US 11,298,112 C1 (12,955th)
Biomonitoring devices, methods, and systems for use in a bathroom setting
Vikram Kashyap, San Francisco, CA (US); Kevin D. Simmons, San Francisco, CA (US); Thomas Reidemeister, Waterloo (CA); Benjamin K. Yaffe, San Francisco, CA (US); and Rodolfo Camacho, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Toi Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to TOI LABS, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,567, Jul. 9, 2024.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 11,298,112, issued Apr. 12, 2022, Appl. No. 16/446,111, Jun. 19, 2019.
Application 90/019,567 is a continuation of application No. 16/016,559, filed on Jun. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,376,246.
Application 16/016,559 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/026618, filed on Apr. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/482,912, filed on Apr. 7, 2017.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Jul. 1, 2025.
Int. Cl. G01N 33/49 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); E03D 11/13 (2006.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01N 33/483 (2006.01); G01N 33/493 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); G01G 19/50 (2006.01); G01G 21/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/0038 (2013.01) [A61B 10/007 (2013.01); E03D 11/13 (2013.01); G01N 21/31 (2013.01); G01N 33/4833 (2013.01); G01N 33/49 (2013.01); G01N 33/493 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); A61B 2010/0083 (2013.01); G01G 19/50 (2013.01); G01G 21/28 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1, 14, 15 and 17 are determined to be patentable as amended.
Claims 2-13, 16 and 18, dependent on an amended claim, are determined to be patentable.
New claim 19 is added and determined to be patentable.
1. A biomonitoring device that measures a parameter of a material expelled into a bowl of a toilet by a user, the device comprising [ :]
(i) an electromagnetic radiation source above the material, wherein the electromagnetic radiation source emits electromagnetic radiation into the bowl of the toilet, [ toilet] ; and
(ii) a sensor comprising a lens above the material that detects electromagnetic radiation or an analyte chemical in the bowl of the toilet, [ toilet;]
wherein (i) [ the electromagnetic radiation source ] and (ii) [ the sensor ] are behind a sitting portion of a seat of the toilet, and
wherein, the lens is [ fixed with respect to the bowl and is ] situated such that it [ the lens ] does not change position, relative to the bowl of the toilet, when the seat of the toilet is lifted.
14. The device of claim 1, further comprising a nozzle capable of dispensing a liquid into the bowl [ , wherein the nozzle is positioned separately from the electromagnetic radiation source] .
15. A biomonitoring device that measures a parameter of a material expelled into a bowl of a toilet by a user, the device comprising [ :]
(i) an electromagnetic radiation source above the material, wherein the electromagnetic radiation source emits electromagnetic radiation into the bowl of the toilet, [ toilet] ;
(ii) a sensor comprising a lens above the material that detects electromagnetic radiation or an analyte chemical in the bowl of the toilet, and [ toilet; and]
(iii) a transmittal unit that transmits data to a computing unit, [ unit;]
wherein the device undergoes a training period where data is analyzed when no excreta is in the bowl, wherein the training period comprises taking baseline sample images when no excreta is in the bowl and obtaining a baseline model of the empty toilet bowl from the baseline images [ ; and
wherein the electromagnetic radiation source and the sensor are below a sitting portion of the seat of the toilet and wherein the lens is fixed with respect to the bowl] .
17. The biomonitoring device of claim 15, wherein (i) and (ii) [ the electromagnetic radiation source and the sensor ] are behind [ and below ] a sitting portion of a seat of the toilet.
[ 19. The device claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic radiation source and the sensor are behind and below a sitting portion of the seat of the toilet.]