They call it "the quantified vagina". Harvard researchers are developing an intelligent buffer that can identify abnormalities in health from blood during menses.

A buffer in the service of health

Asked by the Fast Company website, infectious disease experts Ridhi Tariyal and Stephen Gire talk about women's diseases being detected too late. They realized that it was important to create a process that allowed women to collect their own blood samples and identify any abnormalities. Indeed, diseases can occur at any time and develop for a year before the next annual appointment at the gynecologist. The rules produced each month by their body, absorbed by a connected buffer, could help prevent diseases such as cervical cancer, endometriosis or uterine fibroids.

Control your health

Clinical trials would be underway for the smart stamp project to emerge. If so, the connected buffer could cure many problems that affect fertility and menopause. This buffer would be a way to have a real vision on his health, to be able to manage it "alone": Ridhi Tariyal specifies that when she wished to be pregnant, the doctors did not inform her entirely on her fertility. With this stamp, she could have access to information about her body.

This information belongs to women, to their bodies. With this tampon, women would have real control over their bodies and their health.

The company hopes to get a prototype for next year.