Withings in the present day introduced the U-Scan, a miniaturized well being lab that attaches to a bathroom bowl and collects urine for house urine screening. Withings says that urine screening can present a right away snapshot of the physique’s stability, and supply helpful monitoring and detecting of a “giant number of well being info.”

Measuring in at 90mm in diameter, the pebble-shaped U-Scan is designed to gather urine by means of a group inlet. When the presence of urine is detected by means of a thermal sensor, a pump is activated that sends the urine to a selected take a look at pod the place a chemical response is learn by an optical module. The U-Scan can channel urine by means of a number of pods to take a number of readings at one time. When the measurement is full, the urine is purged by means of a waste outlet and the U-Scan is cleaned when the bathroom flushes.

The U-Scan is supplied with dozens of miniaturized take a look at pods that may present numerous well being readings, with the knowledge despatched to the Withings app on the iPhone over WiFi. Every cartridge of take a look at pods lasts for 3 months earlier than it must be changed, and the reader itself is rechargeable. The Withings app is ready to present outcomes, actionable insights, and steering based mostly on the urine outcomes.

Withings says that the U-Scan can be utilized by a number of folks because it is ready to distinguish between customers by means of a Stream ID characteristic. Sensors within the reader measure a number of variables to determine a person consumer’s urine stream by figuring out the motion and distance of the stream.

U-Scan will launch first in Europe with Nutri Steadiness and Cycle Sync3 cartridges. The Cycle Sync exhibits menstrual cycle predictions and an ovulation window for girls based mostly on hormonal detection, particular gravity, and pH ranges, plus it provides a water stability evaluation and a protein-vegetable stability studying.

The Nutri Steadiness provides an evaluation of particular gravity, pH, vitamin C, and ketone ranges. It’s also in a position to present fluid and water stability for locating preferrred hydration ranges and protein-vegetable stability for optimizing dietary consumption.

Withings is launching the U-Scan in Europe within the second quarter of 2023, and it is going to be priced at 499.95 euros for the reader and one cartridge. U-Scan might be out there in the USA following future FDA testing.