluid input pipe 72, and a discharge pipe connected to the outlet (Bout) of the urine bag (B) ( 90) and a second valve (V2) installed on the discharge pipe (90) to control the opening and closing of the discharge pipe (90), wherein the fluid input pipe (72) or the second inlet (Bin2) has the A washing cap 100 having a plurality of fine holes 101 having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the fluid inlet pipe 72 is installed, and the control unit 60 includes the urine calculated by the water level calculation module 65 . The valve control module 68 may further include a valve control module 68 for controlling the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 to be opened when the water level is equal to or higher than a preset urine level.

The present invention also provides a method for monitoring urination using the above-described urination monitoring system.

According to the present invention, it is possible to monitor in real time the urination bag from which the urine of a monitoring target is discharged, to calculate whether there is an abnormality in the urine based on the monitoring information, and to output a notification signal when an abnormality is detected.

In addition, in the urine bag monitoring process, monitoring information after applying vibration energy to the urine bag is acquired as effective monitoring information, and various information related to urine is calculated, so the reliability of the calculated information is high.

In addition, it is possible to detect the urine level without a process of emptying the urine bag by a nursing staff, and automatically discharge the urine stored in the urine bag when the detected urine level is higher than a preset water level, thereby improving convenience.

In addition, after discharging the urine stored in the urine bag, clean urine management is possible by allowing the urine bag to be washed with the fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit.

1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a urination monitoring system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the separation of the housing in which the urination bag is installed in order to explain the urination monitoring system of FIG. 1 in more detail.
3 is a view for explaining a state in which vibration energy is applied to the urine bag by the vibration generating unit.
4 is a view for explaining a state in which the optical analysis of urine injected into the urination bag by the optical unit is performed.
5 is a view for explaining a state in which the level of urine injected into the urination bag is sensed by the water level sensor.
6 is a block diagram for explaining the urination monitoring system according to the present invention in more detail.
7 is a view for explaining a state of controlling the first valve and the second valve according to the urine level in the urination monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a view for explaining a state of controlling the first valve and the second valve according to the urine level in the urination monitoring system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, a system is to be understood as a "thing".

With reference to the accompanying drawings, a urination monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

The urination monitoring system according to the present invention includes a urine bag (B), a vibration generating unit 10, a color sensing unit 20, a particle sensing unit 30, a turbidity sensing unit 40, a water level sensing unit 50, It includes a control unit 60 and a monitoring device 200 .

Urination bag (B) is connected to the monitoring target (P), the urine discharged from the monitoring target (P) is put. To this end, the urine bag (B) is connected to the connection pipe 70, one side is connected to the inlet (Bin) of the urine bag (B) and the other side is connected to the monitoring object (P).

7 and 8, the configuration of the connecting pipe 70 will be described in detail.

7 shows a state in which one inlet (Bin) is formed in the urination bag (B), and the connector 70 is connected to the inlet (Bin). From one point of the connection pipe 70, the urine input pipe 71 and the fluid input pipe 72 are branched.

The urine inlet pipe 71 is a passage through which one side is connected to the connection pipe 70 and the other side is connected to the monitoring target (P) so that urine discharged from the monitoring target (P) can be directed to the urination bag (B). .

The fluid input pipe 72 has one side connected to the connecting pipe 70 and the other side connected to the fluid supply unit 80, so that the fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit 80 can be directed to the urination bag (B). to be. Here, the fluid supply unit 80 may be configured to supply a fluid for washing the urination bag (B), and may be provided in the form of a container capable of storing the fluid as its form, or may be provided in a form connected to the water supply. may be

And, a first valve V1 is installed in the fluid inlet pipe 72, and when the first valve V1 is opened, the fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit 80 is put into the urine bag B, and the urine bag (B) washing is possible. In addition, when the first valve (V1) is closed, the fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit 80 is blocked from being introduced into the urination bag (B), and only urine injected through the urine input pipe 71 is the urination bag ( towards B).

In Figure 8, two inlets (a first inlet and a second inlet) are formed in the urine bag (B), the aforementioned urine inlet pipe 71 is connected to the first inlet Bin1, and the fluid inlet pipe 72 is shown connected to the second inlet (Bin2).

The cleaning cap 100 may be installed at the fluid inlet pipe 72 or the second inlet Bin2. Referring to FIG. 8 , the washing cap 100 has the fluid inlet pipe 72 or the second inlet Bin2. A plurality of micro-holes 101 having a diameter smaller than the diameter of are formed by penetrating up and down. Therefore, when the fluid introduced through the fluid inlet pipe 72 is discharged to the urine bag (B) while passing through the washing cap 100, it is discharged to the urine bag (B) rather than the speed introduced into the fluid input tube (72). The speed becomes faster, and thus the cleaning efficiency of the urination bag (B) can be improved. In addition, as the fluid passing through the washing cap 100 is dispersed in various directions to wash the urination bag (B), the washing efficiency may be improved compared to the case where the washing cap 100 is not installed.

Urine or fluid injected into the urine bag (B) is discharged to the outside through the discharge pipe (90) connected to the outlet (Bout) of the urine bag (B). A second valve V2 is installed in the discharge pipe 90 to control the opening and closing of the discharge pipe 90 , and the above-described control of the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 is controlled by the control unit 60 . performed by the valve control module 68 . Details on this will be described later.

The urine bag (B) is made of a transparent material so that it can be viewed from the outside, and the urine or fluid level changed into the urine bag (B) is used to facilitate the calculation of the amount of urine per episode and the amount of urine per hour of the monitoring target (P). It is preferably made of a material having a certain level of hardness, but may be made of a soft material that expands according to the amount of urine input.

In general, the urination bag (B) is to assist the urination of the critically ill or mobility-impaired patient, and is fixedly installed on the bed on which the patient is placed. To this end, the urination bag (B) is installed in the housing (H) in which the mounting frame (F) is formed on the upper side.

Vibration generating unit 10 is at least one on the lower or side of the housing (H) It is installed, and is configured to apply a preset vibration energy to the urination bag (B).

In the present invention, quantitative/qualitative analysis input to the urine bag (B) is performed. Specifically, information such as the level of urine input to the urination bag (B), the color of the urine, whether or not particles contained in the urine are included, the type, amount, turbidity, etc. are calculated.

In order to improve the calculation accuracy of the above information, the configuration of the color detection unit 20, the particle detection unit 30, the turbidity detection unit 40, the water level detection unit 50, etc. is used, the above configuration is It is important to ensure a uniform result even if the irradiation light is irradiated to the position of any urination bag (B), or energy waves or light waves are irradiated.

On the other hand, the urination bag (B) is installed on the bed on which the monitoring target (P) is placed, and there is generally no movement thereof. Therefore, when particles are included in the urine injected into the urine bag (B), there is a high probability that the particles are sunk in the lower part of the urine bag (B) due to gravity. When the analysis is performed in such a state, even if the analysis is performed on the same urine bag (B), different results may be derived depending on which part of the urine bag (B) is analyzed.

Accordingly, in the urination monitoring system according to the present invention, one or more vibration generating units 10 are provided on the lower or side of the urination bag B, and vibration energy is applied to the urination bag B by the vibration generating unit 10. do. When vibration energy is applied to the excretion bag (B), as shown in FIG. 3(b), the particles sinking in the lower part of the excretion bag (B) are uniformly distributed over the entire area of the excretion bag (B). If the analysis is performed in this state, the same result can be guaranteed no matter which part of the urine bag (B) is analyzed. Here, the vibration energy may be ultrasonic energy, but any configuration capable of applying energy to the urine accommodated in the urination bag (B) may be applied.

The control unit 60 to be described later determines whether the urine injected into the urine bag B is abnormal using only information collected after vibration energy is applied to the urine bag B by the vibration generator 10 .

The color sensing unit 20 is configured to detect the color of urine put into the urination bag (B). As an example, any configuration may be applied as long as it is capable of detecting the color of urine injected into the urination bag (B), such as a camera, a color sensor, and a spectrometer. The color information detected by the color sensing unit 20 is transmitted to the control unit 60 to be described later, and the urine abnormality calculation module 66 of the control unit 60 determines whether the urine is abnormal.

The particle detection unit 30 is configured to detect particles in the urine included in the urination bag (B).

Specifically, the particle detection unit 30 includes a light emitting unit 31 configured to apply irradiation light toward the urination bag (B) and urine inside the urination bag (B) among the irradiation light applied from the light emitting unit 31 . and a light receiving unit 32 configured to receive light refracted or reflected by the included particles.

The particle calculation module 63 of the control unit 60 uses the wavelength spectrum of the light received by the light receiving unit 32 and the wavelength change of the irradiated light and the reflected light to determine whether the urine of the urination bag (B) contains particles, In this case, particle-related information about whether a predetermined specific particle (blood cell, protein, glucose, virus, bacteria, etc.) is included and the amount of the particle included in urine is calculated.

The turbidity sensor 40 is configured to irradiate the irradiated light toward the urination bag (B), and to receive light passing through the voiding bag (B) or reflected from the voiding bag (B).

Referring to FIG. 4 , the turbidity detection unit 40 passes through the excretion bag (B) among the light emitting unit 41 irradiating the irradiated light toward the urination bag (B) and the irradiated light applied from the light emitting unit 41 . Of the irradiation light applied from the first light receiving unit 42 and the light emitting unit 41 configured to receive one light, configured to receive light refracted or reflected by particles contained in urine inside the urination bag (B) and a second light receiving unit 43 .

To this end, the first light receiving unit 42 is disposed to face the light emitting unit 41 with the urination bag B interposed therebetween, and the second light receiving unit 43 is located at a position spaced apart from the light emitting unit 41 by a predetermined angle. are placed The separation angle between the second light receiving part 43 and the light emitting part 41 may be greater than 0 degrees and less than 180 degrees, but preferably 90 degrees. That is, the light emitting unit 41 and the first light receiving unit 42 may be disposed on the front and back sides of the urine bag B, respectively, and the second light receiving unit 43 may be disposed on the side side of the urine bag B. .

The water level sensor 50 is disposed on the upper side of the urine bag (B) to apply a predetermined energy wave or light wave to the urine bag (B), and the energy wave or light wave reflected from the urine level surface inside the urine bag (B) is configured to receive The predetermined energy wave may be an ultrasonic wave, and the light wave may be a laser, infrared, or the like. The water level sensor 50 may be installed under the extension part E extending in the width direction from the upper side of the housing H in which the urination bag B is installed.

In another example, the water level sensor 50 is installed on the upper inner surface of the urine bag (B) (that is, the water level sensor may be formed integrally with the urine bag), and the urine surface (upper surface) inside the urine bag (B) ), it is also possible to apply an energy wave or a light wave toward the

The control unit 60 is configured to receive the information collected by the color sensing unit 20, the particle sensing unit 30, the turbidity sensing unit 40 and the water level sensing unit 50 described above, and using the received information Thus, it is configured to calculate whether the urine input to the urination bag (B) is abnormal, and to output a notification signal according to whether the calculated urine is abnormal or to control the valve (V).

1, the control unit 60 may be installed in the housing (H) together with the urination bag (B), a battery for supplying power for operation is installed together therein. In addition, the control unit 30 may be a microprocessor (MCU, Micro Controller Unit) or a computer having data operation and processing functions.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the control unit 60 includes a communication module 61 , a color monitoring module 62 , a particle calculation module 63 , a turbidity calculation module 64 , a water level calculation module 65 , and a urine abnormality calculation a module 66 , a notification module 67 and a valve control module 68 .

The communication module 61 includes the aforementioned vibration generating unit 10 , color sensing unit 20 , particle sensing unit 30 , turbidity sensing unit 40 , water level sensing unit 50 , monitoring device 200 and It is configured to enable mutual communication with the valve (V).

Information is received from each component through the communication module 61, and a signal for controlling each component is transmitted according to the calculated information.

The color monitoring module 62 is configured to transmit color information of urine detected by the color sensing unit 20 to the urine abnormality calculation module 66 . The urine color information is received from the color monitoring module 62, the urine abnormality calculation module 66 compares the transmitted urine color information with a plurality of preset urine color information, and according to the comparison result, the urine bag (B) ) is configured to determine whether there is an abnormality in the urine injected. A plurality of preset urine color information serving as a basis for comparison is stored in advance in the database 69 .

The particle calculation module 63 is configured to calculate the particle information of the urine injected into the urination bag (B) by using the information of the light received by the light receiving unit 32 of the particle detecting unit 30 . In one example, the particle calculation module 63 uses the wavelength spectrum of the light received by the light receiving unit 32 and the wavelength change of the reflected light with respect to the wavelength of the irradiated light to determine whether the urine of the urination bag B contains particles, whether the particles are included In this case, particle-related information about whether a predetermined specific particle (blood cell, protein, glucose, virus, bacteria, etc.) is included and how much of the particle is included in the urine is calculated. Reference wavelength spectrum information for specific particles such as blood cells, proteins, glucose, viruses, bacteria, etc., and reference wavelength change information that occurs when they are contained in urine may be stored in the database 69 in advance, and the particle calculation module ( 63) by comparing one or more of the wavelength spectrum information and the wavelength change information of the light received by the light receiving unit 32 with the reference wavelength spectrum information or reference wavelength change information stored in advance, it is possible to calculate whether a specific particle is included in the urine do.

The turbidity calculation module 64 is configured to calculate the turbidity of urine injected into the urination bag B by using at least one of the lights received by the first light receiving unit 42 and the second light receiving unit 43 . The higher the number of specific particles (blood, protein, glucose, virus, bacteria, etc.) in the urine, the higher the turbidity can be calculated.

In one example, the turbidity may be calculated using the signal intensity of the irradiated light applied from the light emitting unit 41 and the signal strength of the light received by the first light receiving unit 42 , and in another example, the first light receiving unit 42 . The turbidity may be calculated by using the signal strength of the light received by the second light receiving unit 43 together with the signal strength of the light received by the .

In the present invention, the accuracy of the turbidity calculation is improved by calculating the turbidity of urine by using the signal intensity of not only transmitted light but also reflected light/refracted light.

The water level calculation module 65 includes information received from the water level detection unit 50 , specifically, when an energy wave (eg, ultrasonic wave) or light wave (eg, laser, infrared light, etc.) is applied from the water level detection unit 50 . It is configured to calculate the urine level in the urination bag (B) by using the time between when the energy wave or light wave reflected from the urination bag (B) is received.

Since the water level sensor 50 is provided on the upper side of the urine bag (B) or the upper surface of the urine bag (B), as the amount of urine contained in the urine bag (B) increases, the surface of the urine level and the water level detection unit ( 50) and the distance between them becomes closer. Therefore, the time until the energy wave or light wave is applied from the water level sensor 50, and the energy wave or light wave is reflected from the water level surface of urine and received by the water level sensor 50 again is in the urination bag (B). It is determined by the amount of urine received.

When the urine level calculated by the water level calculation module 65 is higher than or equal to the preset urine level, a notification module 67 outputs a urine bag emptying or replacement notification signal, and in another example, the signal is transmitted to the monitoring device 200 As a result, a notification signal for emptying the urine bag or replacement may be output. Accordingly, it is possible for the nursing personnel to quickly recognize this and replace the urination bag (B).

The urine abnormality calculation module 66 uses the information calculated by the color monitoring module 62, the particle calculation module 63, and the turbidity calculation module 64 described above to determine the abnormality of the urine injected into the urination bag (B). It is configured to calculate whether or not

Specifically, the urine abnormality calculation module 66 compares the color information transmitted from the color monitoring module 62 with a plurality of preset urine color information, and determines whether the urine is abnormal according to the comparison result.

A plurality of preset urine color information includes urine color information included in the normal category and urine color information included in the abnormal category, and the urine abnormality calculation module 66 transmits color information from the color monitoring module 62 . When it is determined that the color information is most similar to the urine color information included in the abnormal category, it is calculated that the urine input to the corresponding urination bag (B) is abnormal.

In addition, the urine abnormality calculation module 66 is calculated by the particle calculation module 63 as containing specific particles in the urine injected into the urination bag (B), and when the specific particles are greater than or equal to a preset amount, the corresponding urination bag ( It is calculated that there is an abnormality in the urine input to B).

In addition, when the turbidity calculated by the turbidity calculation module 64 is greater than or equal to the preset turbidity, the urine abnormality calculation module 66 calculates that the urine injected into the urine bag B is abnormal. Conversely, when the turbidity calculated by the turbidity calculation module 64 is less than the preset turbidity, the urine abnormality calculation module 66 calculates that there is no abnormality in the urine input to the corresponding urination bag (B).

When it is calculated that urine is abnormal by the urine abnormality calculation module 66 , a preset notification signal is output from the notification module 67 of the control unit 60 or a monitoring device configured to communicate with the control unit 60 . As a notification signal is transmitted to 200 and a preset notification signal is output from the monitoring device 200, it is possible for nursing personnel to quickly recognize it.

The valve control module 68 is configured to control the opening and closing of the first valve V1 installed in the fluid input pipe 72 and the second valve V2 installed in the discharge pipe 90 .

As described above, when the urine level calculated by the water level calculation module 65 is higher than or equal to the preset urine level, a notification signal indicating that emptying or discharging of the urine contained in the urination bag B is required is output as described above. When the notification signal is output, a process of emptying or discharging urine through the discharge pipe 90 or another outlet provided in the urination bag (B) is required by the surrounding nursing personnel recognizing it.

However, in the present invention, the second valve V2 is installed in the discharge pipe 90 , and when the urine level calculated by the water level calculation module 65 is greater than or equal to the preset urine level, the valve control module 68 operates the second valve Open (V2).

When the second valve (V2) is opened, the urine stored in the urination bag (B) may be discharged to the outside along the discharge pipe (90), and accordingly, without a process of manually discharging urine by a nursing staff, the urine is automatically discharged This can be emitted.

In addition, the valve control module 68 opens the first valve V1 as well as the second valve V2, and through this, the inside of the urine bag B is closed by the fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit 80. It can also be washed. When the cleaning of the urine bag (B) is completed, the valve control module 68 closes the first valve (V1) and the second valve (V2), and the urine discharged from the monitoring target (P) is again discharged from the urine bag (B) is put into and stored.

The above-described vibration generating unit 10 , color sensing unit 20 , particle sensing unit 30 , turbidity sensing unit 40 , water level sensing unit 50 , and control unit 60 are all mounted on the housing (H). may be positioned, and in another example, one or more of the above-described components may be formed integrally with the urination bag (B).

A plurality of monitoring devices 200 may be installed inside a hospital and may be carried by nursing personnel or may be provided in a nursing station. It is possible to check the information calculated by the control unit 60 through the monitoring device 200, and when an abnormality occurs, a notification signal is output from the monitoring device 200, so that the nursing personnel who care for the monitoring target P are immediately emergency. It is also possible to recognize the situation. In addition, one monitoring device 200 is multiplexed with a plurality of urination monitoring devices inside the hospital, and multiple monitoring objects P are monitored using one monitoring device 200 provided in the nursing station. It is also possible to perform remote monitoring.

In addition, a command for forced urine bag discharge may be input through the monitoring device 200 , and when the command for forced urine bag discharge is input to the monitoring device 200 , the command is transmitted to the control unit 60 , and the valve control module (68) controls the second valve (V2) to be opened so that the urine inside the urination bag (B) is discharged. In addition, the valve control module 68 controls the first valve V1 to be opened together with the second valve V2 so that the urine bag B is washed with the fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit 80. may be

The urination monitoring method using the urination monitoring system of the present invention described above may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic such as floppy disks. - includes magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine language codes such as those generated by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to carry out the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

In the above, the present specification has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily understand and reproduce the present application, but these are merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications and equivalents from the embodiments of the present application. It will be appreciated that embodiments are possible. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be defined by the claims.

10: vibration generating unit
20: color detection unit
30: particle detection unit
40: turbidity detection unit
50: water level detection unit
60: control unit
70: connector
80: fluid supply unit
90: discharge pipe
100: wash cap
200: monitoring device

Claims (10)

a urination bag (B) connected to the monitoring target (P) to receive urine discharged from the monitoring target (P);
a vibration generating unit 10 configured to apply vibration energy to the urine injected into the urination bag (B);
a color sensing unit 20 configured to detect the color of urine injected into the urination bag (B);
Urine abnormality calculation configured to compare the color of the urine detected by the color sensing unit 20 with a plurality of preset urine colors, and determine whether the urine injected into the urination bag (B) is abnormal according to the comparison result a control unit (60) comprising a module (66); comprising;
Urination monitoring system.
According to claim 1,
a light emitting unit 41 for applying irradiation light toward the urination bag (B);
a first light receiving unit 42 for receiving the light that has passed through the urination bag (B) among the irradiated light applied from the light emitting unit 41; and
A turbidity detection unit including a; (40) further comprising,
The control unit 60,
A turbidity calculation module 64 configured to calculate the turbidity of urine injected into the urination bag B using one or more of the light received by the first light receiving unit 42 and the second light receiving unit 43; including more,
The urine abnormality calculation module 66,
When the turbidity of the urine calculated by the turbidity calculation module 64 is greater than or equal to the preset turbidity, it is calculated that the urine injected into the urine bag (B) is abnormal.
Urination monitoring system.
According to claim 1,
A light emitting unit 31 configured to apply irradiation light toward the excretion bag (B), and among the irradiation light applied from the light emitting unit 31, refracted by particles contained in urine inside the excretion bag (B) or a particle detection unit 30 comprising a light receiving unit 32 configured to receive the reflected light;
The control unit 60,
Using at least one of the wavelength spectrum of the light received by the light receiving unit 32 and the amount of change in the wavelength of the light received by the light receiving unit 32 with respect to the wavelength of the irradiation light, whether the urine contained in the urine bag (B) contains particles; and a particle calculation module 63, configured to calculate at least one of a kind of a particle and an amount of the particle,
The urine abnormality calculation module 34,
When it is calculated that a specific particle preset by the particle calculation module 63 is included in the urine, it is calculated that the urine injected into the urine bag (B) is abnormal.
Urination monitoring system.
4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The urine abnormality calculation module 34 is configured to urinate by using the information received from the control unit 60 after vibration energy is applied to the urine injected into the urination bag B by the vibration generating unit 10 . To determine whether the urine input into the bag (B) is abnormal,
Urination monitoring system.
5. The method of claim 4,
The control unit 60 further includes a notification module 67 for outputting a preset notification signal, and is configured to communicate with a monitoring device 200 provided in a space in which nursing personnel are disposed,
When it is calculated by the urine abnormality determination module 66 that there is an abnormality in the urine input to the urination bag (B),
A preset notification signal is output from the notification module 67, or a notification signal is transmitted to the monitoring device 200 to output a preset notification signal from the monitoring device 200,
Urination monitoring system.
According to claim 1,
A water level sensing unit ( 50); further comprising;
The controller 60 further includes a water level calculation module 65 for calculating the urine level in the urination bag (B) using the time between the time when the energy wave or light wave is applied and the time when the reflected wave is received. includes,
When the urine level calculated by the water level calculation module 65 is higher than or equal to a preset urine level, the control unit 60 generates a urine bag emptying or replacement notification signal,
Urination monitoring system.
7. The method of claim 6,
a connector 70 connected to the inlet (Bin) of the urination bag (B);
It is branched from one point of the connection pipe 70 and is connected to the monitoring target P and is connected to the urine input pipe 71 and the fluid supply unit 80 into which the urine discharged from the monitoring target P is injected. a fluid input pipe 72 into which the fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit 80 is introduced;
a first valve (V1) installed on the fluid input pipe (72) to control the opening and closing of the fluid input pipe (72);
a discharge pipe 90 connected to the outlet (Bout) of the urination bag (B); and
A second valve (V2) installed on the discharge pipe (90) to control the opening and closing of the discharge pipe (90); further comprising,
The control unit 60,
When the urine level calculated by the water level calculation module 65 is higher than or equal to a preset urine level or a forced discharge command is input to the monitoring device 200, the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 are Further comprising a valve control module (68) for controlling to open,
Urination monitoring system.
8. The method of claim 7,
When the first valve (V1) is opened, the urine bag (B) is washed due to the fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit (80),
When the second valve (V2) is opened, the urine injected into the urination bag (B) is discharged to the outside along the discharge pipe (90),
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7. The method of claim 6,
a urine input pipe 71 having one side connected to the first inlet (Bin1) of the urination bag (B), and the other side being connected to the monitoring target (P) to receive urine discharged from the monitoring target (P);
a fluid input pipe 72 having one side connected to the second inlet (Bin2) of the urination bag (B) and the other side connected to the fluid supply unit 80 to receive the fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit 80;
a first valve (V1) installed on the fluid input pipe (72) to control opening and closing of the fluid input pipe (72);
a discharge pipe 90 connected to the outlet (Bout) of the urination bag (B); and
A second valve (V2) installed on the discharge pipe (90) to control the opening and closing of the discharge pipe (90); further comprising,
A cleaning cap 100 having a plurality of fine holes 101 having a smaller diameter than the diameter of the fluid input pipe 72 is installed in the fluid inlet pipe 72 or the second inlet Bin2,
The control unit 60,
When the urine level calculated by the water level calculation module 65 is higher than or equal to a preset urine level or a forced discharge command is input to the monitoring device 200, the first valve V1 and the second valve V2 are Further comprising a valve control module (68) for controlling to open,
Urination monitoring system.
Using the urination monitoring system according to claim 4,
How to monitor urination.

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