Patent Description:
Such a test device is disclosed in <CIT>. The said test device comprises a first assembly having a lens for observing semen. A second assembly is configured to be coupled to the first assembly. Furthermore, an Observation sheet is shown for receiving the semen between the first assembly and the second assembly.

Further state of the art test devices are shown in <CIT>.

In general, people have to visit a specialized medical Institution to check their health or physical condition. However, in order to visit a specialized medical Institution for a check-up, it is necessary to break down a busy daily schedule and perform a complicated procedure, which may incur much time and high cost. For this reason, most people tend to live with decent discomfort and use specialized medical institutions only when encountering pain or discomfort to a degree that is difficult to bear. In order to alleviate such inconvenience, technologies have been developed to frequently check a physical condition using various high-tech equipment and transmit a corresponding result to specialized medical institutions through a network to check, but such technologies have been rarely commercialized and used actually.

Rather, simple testing devices that have been used from the past have been steadily increasingly used, and in particular, utilization thereof in younger generations has further increased because of its convenient usage, low cost, and alleviation of discomfort in case of using specialized medical institutions.

Such a test device detects biochemical substances such as hormones released in specific situations using secretions or body fluids, such as saliva, urine, sweat, blood, or sperm, discharged from the human body, which has advantages of relatively high accuracy and ease of use and is mainly used as a test means such as pregnancy diagnosis, diabetes diagnosis, or blood sugar check.

In recent years, as the marriage age increases and stress increases, sterility and infertility couples are increasing, and due to this, the use of a pregnancy test device is on the rise. Such a pregnancy diagnosis test device may only determine a pregnancy Status and is not helpful for users suffering from sterility and infertility. Moreover, even such a pregnancy test device may only determine a woman's pregnancy and matters such as a woman's possibility of pregnancy and a man's ability to fertilize may be limitedly verified at specialized medical institutions.

In particular, a sperm test to check man's fertilizing power requires a man to ejaculate a semen sample in a laboratory, which may make him feel ashamed shy, and if he collects a sperm sample at home, he may be requested to quickly bring it a laboratory, which may risk sperm death during transport.

An aspect of the present disclosure provides a test device for body fluid analysis that the user may simply carry around and use conveniently, so that the user may directly perform a body fluid test at a desired place and time and immediately check an analysis result of a body fluid through a user terminal.

In addition, the present disclosure includes any other objects that may be achieved from the configuration of the present disclosure described later, in addition to the explicitly mentioned object.

According to the present invention, there is provided a test device for a body fluid analysis according to claim <NUM>.

The handle part may be disposed in an outer space of the first assembly and the second assembly.

The first assembly may further include a first communication hole connecting the seating recess and the external space.

The magnifying lens may be installed in the seating recess.

The first assembly may further include a first circumferential step formed along an outer edge of the first assembly body to guide assembly according to coupling with the second assembly.

The second assembly may further include a second assembly body and at least one coupling protrusion formed on a lower surface of the second assembly body so as to be coupled with the at least one coupling recess.

The second assembly may further include a second communication hole formed in the second assembly body so that the handle part of the Observation sheet is disposed in an external space.

The lens transmission hole may penetrate from an upper side to a lower side of the second assembly body.

The second assembly may further include a second circumferential protrusion formed to be stepped along an outer edge of the second assembly body to guide assembly according to coupling with the first assembly.

The body part includes a body fluid input part formed to allow the target body fluid to be injected thereinto and a body fluid guide part configured to guide the target body fluid injected into the body fluid input part so as to be observed in a field of view of the magnifying lens.

The body fluid input part may include at least one body fluid guide recess formed in the body part to guide injection of the target body fluid.

The first assembly may be detachably attached to a camera of a user terminal.

As described above, the test device for a body fluid analysis according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be simply carried around and conveniently used by the user and easily detachably attached to a camera portion of a user terminal. Therefore, the user may directly perform a test at a desired place and time and immediately check an analysis result of a body fluid through a user terminal.

In addition, the test device for a body fluid analysis according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be used by both women and men. That is, women may check their ovulation period to check a time with a high chance of pregnancy and men may check their sperm Status, thereby increasing a likelihood of pregnancy.

In addition, in using the test device for a body fluid analysis in a user terminal, the test device for a body fluid analysis may be easily attached and may be uniformly attached around a camera.

In addition, since the handle part that may be gripped by the user is provided on the Observation sheet accommodating the body fluid, contamination of the body fluid by the user may be prevented and the Observation sheet may be easily seated inside the test device for a body fluid analysis and separated therefrom.

Meanwhile, the effects of the present disclosure are not limited to those described above and other effects that may be derived from the configuration of the present disclosure described later are included in the effects of the present disclosure.

<FIG> is a view of a test device for a body fluid analysis mounted on a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure and <FIG> is an exploded perspective view of a test device for a body fluid analysis according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, a test device <NUM> for a body fluid analysis may image a target body fluid through a camera <NUM> of a user terminal <NUM> to generate a body fluid image, and a result of analyzing the body fluid image may be checked through the user terminal <NUM>. The user terminal <NUM> may analyze the body fluid image through a preinstalled analysis program or analysis application and Output the analyzed result so that the analyzed result may be provided to a user or may be transferred to a Professional examination Institution.

The test device <NUM> for a body fluid analysis includes a first assembly <NUM> detachably installed to the camera <NUM> of the user terminal <NUM>, a second assembly <NUM> coupled to the first assembly <NUM>, and an Observation sheet <NUM> accommodating a target body fluid between the first assembly <NUM> and the second assembly <NUM>.

The first assembly <NUM> is detachably installed to the camera <NUM> of the user terminal <NUM> and is configured so that the camera <NUM> may image the target body fluid. Here, the first assembly <NUM> may be attached to a portion near the camera <NUM> of the user terminal by an adhesive or may be selectively attached to or removed from the user terminal <NUM> through a separate mounting member formed in the form of a clip. Here, the mounting member is not limited to the clip form and may have any other various forms that may be attached to the user terminal <NUM>.

<FIG> is a plan view of a first assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure and <FIG> is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of <FIG>.

Referring to <FIG>, the first assembly <NUM> may include a first assembly body <NUM> as a flat plate, a seating recess formed to allow the Observation sheet <NUM> to be seated on an inner side of the first assembly body <NUM>, a through hole <NUM> formed in the seating recess <NUM> and penetrating the first assembly body <NUM>, a first communication hole <NUM> connecting the seating recess <NUM> and the external space, and at least one coupling recess <NUM> formed on an upper surface of the first assembly body <NUM> so as to be assembled with the second assembly <NUM>.

The first assembly body <NUM> may protect the target body fluid from an external shock or contamination and may be formed of a material which is strong against an external impact and light in weight, such as synthetic resin or a metal so that the camera <NUM> of the user terminal <NUM> may stably image the target body fluid. In addition, an outer surface of the first assembly body <NUM> may be colored with non-transmissive paint or formed of an opaque material so that light may be transmitted only in a limited portion. The seating recess <NUM> may be formed as a recess having a certain width at the center of an upper surface of the first assembly body <NUM>. In particular, the seating recess <NUM> may be formed as a recess having a shape corresponding to the Observation sheet <NUM>, thereby stably supporting the Observation sheet <NUM> and fixing the Observation sheet <NUM> not to wobble, when the Observation sheet <NUM> is seated therein. The through hole <NUM> is formed at the center of the seating recess <NUM> and penetrates the first assembly body <NUM>. Wien attached to the user terminal <NUM>, the test device <NUM> for a body fluid analysis may be located in a direction facing the camera <NUM> to image the target body fluid accommodated in the Observation sheet <NUM> through the through hole <NUM>. The first communication hole <NUM> may be formed to pass through an edge portion of the first assembly body <NUM> to connect the seating recess <NUM> and an external space. The first communication hole <NUM> may allow the handle part <NUM> of the Observation sheet <NUM> to be described below to be seated therein and may have a shape corresponding to a cross section of the handle part <NUM>. At least one coupling recess <NUM> may be formed on an upper surface of the first assembly body <NUM> and may be coupled with a coupling protrusion <NUM> of the second assembly <NUM> to be described below to assemble the first assembly <NUM> and the second assembly <NUM>. For example, in case where two coupling recesses <NUM> are provided, the two coupling protrusions <NUM> may be provided on left and right sides of an upper surface of the first assembly body <NUM> and may be coupled with two coupling protrusions <NUM> provided at the second assembly <NUM>, respectively.

In addition, the first assembly <NUM> may further include a magnifying lens <NUM> installed at the center of an inner side of the first assembly body <NUM>, in particular, at the center of the seating recess <NUM> in which the Observation sheet <NUM> is seated. When the target body fluid is observed through the magnifying lens <NUM>, a pinhole effect may be obtained because the target body fluid may be magnified. Here, the pinhole effect is a phenomenon in which an object is visible relatively clearly when viewed through a small hole, and since light entering through the lens transmission hole <NUM> of the second assembly <NUM> to be described below enters in a straight line without having to be collected to one place, an exact image may be formed so that the target body fluid may be observed clearly. In this manner, the magnifying lens <NUM> compensates for an insufficient magnification ratio in the camera <NUM> of the user terminal <NUM> so that the target body fluid may be sufficiently magnified to be observed.

In addition, the first assembly <NUM> may further include a first circumferential step <NUM> formed to be stepped along an outer edge of the first assembly body <NUM> to guide assembly according to coupling with the second assembly <NUM>. Accordingly, reinforcing may be provided in response to horizontal pushing when the first assembly <NUM> and the second assembly <NUM> may are assembled, and since positions of the first assembly <NUM> and the second assembly <NUM> according to coupling may be easily secured, assembling may be easily performed.

<FIG> is a plan view of a second assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and <FIG> is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line B-B shown in <FIG>.

Referring to <FIG>, the second assembly <NUM> may be configured to be assembled to an upper side of the first assembly <NUM> and may include a second assembly body <NUM> as a flat plate, a lens transmission hole <NUM> for concentrating light, a second communication hole <NUM> formed at the second assembly body <NUM>, and at least one coupling protrusion <NUM> provided on a lower surface of the second assembly body <NUM> so as to be coupled with the coupling recess <NUM> of the first assembly <NUM>.

The second assembly body <NUM> may protect the target body fluid from an external impact or contamination and may be formed of a material which is strong against an external impact and is light in weight such as a synthetic resin or a metal to stably image the target body fluid. In addition, an outer surface of the second assembly body <NUM> may be colored with non-transmissive paint or formed of an opaque material so that light may be transmitted only in a limited portion.

The lens transmission hole <NUM> may be a narrow vertical hole and may penetrate from an upper center of the second assembly body <NUM> to a lower side, and a periphery of the upper surface of the penetrated second assembly body <NUM> may be coated in black. Accordingly, more light may be absorbed to the narrow hole under the influence of black which absorbs light well.

The second communication hole <NUM> may be formed at a position corresponding to the first communication hole <NUM> and penetrates an edge portion of the second assembly body <NUM>. That is, the second communication hole <NUM> may be formed in the second assembly body <NUM> so that the handle part <NUM> of the Observation sheet <NUM> is disposed in an external space. Specifically, the second communication hole <NUM> may be configured to allow the handle part of the Observation sheet <NUM> to be described below to be seated therein and may have a shape corresponding to a cross-section of the handle part <NUM>. At least one coupling protrusion <NUM> may be formed to protrude from a lower surface of the second assembly body <NUM> and may be coupled to at least one coupling recess <NUM>. That is, in case where two coupling protrusions <NUM> are provided, the two coupling protrusions <NUM> may be provided on left and right sides of a lower surface of the second assembly body <NUM> and installed at positions corresponding to the coupling recesses <NUM>, so that the coupling protrusions <NUM> may be inserted into the coupling recesses <NUM>, respectively, when the first assembly <NUM> and the second assembly <NUM> are coupled.

In addition, the second assembly <NUM> may further include a second circumferential protrusion <NUM> formed to be stepped along an outer edge of the second assembly body <NUM> to guide assembly according to coupling with the first assembly <NUM>. Here, since the first circumferential step <NUM> installed on the edge of the first assembly <NUM> and the second circumferential protrusion <NUM> installed on the edge of the second assembly <NUM> may be installed to be coupled to correspond to each other, the first assembly <NUM> and the second assembly <NUM> may be easily assembled without adjusting a position according to the coupling of the first assembly <NUM> and the second assembly <NUM>.

<FIG> is a plan view of an Observation sheet according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to <FIG>, the Observation sheet <NUM> serves as a stage which a target body fluid to be inspected is applied to and which allows the camera <NUM> of the user terminal <NUM> to image the target body fluid. To this end, the Observation sheet <NUM> may include a body part <NUM> accommodating the target body fluid and a handle part <NUM> extending from the body part <NUM>. The body part <NUM> may accommodate a certain amount of the target body fluid and may be formed as a thin plate. The body part <NUM> may be formed of a transparent material, such as a synthetic resin material including polycarbonate, polyethylene, or acrylic material or a glass material in order to allow light to be transmitted therethrough and to obtain a clear image. In addition, the body part <NUM> may be colored with a single color or a complementary color of the target body fluid so that the target body fluid may be clearly observed, or a film may be attached to one surface thereof.

The body part <NUM> may include a body fluid input part <NUM> allowing the target body fluid to be injected therein and a body fluid guide part <NUM> guiding the target body fluid injected into the body fluid input part <NUM> to be observed in the field of view of the magnifying lens <NUM>. The body fluid input part <NUM> may include at least one body fluid guide recess 311a and 311b formed in the body part <NUM> to guide the input of the target body fluid. For example, the body fluid input part <NUM> may include a pair of body fluid guide recesses 311a and 311b respectively formed on left and right sides of the body part <NUM>.

The body fluid guide part <NUM> may be inserted as a flat plate into the center of the body part <NUM> so that the target body fluid permeates an inner side of the center so as to be observed in the field of view of the magnifying lens <NUM>, while protecting the target body fluid injected into the body fluid inlet <NUM>. In addition, the body fluid guide part <NUM> may be formed higher than a bottom of the body fluid input part <NUM> and maintain a certain distance from the lens transmission hole <NUM> of the second assembly <NUM>. When the target body fluid is dropped into the pair of body fluid guide recesses 311a and 311b, the target body fluid may permeate the inner side of the center of the body fluid guide part <NUM> from the body fluid guide recesses 311a and 311b. Here, an upper surface of the body fluid guide part <NUM>, which is as a surface capable of absorbing a liquid, may be formed of a material such as paper or a porous synthetic resin, so that a predetermined amount of the target body fluid may be absorbed thereto.

The handle part <NUM> may extend from the body part <NUM> and may be disposed at an outer space of the first assembly <NUM> and the second assembly <NUM>. The handle part <NUM> may be configured to be gripped by a user to easily insert the body part <NUM> into or remove the body part <NUM> from the seating recess <NUM> of the first assembly <NUM>. Here, the handle part <NUM> may be formed of the same material as the body part <NUM> but is not limited thereto. In this manner, by implementing the handle part <NUM> on the Observation sheet <NUM>, the target body fluid may be prevented from being contaminated by the user and the Observation sheet <NUM> is easily seated inside the test device <NUM> for a body fluid analysis or separated therefrom.

In addition, a direction indicator may be provided on the handle part <NUM> so that the user may easily check an input direction of the Observation sheet <NUM>.

Meanwhile, the handle part <NUM> may be disposed in an internal space of the first assembly <NUM> and the second assembly <NUM>. That is, when the seating recess <NUM> is formed to have the same shape as a plane of the Observation sheet <NUM>, the handle part <NUM> may be seated inside the first assembly <NUM> and the second assembly <NUM> together with the body part <NUM>. In this manner, when the body part <NUM> and the handle part <NUM> are disposed at the internal space of the first assembly <NUM> and the second assembly <NUM>, the first assembly <NUM> and the second assembly <NUM> may not have the first communication hole <NUM> and the second communication hole <NUM>.

Meanwhile, the first assembly <NUM> may be installed so that the through hole <NUM> is located in a direction facing the camera <NUM> of the user terminal <NUM> and light is controlled to be concentrated through the lens transmission hole <NUM> of the second assembly <NUM>, whereby the target body fluid accommodated in the Observation sheet <NUM> may be clearly observed through the magnifying lens <NUM>.

That is, since light is concentrated through the lens transmission hole <NUM>, clarity and brightness of the target body fluid observed in the Observation sheet <NUM> may be increased with light that enters the magnifying lens <NUM>, and thus a clear image may be displayed on the user terminal <NUM>.

Hereinafter, a process of testing a target body fluid using the test device for a body fluid analysis according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described by way of example.

First, the first assembly <NUM> of the test device <NUM> for a body fluid analysis is mounted or attached to an upper side of the camera <NUM> of the user terminal <NUM>, and the Observation sheet <NUM> is subsequently seated in the seating recess <NUM> of the first assembly <NUM>.

Next, a target body fluid may be dropped onto the body fluid input part <NUM> of the Observation sheet <NUM> seated in the first assembly <NUM>, and the second assembly <NUM> is subsequently coupled to an upper side of the first assembly <NUM>, thereby finishing assembling. Alternatively, the Observation sheet <NUM> in which the target body fluid is accommodated may be first seated in the seating recess <NUM> of the first assembly <NUM>, the first assembly <NUM> in which the Observation sheet is seated and the second assembly <NUM> may be coupled to be assembled, and thereafter, the test device for a body fluid analysis to which the first assembly <NUM> and the second assembly <NUM> may be mounted on or attached to the user terminal <NUM>.

Thereafter, a program or application dedicated to a body fluid analysis test of the user terminal <NUM> may be executed to observe and image the target body fluid accommodated in the Observation sheet <NUM> through the camera <NUM>, thereby performing the body fluid analysis test process.

In this manner, the test device <NUM> for a body fluid analysis may be simply carried around by the user and collect only a target body fluid and apply the collected target body fluid to the test device, and thus the user may directly perform the body fluid test, and since the user may immediately check a result of analyzing the body fluid through the user terminal, user convenience may be improved and an accurate test result may be provided to the user.

Claim 1:
A test device (<NUM>) for a body fluid analysis, the test device (<NUM>) comprising:
- a first assembly (<NUM>) having a magnifying lens (<NUM>) for magnifying and observing a target body fluid;
- a second assembly (<NUM>) configured to be coupled to the first assembly (<NUM>) and having a lens transmission hole (<NUM>) for concentrating light; and
- an observation sheet (<NUM>) for receiving the target body fluid between the first assembly (<NUM>) and the second assembly (<NUM>),
- wherein the observation sheet (<NUM>) includes a body part (<NUM>) disposed inside the first assembly (<NUM>) and the second assembly (<NUM>) and a handle part (<NUM>) extending from the body part (<NUM>),
- wherein the body part (<NUM>) comprises a body fluid input part (<NUM>) formed to allow the target body fluid to be injected thereinto and a body fluid guide part (<NUM>) configured to guide the target body fluid injected into the body fluid input part (<NUM>), so that the target body fluid permeates an inner side of the center of the body part (<NUM>) so as to be observed in a field of view of the magnifying lens (<NUM>), wherein the body fluid guide part (<NUM>) is formed higher than a bottom of the body fluid input part (<NUM>), and,
- wherein the first assembly (<NUM>) further comprises a first assembly body (<NUM>), a seating recess (<NUM>) formed on an inner side of the first assembly body (<NUM>) allowing the observation sheet (<NUM>) to be seated therein, a through hole (<NUM>) formed in the seating recess (<NUM>) and penetrating the first assembly body (<NUM>), and at least one coupling recess (<NUM>) formed on an upper surface of the first assembly body (<NUM>) so as to be assembled with the second assembly (<NUM>).