
"The nurse, Helle Wictor, contacted the Innovation department at Helsingborg City where she worked, and what is now Optisense Care, has emerged from that work. The startup focuses on developing a smart, radar-equipped toilet seat, under the name ZenSeat, that uses AI to monitor bowel movements, helping caregivers detect constipation early in dementia patients and prevent serious health complications. Is it possible to invent something that alerts the nursing staff if a patient hasn't pooped? said Helle Wictor, the initiator of the idea"
"Constipation in elderly individuals, particularly those with dementia, can lead to severe suffering, hospitalizations, and even life-threatening conditions like intestinal obstruction. Since many patients cannot communicate their symptoms, caregivers often struggle to identify issues in time. Optisense Care's solution is a wireless, AI-powered toilet seat that analyzes waste using radar technology. The system alerts caregivers when a patient hasn't had a bowel movement for several days, enabling timely intervention."
"For now, while we're talking about orders in the tens up to maybe 200-300 units, we can handle production manually. But if we see larger orders coming in, we'll invest in a molding tool to enable mass production of the toilet seat. said Peter Ryback to Rapidus The company raised a small round of 270.000 earlier this year, from one founder, Loop Capital, and business angels, according to Swedish Tech News."
A nurse's question prompted the founding of Optisense Care and the development of ZenSeat, a wireless, radar-equipped toilet seat that uses AI to analyze waste. The system detects absence of bowel movements and notifies caregivers when a patient has not had a bowel movement for several days, enabling timely interventions to prevent constipation-related suffering, hospitalizations, and intestinal obstruction. The startup, led by CEO Peter Ryback, is preparing a pre-pilot in Helsingborg elderly care with interest from Malmö and Gothenburg. The company raised about 270,000 SEK from founders, Loop Capital, and business angels and plans scalable molding for mass production if orders grow.
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