There have been many treatment and management modalities for urinary incontinence including absorbent products and urine collecting devices, but these modalities are manual in nature, requiring significant time and effort from caregivers. Recently, the application of sensor technology for urine detection in absorbent products and urine collection devices has helped to create new modalities for urinary incontinence and to automate some of the incontinence care processes. In this article, we review the new products and devices for incontinence care which make use of urine detection sensors.
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