71 results about "Human waste" patented technology

Waste collection and processing systems for use in low-gravity environments include a toilet having a bowl and a lid, the toilet configured to receive solid human waste; a liquid waste collection system comprising a liquid waste receptacle configured to receive liquid human waste; a first waste tank fluidly coupled to the toilet; a second waste tank fluidly coupled to the liquid waste collection system; a third waste tank fluidly coupled to the liquid waste collection system, wherein the first waste tank, the second waste tank, and the third waste tank are each configured to be operated between reclamation modes of operation and collection modes of operation; and a waste outlet configured to selectively receive an airflow from each of the first waste tank, the second waste tank, and the third waste tank.

Waste collection and processing systems for use in low-gravity environments include a toilet having a bowl and a lid; a waste tank having an inlet and an outlet, with the bowl fluidly coupled to the inlet of the waste tank; a first valve arranged between the bowl and the waste tank and selectively operable to allow fluid connection between the bowl and the waste tank; a second valve arranged at a first outlet of the waste tank and selectively operable to allow for solid waste and liquid waste within the waste tank to be directed to a waste outlet; and a third valve arranged at a second outlet of the waste tank and selectively operable to allow for gases to be removed from the waste tank and directed to at least one of an occupied space, an external environment, or a waste reclamation system.

Waste collection and processing systems for use in low-gravity environments include a toilet having a bowl and a lid with a waste tank having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the bowl of the toilet is fluidly coupled to the inlet of the waste tank. A waste bag is arranged within the waste tank to capture human waste deposited into the waste tank from the toilet bowl. The waste bag is permeable to gases and impermeable to liquid waste and solid waste. A filter assembly is fluidly coupled to the outlet of the waste tank and configured to treat air that passes through the filter assembly. A first valve is operably arranged between the bowl and the waste tank and a second valve is operably arranged between the waste tank and the filter assembly.

The utility model relates to a closed toilet bowl cleaning device, the toilet bowl comprises a toilet bowl and a urinal, the device comprises a cabinet body, a toilet bowl flushing pipeline and a urinal flushing pipeline are arranged in the cabinet body; a bedpan flushing nozzle is arranged at the tail end of the bedpan flushing pipeline, and a urinal flushing nozzle is arranged at the tail end of the urinal flushing pipeline; the downward turning cabinet door is rotationally connected with the cabinet body, a bedpan fixing part used for fixing a toilet stool and a urinal fixing part used for fixing a urinal are arranged on the inner side face of the downward turning cabinet door, and when the downward turning cabinet door and the cabinet body are closed, the bedpan flushing spray head stretches into the bedpan, and the urinal flushing spray head stretches into a urinal opening. Compared with the prior art, all-directional cleaning of human waste containers such as bedpans and urinal can be automatically completed, the labor intensity of medical staff and family members is reduced, and cross infection and infection are effectively avoided.

Waste management systems and capture funnels thereof are described. The waste management systems include a waste container, a reclamation system, a capture funnel, and a hose fluidly connecting the capture funnel to each of the waste container and the reclamation system. The capture funnels include a funnel having an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein the inlet end has a non-circular shape, a skirt arranged at the inlet end, and a capture insert installed within the funnel.

A sanitary washing device is mounted on a flush toilet. The flush toilet includes a bowl. The bowl receives human waste. The sanitary washing device includes a private part washing nozzle, a casing, and a light-irradiating part. The private part washing nozzle is configured to advance and retreat. The private part washing nozzle includes a water discharge port. The water discharge port discharges wash water toward a private part of a user. The casing includes a nozzle storage part. The nozzle storage part is configured to store the private part washing nozzle when the private part washing nozzle is retracted. The light-irradiating part irradiates a bacteria-removing light. The bacteria-removing light is light having a bacteria-removing action. The bacteria-removing light is irradiated from the light-irradiating part simultaneously on the nozzle storage part and the bowl.

This invention provides a cell collection device for collecting bacteria and other cells contained in human excretions and / or secretions, such as urine. [Solution] The device has a main body 12 that opens at the top and bottom, and a collection section 11 connected to the lower end of the main body. The main body is made of a deformable sheet that does not allow urine to pass through, and supplies urine supplied from the top opening to the collection section without permeation. The main body is configured to be deformable from a first state in which the top is open and has a space wider than the collection section, to a second state in which the top is closed and the volume of the internal space is reduced by being compressed. The collection section has a bottom and is configured to allow water constituting urine etc. to pass through and be discharged to the outside, and to adhere to cells contained in urine etc. without permeation.

A sanitary washing device is mounted on a flush toilet. The flush toilet includes a bowl. The bowl receives human waste. The sanitary washing device includes a private part washing nozzle, a casing, and a light-irradiating part. The private part washing nozzle is configured to advance and retreat. The private part washing nozzle includes a water discharge port. The water discharge port discharges wash water toward a private part of a user. The casing includes a nozzle storage part. The nozzle storage part is configured to store the private part washing nozzle when the private part washing nozzle is retracted. The light-irradiating part irradiates a bacteria-removing light. The bacteria-removing light is light having a bacteria-removing action. The bacteria-removing light is irradiated from the light-irradiating part simultaneously on the nozzle storage part and the bowl.

A sanitary pit liner system for collection of human waste in developing countries includes a plurality of curved, interlocking pit liner segments that snap together to form a cylindrical pit liner, a plurality of curved, interlocking dome segments that snap together to form a dome, a gasket, a squat plate and squat pan user interface or a one-piece toilet user interface. A method of installing a sanitary pit liner system is also disclosed.

Waste management systems and capture funnels for use therewith are described. The waste management systems include a waste container (104), a reclamation system (118), a capture funnel (102), and a hose (106) fluidly connecting the capture funnel to each of the waste container and the reclamation system. The capture funnels include a funnel having an inlet end (212) and an outlet end (308), a water-function trigger (214) actuatable to dispense water into the funnel, and an air-function trigger (216) actuatable to dispense air into the funnel.

To provide an improved collection system.SOLUTION: A human waste collection system comprises: a basin defining a basin cavity, a lower end positioned against a floor, and an upper end displaced farther from the plane than the lower end; a storage bag system disposed in the basin cavity; a seat disposed at the upper end of the basin and including a lid; a suction system including a first suction conduit extending into the basin cavity, adjacently to the upper end of the basin; and a controller with a user interface having user-engageable features to select between modes of operation including a first mode for removing menses and solid waste and a second mode for removing urine. In the first mode, menses and solid waste are collected in the storage bag; and in the second mode, the suction system suctions urine.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The present invention discloses a colon hydrotherapy self-rotating body position instrument and a method of using the same, and relates to the technical field of intestinal treatment devices. The present invention includes a hydrotherapy instrument body, a matching treatment bed is placed on one side of the hydrotherapy instrument body, two inner hole carrying blocks are fixed inside the matching treatment bed, a shaking conduction driving structure is placed inside the inner hole carrying block, and the shaking conduction driving structure includes a carrying frame. The patent of the present invention uses the shaking conduction driving structure to match the design of the bed board, so that the device can drive the patient lying on the bed board to shake stably on both sides, so that the enema liquid can form a guided flow inside the patient's intestines, greatly increasing the immersion effect of the enema liquid, and through the design of the auxiliary derivation massage structure, the device can perform non-human driven massage on the patient's abdomen, thereby helping the discharge of the enema liquid, replacing the traditional human operation, and reducing the waste of manpower in the treatment process.

To provide excreta treatment apparatus and excreta treatment system with improved daily treatment capacity for excreta.SOLUTION: An apparatus includes a first tank (2) that receives excreta from the toilet bowl and produces treated water to be used as toilet bowl washing water by microorganism treatment, a second tank (3) that stores the treated water from the first tank as washing water and performs germicidal treatment, and a third tank (4) that receives a part of the liquid from the first tank (2) and brings it into contact with the substrate to evaporate the water.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A portable toilet system for outdoor use includes a plurality of pegs and a biodegradable bag liner. Each peg features a stake with a pointed end for ground insertion and a peg body with a horizontal recess to secure the bag liner. The peg body has two magnets adjacent to the recess and a removable slider with a magnet that can couple to either magnet on the peg body, allowing for adjustable bag liner securement. The biodegradable bag liner is configured to be held open by the pegs, providing a convenient and environmentally friendly solution for managing human waste during outdoor activities. The system ensures secure placement and easy adjustment of the bag liner, enhancing user convenience and environmental safety.

An ostomy pouch that has a cavity for containing human waste defined by a multilayer barrier film that has, in order from adjacent to the cavity outwards, an inner polymer carrier layer, an inner tie layer, a barrier layer comprising poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol), an outer tie layer, and an outer polymer carrier layer. The tie layers each have recycled polymer material and at least one compatibilizer.

An intelligent toilet system and method. The system includes a toilet having a waste analysis system, where the waste analysis system includes sensors that analyze microbiome in human waste of a user; an artificial intelligence (AI) system that receives sensor data from the waste analysis system and generates a health profile of the user; and a hypergraphical platform that generates a dietary plan from the health profile and validates the plan using logics.

Waste collection and processing systems for use in low-gravity environments include a toilet having a bowl and a lid, the toilet configured to receive solid human waste; a liquid waste collection system comprising a liquid waste receptacle configured to receive liquid human waste; a first waste tank fluidly coupled to the toilet; a second waste tank fluidly coupled to the liquid waste collection system; a third waste tank fluidly coupled to the liquid waste collection system, wherein the first waste tank, the second waste tank, and the third waste tank are each configured to be operated between reclamation modes of operation and collection modes of operation; and a waste outlet configured to selectively receive an airflow from each of the first waste tank, the second waste tank, and the third waste tank.

A waterless toilet comprises: a base, a first roller, a second roller, two support brackets, two support plates, two cloth rolls having a plastic sheet respectively, a driver, a seat cushion bracket, and a toilet seat; wherein the plastic sheets of the two cloth rolls are laid on the two support plates, thus excrement from the toilet seat is captured completely; thereby human waste is collected without using water and small of collected human waste is prevented, furthermore, consumable costs of plastic sheet are saved.

System and method for collection and separation of human waste are described. The system can include a vessel (102) configured to receive human waste and a solids separator (106). The solids separator can include a vacuum tank as well as an inlet chamber formed within the vacuum tank at the top portion, a solids containment portion formed in the base of the vacuum tank and positioned centrally within the vacuum tank, a liquid containment portion formed in the base of the vacuum tank and contained within the vacuum tank surrounding the solids containment portion, and a separating filter having a cylindrical tubular shape and extending from the inlet chamber outlet to the solids containment portion. The separating filter forming a central separation volume within the vacuum tank. The inlet chamber is configured to receive the combined waste via an inlet (132) and to direct the combined waste to the central separation volume. The liquid portion of the combined waste allowed to flow through the separating filter to an outer portion surrounding the central separation volume and to collect in the liquid containment portion of the base. The solids portion of the combined waste contained within the central separation volume and collected in the solids containment portion of the base.

Disclosed is a caregiving device and its cleaning assembly (6), wherein the toilet bowl (5) of the caregiving device is attached to the human body and is capable of containing human waste, and the toilet bowl (5) includes a toilet bowl (520) for containing human waste and a first nozzle (560) for spraying water, and with the cleaning assembly (6) and the toilet bowl (5) inserted together, The cleaning assembly (6) covers the toilet bowl (520), With the cleaning assembly (6) and the toilet bowl (5) inserted together, an internal chamber (90) is formed between the cleaning assembly (6) and the toilet bowl (5), the toilet bowl (520) constitutes part of the internal chamber (90), and the first nozzle (560) can spray water into the internal chamber (90), which is advantageous for simplifying immersion disinfection of parts of the toilet bowl (5) such as the toilet bowl (520).

A system and method including means for holding waste material including wastewater, contaminated liquid, animal waste, human waste or sludge; means for housing earthworms; means for transferring the wastewater from said means for holding wastewater to said means for housing earthworms; means for timing the transfer of the wastewater from said means for holding wastewater to said means for housing earthworms to allow earthworms in said earthworms housing means to process the waste water; means for removing suspended matter / debris and / or floating / sinkable particles present in the wastewater; means for draining the processed wastewater to said means for removing suspended matter / debris and / or floating / sinkable particles present in the wastewater; means for sterilizing the wastewater with UV light; and means for draining the processed and polished waste water to said means for sterilizing the wastewater with UV light.

Waste management systems and capture funnels for use therewith are described. The waste management systems include a waste container, a reclamation system, a capture funnel, and a hose fluidly connecting the capture funnel to each of the waste container and the reclamation system. The capture funnels include a funnel having an inlet end and an outlet end, a water-function trigger actuatable to dispense water into the funnel, and an air-function trigger actuatable to dispense air into the funnel.

To provide an improved collection system.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a human waste collection system for zero-gravity conditions, the collection system including: a basin having a lower end that defines a lower plane and configured for being positioned against a floor and an upper end that is spaced apart from the lower end and displaced further from the lower plane than the lower end; a toilet seat positioned at the upper end of the basin, the toilet seat having a lid pivotally connected to the toilet seat; a bag cassette disposed under the toilet seat; and a compression ring that is movable within the basin to automatically pull an unused bag segment from the bag cassette, and push down used bags.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A human waste collection system, for zero-gravity conditions, the collection system having: a basin (140) having a lower end (160) that defines a lower plane and configured for being positioned against a floor and an upper end (150) that is spaced apart from the lower end and displaced further from the plane than the lower end; a seat (200) positioned at the upper end of the basin, the seat having a lid (220) pivotally connected to the seat; a bag cassette (230) disposed under the seat; and a compression ring (240) that is movable within the basin to automatically pull an unused bag segment from the bag cassette, and push down used bags.

The invention relates to waterless sanitary equipment for treating and dehydrating human waste by utilizing microwaves. From the appearance, the closestool is exactly like a common closestool and is modern and fashionable in shape. Rather than receiving waste in water, organic matter is collected in a waste container and dehydrated in situ within the toilet itself by a UHF radiation source. The powdered waste is collected for agricultural use as fertilizer, while the gases are filtered to eliminate odors and can be released into the environment.

To provide a compact, high-performance methane fermentation apparatus that efficiently ferments a mixture of food waste, human waste and sewage sludge to generate methane.SOLUTION: The compact, high-performance methane fermentation apparatus uses a tank for storing food waste placed above ground to mix the food waste with appropriate amounts of human waste and sewage sludge to ferment the mixture to generate methane.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A human waste collection system having a basin defining a basin cavity and a lower end that is configured for being positioned against a floor and an upper end that is displaced further from the plane than the lower end; a storage bag system disposed in the basin cavity; a seat disposed at the upper end of the basin, the seat having a lid; a suction system having a first suction conduit extending into the basin cavity, adjacent to the upper end of the basin; a controller having a user interface that has user engageable features to select between operation modes including a first mode for removing menses and solid waste and a second mode for removing urine, wherein: in the first mode, menses and solid waste is collected in the storage bag; and in the second mode, the suction system suctions urine.

A device for collecting and hygienically degrading human solid human waste using the black soldier fly larvae (Fig 1 and Fig 2), comprising of a portable toilet frame (21); said toilet frame fitted with a urine-diverting device (22), a urine receptacle pod (29), a urine receptacle (27), a faecal receptacle pod (30), faecal receptacle Fig 4 (28), and a wood dust shaker operating device (26); said urine-diverting device (22) connected to urine receptacle (27) through a urinal spout Fig 3 (33) and pivotally connected flap valve Fig 5 (34) for the purpose of controlling urine odour, wherein the urine receptacle pod (29) is further fitted with a pod locking device (31) for concealing and securing the collected urine; said faecal receptacle(28) fitted with inverted gutter barrier ring (35) for preventing the escape of the larvae from the receptacle (28) and fine fenestration Fig 4 (36) and (37) for facilitating air flow and reducing the humidity within the frame (21) and faecal receptacle (28); said toilet frame (21) further incorporating a vent (38) as a means of engaging vent pipe Fig 10 (39) for improving air circulation and reducing humidity in indoor locations with poor ventilation; said wood dust shaker operating device (26) fitted with means of operating the wood dust shaker (25 ); said toilet frame (21) further fitted with a toilet seat (23) and toilet seat cover (24) connected through a hinge device (40) on the toilet frame (21).