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公开(公告)号:US20170198468A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-13
申请号:US15336233
申请日:2016-10-27
Applicant: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Stephen Davis , Jared Wagner , Terrece Pearman
Inventor: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Stephen Davis , Jared Wagner , Terrece Pearman
CPC classification number: G01F23/22 , A61B5/021 , A61B5/208 , A61B5/4381 , A61B5/6891 , A61B10/0038 , A61B10/007 , A61B2010/0083 , E03D11/02 , G01F23/263 , G01F23/292 , G01N33/0047 , G05D7/0635 , G06F19/00
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a toilet that includes a liquid level sensor on the surface of a flush jet fill tube. The liquid level sensor is a noncontact electrical impedance sensor that is an electrical capacitor. The capacitor may be used alone or with other volume sensors to detect volume of materials added to a toilet bowl. Some embodiments include a processor which records data and provides reports that may be clinically useful to assess the user's health status. The temporal nature of the liquid level sensor measurements is particularly useful because urination or defecation may be measured over time. Not only are total volumes detected but rates at which waste is deposited into the toilet during the entire excretion event are detected. These measurements are particularly useful in assessing certain health conditions.
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公开(公告)号:US20170135677A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-18
申请号:US14944738
申请日:2015-11-18
Applicant: David R. Hall
Inventor: David R. Hall , Joshua Larsen , Jared Reynolds , Dan Allen , Joe Fox
CPC classification number: A61B10/007 , E03D9/00 , E03D13/005
Abstract: A specimen collection receptacle formed by a channel disposed within the wall of a toilet bowl. The receptacle is located above the weir water line. The receptacle comprises a channel open to the interior of the bowl having opposed non-parallel side walls. The side walls may be joined opposite the opening. The side walls may be joined by a bottom wall. The bottom wall may be arcuate. The side walls may be non-planar. The walls may exhibit a roughened surface. The receptacle may comprise an optical window. The receptacle may comprise a cuvette. The receptacle may be in communication with one or more light emitting probes. The receptacle may be self-cleaning. The receptacle may comprise a replaceable module disposed in the wall of the toilet bowl. The receptacle may be located at the front of the toilet bowl. The receptacle may be disposed in a toilet bowl liner or insert.
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公开(公告)号:US20170121955A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-04
申请号:US15213774
申请日:2016-07-19
Applicant: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Joe Fox
Inventor: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Joe Fox
IPC: E03D11/06
CPC classification number: E03D11/06 , E03D11/02 , E03D11/135 , E03D11/18 , E03D2201/30 , E03D2201/40
Abstract: A modular toilet is disclosed comprising a toilet shell and a hydraulic core. The hydraulic core module is a separate unit from the toilet shell module and may be non-symmetrical with the internal and external form of the shell. The core module comprises a toilet bowl connected to a siphon drain comprising a weir. The drain may be a vertical loop drain. The toilet shell and the hydraulic core may comprise mutual sealing surfaces. The drain may comprise openings for connection to a toilet ventilation system.
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公开(公告)号:US11224370B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-18
申请号:US15414197
申请日:2017-01-24
Applicant: David R. Hall , Dan Allen
Inventor: David R. Hall , Dan Allen
IPC: A61B5/20 , G01N33/493 , A61B10/00 , A61B5/145 , A61B5/1477 , A61B5/1455
Abstract: We disclose an in-toilet urinalysis system which includes a system for collection urine and applying the urine to a urine test strip. The system may include an orifice within a toilet bowl which leads into a channel. The channel may be connected to a capillary which has an orifice at each end. Urine may pass through the orifice, into the channel, then may be moved by capillary action through the capillary. A urine test strip dispenser may move reaction pads on a urine test strip to the distal end of the capillary to load the reaction pads with urine. The reaction pads may absorb the urine from the most distal orifice of the capillary. A measurable chemical reaction may occur in the reaction pads in response to urine analytes.
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公开(公告)号:US20210219962A9
公开(公告)日:2021-07-22
申请号:US15383187
申请日:2016-12-19
Applicant: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Terrece Pearman
Inventor: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Terrece Pearman
Abstract: We disclose a device and method for collecting a urine sample as a user urinates into a toilet. The device further conducts analytical measurements which may include spectral, colorimetric, and chemical assays. The user need only urinate normally into the toilet. A urine collection trap, which includes a vertical slit, may capture a urine sample which has a volume in the microliter range. Pumps may divert the urine from the vertical slit into a conduit that is connected to spectral analysis devices and other devices for analyzing the urine sample. The disclosed device is both convenient and prevents unsanitary urine spills.
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公开(公告)号:US10323399B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-18
申请号:US15290412
申请日:2016-10-11
Applicant: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Jared Wagner , Terrece Pearman
Inventor: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Jared Wagner , Terrece Pearman
Abstract: A dryer for use with a bidet is disclosed. In one embodiment, a moveable dryer wand emits an air curtain as the dryer wand moves across the bidet bowl beneath the user after cleansing. We further disclose a dryer which produces a second air current which moves air in a different direction than that emitted by the dryer wand and further controls the movement of excess water remaining on a user after cleansing. A dryer that includes moveable dryer wand used in coordination with a moveable bidet wand are also disclosed and claimed herein.
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公开(公告)号:US20190033257A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-31
申请号:US15659945
申请日:2017-07-26
Applicant: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Joe Fox
Inventor: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Joe Fox
IPC: G01N27/62
Abstract: The tandem differential mobility spectrometer (DMS)-ion modulator instrument provides improved resolution relative to traditional DMS for molecules with larger masses. The instrument includes multiple ion-bunching electrodes, each with an AC field synchronized to the transit time of the ion flow which is positioned downstream of a DMS. The ion bunching electrodes produce each a mobility-dependent modulation of the ion current. The ratio of AC to DC current provides a measure of the mobility of a large ion, even if it has little differential mobility, thereby extending the useful range of mobility characterization of a DMS system. The instrument does not require high voltages or high frequencies. Modulation before DMS separation or between tandem DMS separations produces a variable range of analyte and reactant ion densities as well as spatially separating negative and positive ions to reduce ion recombination.
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公开(公告)号:US10165980B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-01
申请号:US15196321
申请日:2016-06-29
Applicant: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Ben Swenson , Huntington Tracy Hall , Joe Fox
Inventor: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Ben Swenson , Huntington Tracy Hall , Joe Fox
IPC: A61B5/00 , A61N1/04 , A61B5/08 , A61B5/053 , A61B5/0408 , A61B5/024 , A61B5/0205 , A61B8/00 , A61B7/02 , E03D11/00 , A47K13/24 , A61B7/04 , A61N1/39 , A61B8/08
Abstract: A toilet torso belt with sensors is disclosed. The torso belt is used by a toilet user while the toilet user is using the toilet to take health measurement readings of the user. Dynamic heart stress readings may be obtained and monitored over weeks, months and years. Rolling averages of heart function and heart health may be determined and deviations from the rolling averages may trigger notifications. Other health related measurements and functions such as temperature, respirations, heart rate, electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, and stethoscope sounds are also recorded and stored for trending and data analysis. An adjustable tensioner compresses the torso belt against the user's torso with a sufficient force based on the user's height, weight, sex, and age, and whether the sensors are against the user's skin or clothing, to allow the sensors to take measurements of the user.
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公开(公告)号:US10151623B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-11
申请号:US15222267
申请日:2016-07-28
Applicant: David R. Hall , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Jared Wagner , Dan Allen , Nathan Hopkins , Justin Robinson , Kevin Cheatham
Inventor: David R. Hall , Jared Reynolds , Joshua Larsen , Jared Wagner , Dan Allen , Nathan Hopkins , Justin Robinson , Kevin Cheatham
Abstract: A thin scale apparatus for measuring body weight includes 5 or more force sensors within a total thickness of between 0.4 inches and 0.004 inches measured between a bottom surface and a top surface of the thin scale apparatus. The thin scale is designed to be thin enough to be non-intrusive or not recognized by a user. A weight of a toilet user may be determined as a combination of additive force of force sensors in a thin scale and force sensor associated with a toilet seat of a toilet. The force sensors may be positioned in one or more cavities on a bottom side of a substrate material of the thin scale or be embedded within a substrate material. Embodiments of a standalone thin scale and a thin scale with a toilet are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US10139381B2
公开(公告)日:2018-11-27
申请号:US15352043
申请日:2016-11-15
Applicant: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Steven Butala , Andrew Davis , Justin Robinson
Inventor: David R. Hall , Dan Allen , Steven Butala , Andrew Davis , Justin Robinson
Abstract: A toilet is disclosed which, in general, includes a toilet bowl and a housing. The toilet bowl includes multiple apertures and a blower, wherein the blower is fluidly connected to one or more of the apertures. The housing is fluidly connected to the blower. The housing includes a gas permeable substrate and a gas chemical sensor. The gas permeable substrate comprises a first side, a second side, intercalated sorbent media, and a rapid desorption heater.
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