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Excrement detection sensor

US8115643B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 18, 2006
Grant dateFeb 14, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S128/912
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An excrement detection sensor in which two pairs of conductors 1, 2 and 3, 4 are formed between a carrier body 6 and a coating body 7 both having water-proof property and insulating property, wherein the cover body is formed with an urine introduction port 8 correlating the paired conductors and with a faeces introduction port 9 correlating the other paired conductors, and when urine enters into the urine introduction ports, the one pair of the conductors are short-circuited and when faeces enters into the faeces introduction ports, the other one pair of the conductors are short-circuited, whereby the urination and the evacuation can be distinctively detected.

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