NHS Supply Chain's disposable and washable continence-care framework runs from August 24, 2026, to August 23, 2028, with an option to extend for another two years. It includes 12 suppliers, four of them new to the framework, and introduces sensor technology alongside disposable and reusable products. The listed categories include pull-on pants, all-in-one products, belted and shaped pads, fixation pants, adult and paediatric washable garments,…
CARISO, a Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare startup-support programme, published the results of its first Caretech Startup Awards on March 4, 2026. aba received the grand prize at the final presentations held on March 2. The organiser says the awards recognise businesses working on care quality and productivity and aim to raise their visibility. aba develops the Helppad excretion-monitoring system. The award is…
Toi Labs announced on December 3, 2025 that the US National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, had awarded it a $2.35 million Phase II SBIR grant. The announcement concerns further research around TrueLoo, a toilet-seat-based system for recording toileting information. It is related to continence-care sensing, rather than a sensor attached to an adult diaper. A research award does not…
aba announced a funding round on December 1, 2025, led by the TAKANAWA GATEWAY investment fund, with several other investors participating. The company said the funds would support improvements to Helppad, research on a next-generation model and domestic sales activity. The release also described work with partners in Singapore and plans to begin local sales the following spring. That was a forward-looking plan in the…
On September 3, 2025, Toi Labs announced that AARP had joined its strategic investors, alongside TOTO and Sloan. The company develops TrueLoo, a toilet-seat-based monitoring system. An earlier September 10, 2024 announcement described TOTO’s strategic investment. These are different milestones in the same company’s development, so they are presented together rather than treated as two independent product evaluations. The announcements do not disclose the investment…
Canada’s public grants database documents two National Research Council agreements with Technologies Seneca Sens Inc., operating as Seneca Sense Technologies. Each agreement is valued at CAD $75,000. Agreement 1028004 covers February 2–May 5, 2025 and describes preparation of an innovation plan using urination data and AI. Agreement 1031727 covers June 2, 2025–March 6, 2026 and describes validation work using data from wetness sensors built into…
Florida’s enacted 2026–27 budget includes an eBrief initiative for nursing homes under Specific Appropriation 201A. Printed page 70 lists $1,117,000 from general revenue and $1,383,000 from the Medical Care Trust Fund, totaling $2.5 million. The item names EtectRx LLC and references SF 3792. The eBrief funding lines were checked in the enacted document and are not struck through. Earlier funding-request assumptions should not replace these…
