Quasi‐Continuous Multimodal Sensing of Urinary Oxalate Dynamics for Home‐Based Metabolic Monitoring
Continuous at-home monitoring of urinary oxalate dynamics is vital for the comprehensive management of hyperoxaluria and thus reduces the risk of kidney stone formation. However, home-based devices for capturing dynamic oxalate profiles remain elusive, as urine is challenging to sample and unstable for subsequent biochemical testing. Here we report a remote multimodal sensing platform for achieving such urine monitoring during daily sequential urination through seamless embedding into a standard urine collection bucket. This platform integrates electrochemical oxalate sensing with simultaneous pH and urine-volume measurements to correct the matrix drift in oxalate quantification. We achieve quasi-continuous monitoring of 24 h urinary physicochemical dynamics under diet-induced transient hyperoxaluria. By decoupling oxalate concentration from multimodal signals per urination, we reveal distinct metabolic response profiles under different dietary oxalate loads, providing new real-time insights into oxalate metabolism and its associated risk of kidney stones. Our all-in-one sampling-and-testing platform could revolutionize clinical urine analysis for hyperoxaluria, shifting from a one-time, multi-day turnaround assay into a paradigm of quasi-continuous monitoring with immediate feedback. This work represents a practical route toward personalized management of hyperoxaluria and a decentralized metabolic monitoring strategy for urology.
Authors
- Yongchao Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4235-0079)
- Dongsheng Kong
- Bowen Zhong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9365-895X)
- Lili Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0422-4277)
- Zheng Lou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5744-3759)
- Xiaokun Qin
- Yongming Fan
- Yue Zhang
- Ying Yuan
- Hao Xu
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Chinese PLA General Hospital (CN)
- Beijing Forestry University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Chinese PLA General Hospital (CN)
- Institute of Semiconductors (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2026-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.75610
- Primary Topic
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00