Hitachi, Ltd.

Unicharm Corporation

Ryosuke Miyagawa

Yoshikazu Ishitsuka

Tetsuya Tanaka

Hiroshi Koizumi

Shigeharu Sayama

Ichiro Wada

Miou Suzuki

Junichi Kobayashi

Shigeru Machida

Nobuaki Yoshioka

An excrement treating apparatusincludes an excretion receiverand an apparatus body. The excretion receiverincludes a receiver bodywhich receives excretions and an excretion sensorwhich detects the excretions. The apparatus bodyincludes a urine tankwhich stores urine, a vacuum pumpwhich sucks urine received by the receiver bodyinto the urine tank, and a control unit. The excretion sensorincludes a pair of urine sensor electrodesandwhich detect urine received by the receiver body. The control unitcontrols so as to reverse the polarity of the urine sensor electrodesandat prescribed time intervals. In the excrement treating apparatus, the excretion sensor's sensitivity is stabilized and urination is accurately detected and treated.

Excrement treating apparatus

Automatic urine accumulator

An automatic urine collection apparatus includes a collection container for accumulating urine transferred from a urine receiver through a tube and a main body for supporting the collection container, wherein the main body includes a suction pump for sucking the urine received by the urine receiver and carrying the urine to the collection container, a mass sensor for measuring the urine accumulated in the collection container, a control board for calculating a volume of the urine based on the measured mass of the urine, and an indicator for indicating the calculated volume of the urine.

Automatic urine collection apparatus

A urine receiver which is sanitary, easy to attach, and furthermore, prevents urine leakage even when a wearer repeatedly changes positions is provided. A urine receiveris implemented in a urine collection processing system wherein urine discharged from the wearer is suctioned into a urine tank via a urethral tube. The urine receivercomprises, at the least: a liquid permeable, air-impermeable sheetwhich is placed opposite of and covering the urethral meatus of the wearer; a leak-proof sheetwhich is placed on the surface of the air-impermeable sheetopposite to the urethral meatus and bonds to the outer border of the air-impermeable sheet; a suction partwhich is provided between the air-impermeable sheetand the leak-proof sheetand to which the urethral tubeis connected; and a gathers partfor sealing the space between the air-impermeable sheetand the wearer's skin surface which is provided on the outer border part of the air-impermeable sheeton the urethral meatus side.

Urine receiver and urine collection processing system implementing urine receiver

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Kasukabe, Japan

Ryosuke Miyagawa