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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2007
Tetsuya Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Miyagawa, Saitama, JP;
Yoshikazu Ishitsuka, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroshi Koizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeharu Sayama, Fukuoka, JP;
Tetsuya Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Miyagawa, Saitama, JP;
Yoshikazu Ishitsuka, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroshi Koizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeharu Sayama, Fukuoka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.