Patent ID: 8882731

Claim:
A defecation detection apparatus comprising: a feces/urine receiving member that is placed to face the body of a wearer and that receives discharged feces and urine; a urine suction device that is detachably attached to the feces/urine receiving member and that can suck urine discharged in the feces/urine receiving member; a temperature sensor that is placed at a defecation position where discharged feces are received in the feces/urine receiving member; and a control section that detects the presence of discharged feces based on a signal remaining after removing a signal that is output from the temperature sensor within a predetermined time after an operation of the urine suction device from a signal that is output from the temperature sensor, wherein based on a rate at which a temperature falls after detecting a rise of the temperature by the signal that is output from the temperature sensor, the control section determines whether at least one of urine and feces has been discharged.