公开(公告)号：US20210219962A9

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US15383187

申请日：2016-12-19

申请人： David R. Hall ,  Dan Allen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Terrece Pearman

发明人： David R. Hall ,  Dan Allen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Terrece Pearman

IPC分类号： A61B10/00 ,  E03D11/02 ,  G01J3/02

摘要： 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.

公开(公告)号：US20200297310A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16360708

申请日：2019-03-21

申请人： David R. Hall ,  K. Jeffrey Campbell ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Daniel Hendricks ,  Travis Niederhauser ,  Steven J.M. Butala ,  Joshua D. Heiner ,  A. Terrece Pearman ,  Vivek Garg

发明人： David R. Hall ,  K. Jeffrey Campbell ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Daniel Hendricks ,  Travis Niederhauser ,  Steven J.M. Butala ,  Joshua D. Heiner ,  A. Terrece Pearman ,  Vivek Garg

IPC分类号： A61B8/00 ,  A61B5/00

摘要： The medical toilet may include a seat, lid, and bowl as does a traditional toilet. It also includes one or more acoustic transducers. The acoustic transducers may be located on the seat where they may measure bone density in a user's pelvis or femur. The acoustic transducers may be located on the lid or on a belt which wraps around the user. These acoustic transducers may collect data relating to a user's heart, lungs, liver, bowel, or other internal organs. The medical toilet may include a handrail with an acoustic transducer which measures the bone density in the user's wrist, radius, or ulna. A controller associated with the medical toilet may store algorithms for analyzing the data collected by the acoustic transducers. The controller may perform machine learning to improve the analyses and may calculate trends in repeated measurements taken from the same user or a population of users.

公开(公告)号：US20200033206A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-30

申请号：US16045727

申请日：2018-07-25

申请人： David R. Hall ,  K. Jeffrey Campbell ,  Andrew Nguyen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen

发明人： David R. Hall ,  K. Jeffrey Campbell ,  Andrew Nguyen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen

IPC分类号： G01L1/18 ,  E03D11/00 ,  G01G19/52 ,  G01G19/44 ,  A61B5/11

摘要： The pressure pad which pressure-sensing fabric which is within a gasket and which measures the distribution of pressure on the gasket. Thus, the gasket protects the pressure-sensing fabric from damage due to water or mechanical trauma. The pressure pad includes multiple piezoresistive depositions of piezoresistive depositions ink or paste which act as individual pressure-sensing points. Conductive tracks between the piezoresistive depositions transmit the pressure measurements in the form of electrical signals. The pressure-sensing fabric is connected to a controller and transmits pressure measurements to the controller. Algorithms stored on the controller create a map of absolute mechanical loading to each pressure-sensing point of the pressure pad. The gasket may be mounted beneath a toilet or between plumbing joints. The pressure pad may detect weaknesses in the gasket, a toilet user's weight, a weight of excrement added to the toilet, or a toilet user's posture.

公开(公告)号：US10407888B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15862091

申请日：2018-01-04

申请人： David R. Hall ,  Travis Niederhauser ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Ben Swenson ,  Clayton Jorgensen ,  Andrew Nguyen ,  Terrece Pearman ,  Daniel Hendricks

发明人： David R. Hall ,  Travis Niederhauser ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Ben Swenson ,  Clayton Jorgensen ,  Andrew Nguyen ,  Terrece Pearman ,  Daniel Hendricks

IPC分类号： E03D9/08 ,  G05D3/12 ,  G06K9/00 ,  E03C1/05

摘要： The bidet system may include multiple seat scales which may float between the toilet bowl rim and the toilet seat. These seat scales may collect measurements which are transmitted to a controller. The controller may include instructions to calculate a user's center of mass based on the measurements and to identify the position of the user's anus based on the center of mass. The controller may then transmit instructions to a bidet wand directing direct the bidet wand to a position which aims a cleansing fluid spray toward the user's anus. A camera which collects images of the user's anal and urogenital region may also be included in the bidet system. The camera may transmit obfuscated images to the controller to identify other areas of the user's anatomy in need of cleansing. The controller may direct the bidet wand to aim a cleansing fluid spray toward these areas.

公开(公告)号：US10323399B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-18

申请号：US15290412

申请日：2016-10-11

申请人： David R. Hall ,  Dan Allen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Jared Wagner ,  Terrece Pearman

发明人： David R. Hall ,  Dan Allen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Jared Wagner ,  Terrece Pearman

IPC分类号： E03D9/08 ,  A47K10/48 ,  F26B21/00

摘要： 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.

公开(公告)号：US10151623B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-11

申请号：US15222267

申请日：2016-07-28

申请人： David R. Hall ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Jared Wagner ,  Dan Allen ,  Nathan Hopkins ,  Justin Robinson ,  Kevin Cheatham

发明人： David R. Hall ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Jared Wagner ,  Dan Allen ,  Nathan Hopkins ,  Justin Robinson ,  Kevin Cheatham

IPC分类号： G01G19/50 ,  G01G21/23 ,  G01G19/52 ,  G01G19/44

摘要： 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.

公开(公告)号：US10107665B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-23

申请号：US15336233

申请日：2016-10-27

申请人： David R. Hall ,  Dan Allen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Stephen Davis ,  Jared Wagner ,  Terrece Pearman

发明人： David R. Hall ,  Dan Allen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Stephen Davis ,  Jared Wagner ,  Terrece Pearman

IPC分类号： E03D1/00 ,  G01F23/22 ,  G05D7/06 ,  G01N33/00 ,  G01F23/26 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G01F23/292 ,  A61B5/20 ,  E03D11/02 ,  G06F19/00 ,  A61B10/00

摘要： 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.

公开(公告)号：US10077897B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-18

申请号：US15176728

申请日：2016-06-08

申请人： David R. Hall ,  Dan Allen ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Jared Reynolds

发明人： David R. Hall ,  Dan Allen ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Jared Reynolds

IPC分类号： F21V33/00 ,  F21V3/00 ,  F21S4/24 ,  A47K17/02 ,  F21Y115/10 ,  F21Y103/37 ,  F21V7/00 ,  F21V13/04

CPC分类号： F21V33/004 ,  A47K17/02 ,  F21S4/24 ,  F21V3/00 ,  F21V7/0008 ,  F21V7/005 ,  F21V13/04 ,  F21Y2103/37 ,  F21Y2115/10

摘要： A two-piece toilet with a seam and a channel at an intersection of the two toilet pieces is disclosed. An LED strip and diffuser strip are used to fill in the channel and hide seam of the intersection of the two toilet pieces. The LED strip transmits light into the channel and the light is refracted off of the channel and through the diffuser strip on the back side of the LED strip. An exterior and interior of a toilet may be lighted by the LED strip.

公开(公告)号：US09957705B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-01

申请号：US15168664

申请日：2016-05-31

申请人： David R. Hall ,  Dan Allen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Joe Fox

发明人： David R. Hall ,  Dan Allen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Joe Fox

IPC分类号： E03D11/02 ,  E03D11/06

CPC分类号： E03D11/06 ,  A61B10/0038 ,  E03D11/18 ,  E03D2201/30

摘要： A helical drain for a toilet is disclosed. The present invention relates to a novel toilet drain configuration. Specifically, the novel toilet drain configuration comprises a helical loop trapway. The drain of the present invention exits the toilet bowl and forms a substantially vertical tubular loop running generally parallel to the width of the bowl or stool, or perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bowl or stool, before being connected to a sewer. The drain of the present invention functions like a P-trap syphon in removing the contents of the bowl. The diameter of the looped tubular portion of the drain may vary by approximately 20 percent or less in the direction of the sewer connection. Sensors may be placed on the drain to monitor drain contents, fluid levels, and drain performance. The drain may be fitted with valves to control the flow of fluids and gases through the drain.

公开(公告)号：US09920510B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-20

申请号：US15176660

申请日：2016-06-08

申请人： David R. Hall ,  Dan Allen ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joe Fox ,  Joseph Duncan

发明人： David R. Hall ,  Dan Allen ,  Joshua Larsen ,  Jared Reynolds ,  Joe Fox ,  Joseph Duncan

IPC分类号： E03D11/02 ,  A47K10/38 ,  E03D5/10 ,  E03D3/12 ,  A47K10/32

CPC分类号： E03D11/02 ,  A47K10/38 ,  A47K2010/3226 ,  A47K2010/389 ,  E03C1/294 ,  E03D1/14 ,  E03D3/12 ,  E03D5/10

摘要： A smart flush toilet apparatus provides dynamic control of a toilet flush length and/or a toilet flush water volume based on data collected from toilet paper dispenser sensors and/or toilet bowl displacement sensors. A toilet paper dispenser may be used to report toilet paper usage to resupply toilet paper.