Meet Isah Dahiru: An ABU Pharmacist who invented an AI-powered smart bladder

An ABU Pharmacist, Isah Dahiru from the U13PH Class and his company Specxscare Ltd have won the first position in NCC’s 2023 Talent Hunt research through a hackathon.

The talented Abusite won the 1st position medal in his category and took home a cash award of N10m from the Nigerian Communication Commission NCC for inventing an artificial intelligence-powered smart bladder device which is used for the treatment of urinary incontinence in elderly people.

Pharmacist Isa who is from Awuyo Local Government Area of Jigawa State won the “Assistive Tech Thematic Area” Category Award.

The Assistive Tech Thematic Area Category is for the participants to create a technology that can assist elderly people and people with urinary problems to urinate at the right time and without peeing on themselves.

WHAT DID HE INVEST?

Pharmacist Isah Dahiru invented a wearable device called “SMART BLADDER” which can help manage urinary incontinence in elderly people and reduce the cost of their daily spending while ensuring proper personal hygiene.

The device is a wearable Pampers/diapers, wristwatch-like, flattened and easy-to-use device. It has a bioactivated sensor that works to help in automatic control of the opening and closing of the sphincter of the bladder.

It sends an impulse to the brain, that tells the brain that the bladder is filled and needs voiding. With that, there will be no urination on oneself.

The smart bladder has;

-Wearable medical device,
-An artificial intelligence-powered bioactivated sensor,
-Organic copper electrodes,
-In-silico simulated receptor cells
-Hashing doodle and microchip

Once it is in contact with your skin, the bioactivated sensors will be activated and impulses will be sent to the brain and overactive bladders are then sensitized to allow normal micturition reflex.