A mountable toilet system for personalized health monitoring via the analysis of excreta.
Nat Biomed Eng
; 4(6): 624-635, 2020 06.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32251391
ABSTRACT
Technologies for the longitudinal monitoring of a person's health are poorly integrated with clinical workflows, and have rarely produced actionable biometric data for healthcare providers. Here, we describe easily deployable hardware and software for the long-term analysis of a user's excreta through data collection and models of human health. The 'smart' toilet, which is self-contained and operates autonomously by leveraging pressure and motion sensors, analyses the user's urine using a standard-of-care colorimetric assay that traces red-green-blue values from images of urinalysis strips, calculates the flow rate and volume of urine using computer vision as a uroflowmeter, and classifies stool according to the Bristol stool form scale using deep learning, with performance that is comparable to the performance of trained medical personnel. Each user of the toilet is identified through their fingerprint and the distinctive features of their anoderm, and the data are securely stored and analysed in an encrypted cloud server. The toilet may find uses in the screening, diagnosis and longitudinal monitoring of specific patient populations.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Aparelho Sanitário
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Desenho de Equipamento
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Monitorização Fisiológica
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Biomed Eng
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos