A sensing system for simultaneous detection of urine and its components

Author

Ejaz, Tahseen ; Nakae, Takatoshi ; Takemae, Tadashi ; Egami, Chikara ; Sugihara, Okihiro ; Ikeda, Hiroaki

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Shizuoka Univ., Japan

fYear

1998

fDate

24-27 Nov 1998

Firstpage

221

Lastpage

224

Abstract

A simple and cheap sensing system for simultaneous detection of urinary incontinence and its components is introduced. The operation of this sensor was confirmed experimentally. In order to distinguish between normal and abnormal urine, reagent papers are used clinically. The light transmittance of a reagent paper changes by the absorption of urine. This change for normal urine is different from that for diseased urine. In the proposed sensing system this difference in transmittance of the reagent paper is used to detect urinary incontinence and the components of urine simultaneously

Keywords

biochemistry; biomedical equipment; chemical sensors; fibre optic sensors; organic compounds; patient monitoring; diseased urine; light transmittance; medical instrumentation; reagent papers; sensing system; urinary incontinence; urine components; Circuits; Costs; Light emitting diodes; Medical services; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Plastics; Proteins; Sugar; Threshold voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1998. IEEE APCCAS 1998. The 1998 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiangmai

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5146-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCCAS.1998.743720

Filename

743720