Excreta occult blood inspection method and apparatus thereof

• US 10,145,787 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2016
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wellysun Inc.
• Original Assignee: Wellysun Inc.
• Inventors: Yan, Shuo-Ting
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Que T
• Assistant Examiner(s): BENNETT, JENNIFER D
• Application Number:
  US15/227,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20170212039A1
• Time in Patent Office: 853 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0264 Electrical interface; User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/027 Control of working procedures of a spectrometer; Failure detection; Bandwidth calculation
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0289 Field-of-view determination; Aiming or pointing of a spectrometer; Adjusting alignment; Encoding angular position; Size of measurement area; Position tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0291 Housings; Spectrometer accessories; Spatial arrangement of elements, e.g. folded path arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/10 Arrangements of light sources specially adapted for spectrometry or colorimetry
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2021/0112 Apparatus in one mechanical, optical or electronic block
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/01 Arrangements or apparatus for facilitating the optical investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/31 Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry G01N21/72 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/6486 Measuring fluorescence of biological material, e.g. DNA, RNA, cells G01N21/6428 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2201/12 Circuits of general importance; Signal processing
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/4833 of solid biological material, e.g. tissue samples, cell cultures tissue in vivo A61B5/00; cell suspensions G01N33/48735

Abstract

This invention discloses an excreta occult blood inspection method and the apparatus thereof. The inspection method comprises the following steps. At least one light source is provided to emit at least one light to illuminate excreta to produce at least one specimen light. At least one photo-sensitive unit is provided to receive the specimen light and generate a detected data. An analysis processor is provided to receive and analyze the detected data to produce an analysis data. Above-mentioned method and apparatus can make excreta occult blood inspection become efficient and convenient.

Claims

1. An excreta occult blood inspection method for inspecting an occult blood data of excreta, comprising steps of:

providing at least one light source to emit at least one light with a first wavelength range to illuminate said excreta to produce at least one specimen light;

providing at least one photo-sensitive unit to receive said specimen light and generate a detected data, wherein said detected data received by said photo-sensitive unit is a spectrum; and

providing an analysis processor to receive and analyze said detected data, capture said spectrum within a second wavelength range, and integrate said spectrum within the second wavelength range for transferring said spectrum within the second wavelength range as a light intensity value to produce an analysis data, wherein a wavelength of said first wavelength range is shorter than said wavelength of said second wavelength range.

2. The excreta occult blood inspection method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

providing a data transmitter to receive said detected data and send said detected data to said analysis processor.

3. The excreta occult blood inspection method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

providing a data transmitter to receive said analysis data and send said analysis data to a remote electrical device.

4. An excreta occult blood inspection apparatus for inspecting occult blood of excreta, comprising:

a case;

a first light source fixed on said case;

a user interface connected with said first light source for starting said first light source up to emit a first light with a first wavelength range, wherein said first light illuminates said excreta within an excreta collector directly, and said excreta produces a first specimen light after being illuminated;

a photo-sensitive unit fixed on said case for receiving said first specimen light and generating a detected data, wherein said detected data received by said photo-sensitive unit is a spectrum;

an analysis processor receiving and analyzing said detected data from said photo-sensitive unit for producing an analysis data, wherein said analysis processor captures said spectrum within a second wavelength range, and integrates said spectrum within the second wavelength range for transferring said spectrum within the second wavelength range as a light intensity value, wherein a wavelength of said first wavelength range is shorter than said wavelength of said second wavelength range; and

a display unit electrically connected with said analysis processor for displaying said analysis data.

5. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said analysis processor is disposed inside said case and electrically connected with said photo-sensitive device, and said display unit is disposed on at least one surface of said case.

6. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a data transmitter disposed inside said case and electrically connected with said analysis processor for sending said analysis data to a remote electrical device.

7. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said analysis processor and said display unit are independent of said case, and a data transmitter disposed inside said case is electrically connected with said photo-sensitive unit for sending said detected data produced by said photo-sensitive unit to said analysis processor.

8. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said excreta with said occult blood is illuminated by said first light with said first wavelength range and generates said first specimen light with said second wavelength range.

9. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a second light source fixed on said case for emitting a second light with a third wavelength range, wherein said second light illuminates said excreta within said excreta collector directly, wherein said excreta with said occult blood is illuminated by said second light with said third wavelength range and generates said second specimen light with a fourth wavelength range, wherein said wavelength of said third wavelength range is shorter than said wavelength of said four wavelength range.

10. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said first light is a discontinuous modulated light.

11. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising at least one lens or a band-pass filter, which are disposed on a path that said first specimen light transmits to said photo-sensitive unit.

12. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said display unit is a monitor for displaying said analysis data.

13. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising an electrical toilet seat, which comprises a host computer and a wash unit, wherein said user interface and said display unit are disposed on said host computer, and said case, said first light source and said photo-sensitive unit are disposed on said wash unit, wherein said light source and said photo-sensitive face to said excreta collector.

14. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said case is a handheld case, and said user interface is disposed on said handheld case.

15. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a lid, wherein said display unit and said user interface is located on a first surface of said lid, and said first light source and said photo-sensitive unit is located on a second surface of said lid, wherein said first surface and said second surface are on opposite side of said lid, and when said lid is covered on said excreta collector, said first light source and said photo-sensitive unit located on said second surface face to said excreta collector.

16. An excreta occult blood inspection apparatus for inspecting occult blood of excreta, comprising:

a case;

a first light source fixed on said case;

a user interface connected with said first light source for starting said first light source up to emit a first light with a first wavelength range, wherein said first light illuminates said excreta within an excreta collector directly, and said excreta produces a first specimen light after being illuminated;

a photo-sensitive unit fixed on said case for receiving said first specimen light and generating an detected data, wherein said detected data received by said photo-sensitive unit is a spectrum; and

a remote electrical device, comprising;

an analysis processor disposed on said remote electrical device for receiving and analyzing said detected data from said photo-sensitive unit to generate an analysis data, wherein said analysis processor captures said spectrum within a second wavelength range, and integrates said spectrum within the second wavelength range for transferring said spectrum within the second wavelength range as a light intensity value, wherein a wavelength of said first wavelength range is shorter than said wavelength of said second wavelength range; and

a display unit disposed on said remote electrical device and electrically connected with said analysis processor for displaying said analysis data.

17. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising a data transmitter fixed on said case and electrically connected with said photo-sensitive unit for sending said detected data produced by said photo-sensitive unit to said analysis processor.

18. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said excreta has said occult blood and generates said first specimen light with said second wavelength range.

19. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising a second light source fixed on said case for emitting a second light with a third wavelength range, wherein said second light illuminates said excreta within said excreta collector directly, wherein said excreta with said occult blood is illuminated by said second light with said third wavelength and generates said second specimen light with a fourth wavelength range, wherein said wavelength of said third wavelength range is shorter than said wavelength of said four wavelength range.

20. The excreta occult blood inspection apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said first light is a discontinuous modulated light.