{"id":8330,"date":"2025-11-19T11:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curiousdrive.com\/?p=8330"},"modified":"2025-11-19T21:34:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:34:45","slug":"ai-for-your-knickers-the-new-sanitary-pad-tracking-clot-size-and-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/curiousdrive.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/19\/ai-for-your-knickers-the-new-sanitary-pad-tracking-clot-size-and-flow\/","title":{"rendered":"AI for your knickers: The new sanitary pad tracking clot size and flow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The AI sanitary pad is here (Picture: Metro\/Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While early forms of period products<\/a> involved things like homemade cloths, today there’s an array of fixes that cavewomen and Victorian ladies would’ve marvelled at, from period pants to moon cups<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, though, women have been offered a new solution: the AI<\/a> sanitary pad. <\/p>\n

Joii is the world’s first AI-powered menstrual health<\/a> app, which, when used alongside a specially designed sanitary pad, can measure ‘blood volume and clot size with clinical precision.’<\/p>\n

The idea is that, armed with information, anyone who has a period will be able to work out what’s ‘normal’ for them, and notice changes in their period that could indicate wider health issues.<\/p>\n

But in a world that’s increasingly sceptical of AI, from concerns about how it’s shaping the job market to the impact it’s having on our love lives, is using this technology a help or a hindrance for women’s health?<\/p>\n

How does the AI sanitary pad work to track periods?<\/h2>\n

Joii is a product that, as founder Justyna Strzeszynska tells Metro<\/strong>, is for ‘anyone who menstruates.’ In particular, this includes younger people who aren’t so used to bleeding every month, and might want to ‘establish their own baseline’ in order to monitor changes in their cycle over time.<\/p>\n

She also says the app is to help people who are experiencing symptoms and want ‘clearer information to support conversations with clinicians,’ as well as those who ‘simply want objective insight’.<\/p>\n

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The new app uses AI technology and specially designed pads (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Justyna says: ‘Most of us are taught to self-assess our bleeding as light, medium, or heavy, without any real reference point. Joii provides measurement rather than estimation.’<\/p>\n

She created the app after her own difficult journey towards getting a fibroids diagnosis, which left her anaemic. She says medics would ask her about her flow, but she had no benchmark from which to measure it.<\/p>\n

She explains: ‘Measuring blood loss is simply the next step to better understanding our bodies and demanding the care we deserve. We want every woman to have proof, not just pain.’<\/p>\n

So, how does it all work? Joii uses AI technology, which is paired with specifically designed pads that claim to ‘instantly measure blood volume and clot size with clinical precision.’<\/p>\n

Before putting a pad on, users will need to scan it using their phone<\/a>, registering it on the app and giving it permission to track blood loss.<\/p>\n

Much like other period tracking apps, Joii also gives users the option to track wider period symptoms and rank them based on their severity, including pelvic pain, pain during sex, brain fog, and fatigue.<\/p>\n

What does the app flag as ‘abnormal’?<\/h2>\n

There’s no benchmark that the app would consider ‘abnormal,’ but it does use clinically approved guidance from both the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).<\/p>\n

These guidelines state that:<\/p>\n