The Coprata experience is made possible with our patent-protected toilet technology, invented by a team of renowned experts in waste and wellness.
The best part: it feels & functions just like a normal toilet. You - and your house guests - won’t know it’s smart at all.
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Elegant engineering separates solid waste (AKA #2) from liquid waste (AKA #1). Sensors discreetly capture data during this temporary isolation, so you won't even notice it happening. Then, just like a regular flush, everything is set back to normal.
Improved Therapeutic Management
Your provider can make improved decisions based on stool data that is timely and accurate
Hands-free Stool Sample Collection
Convenience & dignity with no manual stool sampling
Personalized Insights
Objective data on toileting habits inform behavioral nudges to reduce problematic behavior
What's up next?
More data about stool. Crohn's and Colitis. Microbiome. Colon Cancer.
Morphological stool data is the first step of Coprata’s advanced stool analysis. The development of automatic stool sampling for biochemical analysis is currently underway. The Coprata Smart Toilet will enable hands-free collection of stool specimen, facilitating the measurement of fecal biomarkers. These biomarkers include calprotectin, which predicts flare-ups of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, as well as occult (hidden) blood detected by the Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT), a non-invasive screening for colon cancer. The stool specimen collected by Coprata’s Smart Toilet have been used for gut microbiome analysis. With convenient access to stool specimen provided by Coprata, we envision an increase in the number of fecal biomarkers used in health screening and disease management through clinical research.
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Our Evidence
Scientific publications and presentations
Sonia Grego, Claire M. Welling, Graham H. Miller, Peter F. Coggan, Katelyn L. Sellgren, Brian T. Hawkins, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, Jose R. Ruiz, Deborah A. Fisher, and Brian R. Stoner. "A hands-free stool sampling system for monitoring intestinal health and disease." Scientific Reports 12, no. 1 (2022).
Claire Welling, David R. Singleton, Steven B. Haase, Christian H. Browning, Brian R. Stoner, Claudia K. Gunsch, and Sonia Grego. "Predictive values of time-dense SARS-CoV-2 wastewater analysis in university campus buildings." Science of The Total Environment (2022): 155401.
Sonia Grego, Jin Zhou, Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Brian R. Stoner, Jose R. Ruiz, Deborah A. Fisher. "Automated Stool Image Analysis for Artificial Intelligence in a Smart Toilet." Gastroenterology 160 (May 2021).
Jin Zhou, Nick DeCapite, Jackson McNabb, Jose R. Ruiz, Deborah A. Fisher, Sonia Grego, Krishnendu Chakrabarty. "Stool Image Analysis for Precision Health Monitoring by Smart Toilet." Proceedings of Machine Learning Research 149 (2021).
Learn more about the research https://smarttoilet.pratt.duke.edu/
Grants and Backing
Built in collaboration with advisors
Laurie Keefer, PhD
GI Health Psychologist and Professor of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, Rome Foundation Board Member
William Chey, MD
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Michigan Medicine and Senior Director at GI on Demand
Jose Ruiz, MD, MPH
Advanced/Therapeutic Endoscopy Fellow at University of Pennsylvania Health System