After years in development, the FDA has said a smart, sensor-laden toilet seat has passed the agency’s muster.
Casana—a startup describing itself as “the industry leader in monitoring heart health through smart toilets”—has received a green light for its Heart Seat to log users’ pulse rate and blood oxygen saturation, as part of its pitch for “effortless” at-home patient monitoring.
The company, formed as a spinout of the Rochester Institute of Technology, said it also plans to seek additional FDA clearances for checking blood pressure every day (or more), and aims to have its Heart Seat publicly available by the end of this year.