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.…
Toi Labs published an announcement about Responsive Management Inc. planning a TrueLoo pilot across five Ontario care communities. The page is dated April 20, 2024, while the release text carries an April 5 dateline. WDO uses the page date for the source listing and preserves the difference here. The announcement concerns a planned pilot of toilet-based monitoring, not a completed five-site comparative study. It does…
A March 27, 2024 announcement from Toi Labs describes the introduction of TrueLoo at Trinity Village in Ontario, Canada. The toilet-seat-based system records toileting information for care teams. The announcement includes the named care provider’s account of integrating the technology into resident care. This is a deployment announcement published by the supplier, not a controlled clinical study. It does not establish effectiveness across Canadian care…
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…
Impress Watch reported on March 5, 2024 that Toray had developed a urine-detection sensor integrated into a diaper. The report describes work with diaper manufacturer Koyo and a care facility’s cooperation in checking detection during use. At the time, Toray was aiming for practical application during fiscal 2025. That target is not evidence of a later product launch. WDO checked the Japanese news report; readable…
Nazareth Home in Louisville, Kentucky reported on November 15, 2023 that it had agreed to purchase and install TrueLoo seats in resident rooms in its Maria Hall personal-care programme. The provider described an earlier pilot in its Charity Court memory-care area. A subsequent October 2024 Toi Labs award announcement provides a later account of the deployment. These sources document the provider’s adoption history. The provider…
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…
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…
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…
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…
