US 12,085,542 B2
Method for measuring stool consistency and method for evaluating stool state using same
Takuya Akiyama, Tokyo (JP); Kazunori Matsuda, Tokyo (JP); and Junji Fujimoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/413,256
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/047360
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/121908, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-233183 (JP), filed on Dec. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0057311 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 3/40 (2006.01); G01N 33/483 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 3/40 (2013.01) [G01N 33/483 (2013.01); G01N 33/5088 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0076 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for evaluating a stool, comprising:
pushing a probe in the stool, the probe having a shape configured to measure the stool in at least one of a liquid form and a solid form, and
measuring the stool with a texture analyzer provided with the probe by at least determining a force at the probe as the probe is being pushed into the stool and taking a natural logarithm of the determined force,
wherein the probe has a cylindrical shape having a diameter greater than or equal to 6 mm and less than or equal to 20 mm.