Toilet system for detecting tags in pharmaceutical and nutritional products which are excreted in solid waste

US10060112B1 · kind B1 · utility

Inventors

• David R. Hall · Provo, US
• Steven J.M. Butala · Provo, US
• Dan Allen · Springville, US
• Andrew Nguyen · Provo, US
• Conrad Rosenbrock · Provo, US
• Ben Swenson · Lehi, US
• Daniel Hendricks · Provo, US
• Travis Niederhauser · Mapleton, US
• John F. Christensen · Elk Grove, US
• Joshua Larsen · Spanish Fork, US
• Joe Fox · Spanish Fork, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 28, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/0003
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

We disclose a toilet system which analyzes solid waste to detect tags which were associated with pharmaceutical or nutritional products and excreted in the solid waste of a user. The toilet system may include a receptacle for receiving solid waste, a liquid dispenser for providing a liquid to assist in dispersing the solid waste, a solid waste dispersing system which may mix the solid waste with the liquid thereby homogenizing the solid waste, and an electromagnetic signature detector which may analyze the tags in the solid waste. The electromagnetic signature detector may include a selective binding surface which may bind tags present in the solid waste and which may be connected to a transducer which senses the presence of bound tags.