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Obu City announced on December 17, 2024 a care-facility pilot of a urine-detection system developed by SUMINOE. The plan places a cloth sensor connected to a transmitter inside…
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Hamamatsu City announced a collection-to-product trial for used diapers on December 13, 2024. The work was intended to test steps towards recycling recovered materials into new products.
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Asahi Kasei Microdevices announced on November 13, 2024 that it would show a batteryless smart-diaper concept at CES 2025, scheduled for January 7–10 in Las Vegas.
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Lenzing announced two additions to its Lyocell Dry fiber range on November 5, 2024: a fine fiber for denser nonwovens and a coarse fiber for more open structures.…
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A feasibility study recorded stool images in a workplace bathroom. Six healthy volunteers are not evidence of performance in a care-home population.
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The companies’ connectivity collaboration is described in a Toi Labs announcement. Operator networks are not equivalent to completed installations.
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aba and BioSilver announced on July 1, 2024 that they would begin connecting the monitoring displays for Helppad 2 and the aams care-monitoring system from early July.
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Nippon Shokubai announced on May 29, 2024 that its Indonesian subsidiary had begun manufacturing and marketing ISCC PLUS-certified acrylic acid, acrylates and SAP. The superabsorbent product identified in…
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A retrospective study examined three days of records from a Texas care facility. It tests recording and acceptance, rather than long-term clinical outcomes.
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The supplier announcement describes a pilot across five Ontario communities. The plan is not evidence that all five installations or evaluations were completed.
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A named Ontario care provider and Toi Labs describe toilet-based monitoring. The announcement is distinct from a controlled outcome study.
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Penn State reported on March 11, 2024 on flexible sensors developed with researchers at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. The work uses titanium-dioxide films…
