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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2010
Miou Suzuki, Kagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Fujioka, Kagawa, JP;
Miou Suzuki, Kagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Fujioka, Kagawa, JP;
Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime, JP;
Abstract
A defecation detection apparatus including: a feces/urine receiving member that is placed to face the body of a wearer and that receives discharged feces and urine; a urine suction device that is detachably attached to the feces/urine receiving member and that can sucks urine discharged in the feces/urine receiving member; a temperature sensor that is placed at a defecation position where discharged feces are received in the feces/urine receiving member; and a control section that detects the presence of discharged feces based on a signal remaining after removing a signal that is output from the temperature sensor within a predetermined time after an operation of the urine suction device from a signal that is output from the temperature sensor.