FDA Clears Smart Toilet to Measure Heart Rate and Oxygen Saturation

The FDA has given clearance to Casana’s Heart Seat, a replacement for a standard home toilet seat, which measures heart rate and oxygen saturation.

The toilet seat has embedded sensors that measure vital signs of adults weighing between 90 and 350 pounds, collects the data each time the seat is used, and automatically uploads the data to a cloud location for access by healthcare providers to monitor patients in their homes.

“The healthcare system has been searching for this actionable intelligence for decades, and it turns out, we were sitting on a great idea all along,” said the company.

Casana plans on submitting subsequent filings to measure blood pressure and aims to produce an initial product market launch by the end of this year.

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