US 11,754,458 B2
Analytical toilet with a pressure sensor mounting fixture
Joshua Larsen, Spanish Fork, UT (US); John W. Christiansen, American Fork, UT (US); and K. Jeffrey Campbell, Spanish Fork, UT (US)
Assigned to Hall Labs LLC, Provo, UT (US)
Filed by Medic, Inc., Provo, UT (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/661,186.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/181,077, filed on Apr. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349767 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G01L 19/00 (2006.01); G01L 19/14 (2006.01); E03D 11/13 (2006.01); B81B 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01L 19/147 (2013.01) [B81B 7/02 (2013.01); E03D 11/13 (2013.01); G01L 19/0023 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0264 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An analytical toilet, comprising:
a bowl for receiving excreta supported by a base;
a pressure sensor mounting fixture, comprising:
a chamber with an outlet,
wherein the chamber is in fluid communication with the contents of the bowl through the outlet,
a pressure sensor cavity above the chamber having an inlet in fluid communication with the chamber such that an air bubble is maintained in the pressure sensor cavity, and
a pressure sensor above the pressure sensor cavity adapted to measure the pressure in the pressure sensor cavity.