Method of providing a home health care service and system for providing a home health care service
First Claim
1. A urine testing device comprising:
- a urine collector for collecting urine inside a toilet bowl;
a biosensor exchangeably attached inside said urine collector for detecting predetermined chemical component values contained in urine and converting said detected values into electrical signals;
a support member for supporting said urine collector away from said toilet bowl during collection and also supporting a transmission path of said electrical signals, said support member being constructed so that said urine collector may be automatically or manually moved from a housing location to a prescribed use position in the toilet bowl and vice versa; and
a signal processor for processing electrical signals supplied from said biosensor through said transmission path.
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Abstract
A system for providing a home health care service includes a health care center, a service recipient device, and the Internet that connects these components. The health care center: is constructed on the Internet; includes a database for registering personal data that are necessary for the health care of registered at-home patients as basic health care data and storing measurement data that are provided from at-home patients over the course of time; and has the functions of inferring the health conditions of at-home patients based on the measurement data as well as the basic health care data and offering services necessary for health care or services appropriate for inferred health conditions, to at-home patients. The service recipient device includes a biosensor and a signal processor. The biosensor detects chemical components contained in a substance that is discharged from the human body and converts detected values to electrical signals at the point of discharge. The signal processor performs processing of the output of the biosensor to automatically generate measurement data and transmits the measurement data to the health care center by way of the Internet. Chosen Drawing: FIG. 5
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11 Claims
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1. A urine testing device comprising:
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a urine collector for collecting urine inside a toilet bowl;
a biosensor exchangeably attached inside said urine collector for detecting predetermined chemical component values contained in urine and converting said detected values into electrical signals;
a support member for supporting said urine collector away from said toilet bowl during collection and also supporting a transmission path of said electrical signals, said support member being constructed so that said urine collector may be automatically or manually moved from a housing location to a prescribed use position in the toilet bowl and vice versa; and
a signal processor for processing electrical signals supplied from said biosensor through said transmission path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
an arithmetic unit that operates upon data supplied by said processed electrical signals; and
at least one of a storage unit that stores at least one of said electrical signals and he operation results of said arithmetic unit, and a display unit that displays at least one of said electrical signals and said operation results.
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3. A urine-testing device according to claim 2 wherein said signal processor is provided with a biosensor calibration n device.
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4. A urine-testing device according to claim 2 wherein said signal processor is provided with terminals for transmitting said electrical signals and operation results of said arithmetic unit.
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5. A urine testing device comprising:
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a urine collector for collecting urine inside a toilet bowl;
a biosensor exchangeably attached inside said wane collector for detecting predetermined chemical components contained in urine to generate electrical signals;
a support member for supporting said urine collector and also supporting a transmission path of said electrical signals, said support member being constructed so that said urine collector may be automatically or manually moved from a housing location to a position desirable for a user to collect urine in the toilet bowl and vice versa; and
a signal processor disposed outside said toilet for processing electrical signals supplied from said biosensor through said transmission path. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
an arithmetic unit that operates upon data supplied by said electrical signals; and
at least one of a storage unit that stores at least one of said electrical signals and the operation results of said arithmetic unit, and a display unit that displays at least one of said electrical. signals and said operation results.
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8. A urine-testing device according to claim 7, wherein said arithmetic unit has functions of measuring the number of times said biosensor has been used, the cumulative amount of time said biosensor has been used and a calibration value of said biosensor.
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9. A urine-testing device according to claim 8, wherein said signal processor is provided with a biosensor calibration device.
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10. A urine-testing device according to claim 8, wherein said signal processor is provided with terminals for transmitting said electrical signals and operation results of said arithmetic unit.
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11. A urine-testing device according to claim 5, wherein said signal processor is provided with terminals for receiving data of a portable biosensor.
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