A 2026 doctoral thesis record at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University describes embroidered dual-tag RFID sensing for urine-volume monitoring. The approach addresses the influence of body movement on wireless measurements. The public abstract discusses possible use in hospitals, nursing homes and home care. This thesis also covers infant-diaper design; the RFID work is a sensing-development direction, not evidence of a commercial adult product or clinical…
An August 2025 Age and Ageing paper reports a six-week trial of the TENA SmartCare Change Indicator in nursing homes in Canada and Germany. The trial did not demonstrate its co-primary outcomes of care efficiency and skin-health change. Some secondary measures, including sleep quality, favoured the device. One device-related harm was reported. These findings require outcome-by-outcome interpretation rather than a general claim of effectiveness. Essity…
An imec publication record describes a smart-diaper sensing design reported in the 2025 volume of IEEE Sensors Journal. Researchers use carbon-printed structures in the disposable product and a reusable external readout. Capacitive coupling allows the readout to detect moisture without a direct electrical connection to the printed structures. The work reports laboratory and in-field testing. It addresses how disposable sensing material and reusable electronics can…
Aalto University research published in 2025 explores a disposable sensor node powered by urine. Printed sensing electrodes and urine-activated electricity generation are combined with a low-power integrated circuit. The doctoral research reports experiments in containers and diapers, including repeated liquid doses and volume estimation. This approach could reduce reliance on a separate battery in the disposable component. Clinical evaluation remains necessary; the university record does…
An abstract on the International Continence Society's website reports an evaluation of TENA Identifi involving 801 residents across 42 Dutch long-term care and disability care organizations. The presentation is scheduled for October 8, 2026, in Sydney; the page does not state when the abstract was published. Data were collected between July 2022 and January 2026. After three days of measurement with sensors embedded in absorbent…
