Active pressure sensing toilet gasket and methods of use

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10890497
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16045727

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The pressure pad which pressure-sensing fabric which is within a gasket and which measures the distribution of pressure on the gasket. Thus, the gasket protects the pressure-sensing fabric from damage due to water or mechanical trauma. The pressure pad includes multiple piezoresistive depositions of piezoresistive depositions ink or paste which act as individual pressure-sensing points. Conductive tracks between the piezoresistive depositions transmit the pressure measurements in the form of electrical signals. The pressure-sensing fabric is connected to a controller and transmits pressure measurements to the controller. Algorithms stored on the controller create a map of absolute mechanical loading to each pressure-sensing point of the pressure pad. The gasket may be mounted beneath a toilet or between plumbing joints. The pressure pad may detect weaknesses in the gasket, a toilet user's weight, a weight of excrement added to the toilet, or a toilet user's posture.

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GUARDIAN HEALTH INC3000 SIERRA VISTA WAY PROVO UT 84606

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Campbell, K Jeffrey Spanish Fork, US 23 17
Hall, David R Provo, US 1292 20766
Larsen, Joshua Spanish Fork, US 65 196
Nguyen, Andrew Provo, US 293 19285
Reynolds, Jared Pleasant Grove, US 57 225

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