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Vivoo introduced a smart menstrual pad at CES.
It turns period blood into data insights.
The health company also launched its smart toilet sensor.
The next generation of health wearables isn't wrapped around wrists or fingers. They're lodged inside toilets and menstrual pads.
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At-home health and wellness testing company Vivoo unveiled its conceptual FlowPad at CES in Las Vegas on Monday, alongside the launch of the Vivoo Smart Toilet, an optical clip-on sensor that measures hydration.
The future of hormone health
The FlowPad looks like your run-of-the-mill menstrual pad but is built with a microfluidic diagnostic layer underneath that directs menstrual blood into biomarker zones for testing fertility, ovarian health, and perimenopausal hormones. The results of the test show up in Vivoo's app after a user scans the pad's results through their phone camera or enters them manually.
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