David R. Hall;K. Jeffrey Campbell;Jared Reynolds;Vivek Garg;Travis Niederhauser;Steven J.M. Butala;Joshua Larsen;Daniel Hendricks
发明人:
David R. Hall,Joshua Larsen,Jared Reynolds,K. Jeffrey Campbell,Travis Niederhauser,Daniel Hendricks,Steven J.M. Butala,Vivek Garg
申请号：
US16352130
公开号：
US20200289048A1
申请日:
2019.03.13
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要：
The medical toilet includes one or more sensors for measuring hardness of a soft tissue in contact with the sensor. The one or more sensors may be positioned on the toilet seat, toilet lid, or on a foot scale which extends from the base of the medical toilet. The sensors may include durometers, fluid-filled bubbles with pressure sensors on them, or an inflatable tube with pressure sensors on it. The measurements may be transmitted to a controller which may store and analyze the data. Changes in tissue hardness over time may be tracked and reported. The sensors may identify changes in the hardness of skin, adipose tissue, and muscle. These measurements may be useful to identify changes in skin thickness, body fat, muscle tone, tumors and other masses.
