Chicago startup Voyant’s smart toilet wants to improve pregnancy tests


For women, going to the emergency room for treatment often means enduring a pregnancy test, which could rule out certain medications if the results come back positive. The current process of collecting and testing a woman’s urine involves multiple steps, but a Chicago startup wants to speed up the process and make it more comfortable for patients.

Voyant, a medical startup based in health-tech incubator MATTER, has created a smart toilet that administers pregnancy tests in about 5 minutes. Following…

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