A Korean study published on August 17, 2026 explores machine learning for classifying voiding patterns from smart-diaper sensor signals. Researchers analysed data collected in 2022 from 97 older residents at three long-term care facilities. The method uses learning from unlabelled time-series data to reduce dependence on manually labelled examples. Evaluation separated participants across cross-validation groups. This retrospective analysis does not establish diagnostic performance in a…
Academy Het Dorp reported on September 8, 2025 on a cluster-randomized trial involving 156 people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities at six care organizations. Smart continence care was compared with usual care. Product changes decreased more in the intervention group, but the trial did not show a reduction in leakage. Changes also decreased in the control group. The findings distinguish an effect on changing…
Shenzhen University reported on September 3, 2025 that a team working with Xidian University had combined one-way liquid transport with electrochemical sensing in a smart-diaper prototype. A Janus fabric directs urine towards an absorbent layer and sensing components. The design measures glucose, uric acid and pH-related signals and transmits information to a smartphone via Bluetooth. It connects absorbent-product design with urine analysis, but the university…
A study published on April 28, 2025 by researchers in Toyama, Japan examines an external capacitance sensor for estimating urine volume in an inner absorbent pad. It considers repeated liquid additions and differences between products. Experiments used a body phantom and one volunteer, with simulated urine introduced through a tube. The work explores a way to assess an inner pad without direct sensor contact with…
A UMIN registration disclosed on April 15, 2025 describes a Yokohama Medical Center study using Koyo’s Diaper Navi. The planned randomized study compares the device with conventional diapers and evaluates interventions associated with support for independent urination. The target sample is 200, not a confirmed enrolment count. The record lists a planned start in November 2024 and final follow-up in March 2026, but results remain…
A Korean case report published on April 7, 2025 describes use of an external MONIT diaper sensor for an adult with cognitive and mobility difficulties and incontinence-associated dermatitis. Moisture alerts informed diaper changes while antifungal treatment continued. The authors reported improvement in skin-assessment scores. Because this was one patient receiving concurrent treatment, the report cannot isolate the sensor’s effect or establish a general treatment benefit.…
A Duke-linked paper first published online on November 1, 2024 examines long-term automated stool monitoring using a smart toilet. It appears in the journal’s January 2025 issue. The workplace-bathroom study involved six healthy volunteers aged 24–59. It recorded images from 474 bowel movements over a mean period of ten months and examined automated stool-form assessment. This is a small feasibility study, not a care-home trial…
A paper published in JMIR Aging on May 27, 2024 evaluates TrueLoo, a connected toilet seat that records urine and stool events. The retrospective study includes 52 participants aged 63–101 in a Dallas, Texas care facility. Its field phase examined three days of data from 52 devices, comparing automated records with usual person-reported records and assessing acceptability. Algorithm-development results and field-record comparisons are different analyses.…
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 on flexible electrodes to measure biochemical signals, including dopamine in urine. The university identifies integration into smart diapers as a possible application, including for people with limited mobility. It extends sensing research beyond wetness alerts, but does…
ICS 2025 abstract 260 reports interviews with 14 staff members using a digital continence-care system in Alberta continuing-care facilities. Its scheduled presentation date was September 20, 2025; the abstract’s first publication date is not established. Staff described both useful monitoring information and practical difficulties, including changing work routines, battery tasks, equipment concerns and feelings of being tracked. These are staff experiences, not directly measured patient…
A 2026 Korean study indexed by KCI examines information-security requirements for smart-diaper care data. It follows information from a diaper sensor through a gateway and cloud system to a caregiver’s monitoring interface. The authors discuss encryption, access control, separated storage and audit logs, referring to health-information security frameworks. This is research on safeguards for connected care. It does not establish a new legal obligation, certify…
Tohoku University’s technology-seed catalogue identifies smart diapers as an application for gas-sensing materials. Its record was updated on July 4, 2025; the catalogue’s initial publication date is not established. An additional Japanese university announcement dated December 25, 2024 reports joint work by Tohoku University, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Osaka University, including a diaper-sensor prototype distinguishing urine- and stool-related signals through different…
