Did you know that the urine from your body has a wealth of information about your health?
Withings, a company that makes connected medical devices, has announced the launch of their new device called U-Scan, that sits within a toilet bowl and can analyze urine at home.
U-Scan consists of a pebble-shaped reader and a changeable analysis cartridge designed to assess specific biomarkers. The device automatically captures small amounts of urine and channels it into the analysis cartridge, which quickly begins chemical analysis. U-Scan automatically transmits readable results via Wi-Fi to Withings’ app.
The device is being developed for the consumer sector as well as the professional medical market.
For the consumer market, Withings will sell a U-Scan with an analysis cartridge for women’s monthly cycle tracking and a U-Scan with a cartridge for nutrition and hydration monitoring.
These devices will be available for purchase in Europe in 2023 following regulatory clearance.
Each U-Scan starter kit will be priced at $499. There is an additional subscription cost of $30 per month, which provides customers with automatic cartridge refills every 3 months.
As for the professional medical market, research is underway to see how the device improves follow-up care for patients with cystine renal lithiasis and uric acid renal lithiasis. The team is also studying how the device can be used to non-invasively detect bladder and ovarian cancer relapse.
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