With the advent of smart phones, people do a lot while they're using the toilet these days.

So much so, that employers have been looking for smart solutions to get people off the toilets and back to work, up to installing whole new slanted toilets.

But some toilet manufacturers are pushing back.

What if we could make use of all the time people spent sitting on the toilet and do something health-conscience while they're there anyway?

Introducing the first smart toilet seat, Casana's Heart Seat™.

Here's a pic of the inner workings of this mysterious addition to your porcelain throne:

Heart Seat currently includes a ballistocardiogram (which measures the mechanical activity of the heart), an electrocardiogram (which measures the electrical activity of the heart), and the difficult-to-read "photoplethysmogram" (which detects blood volume changes).

It just received FDA approval.

After taking your measurements, Heart Seat connects to WiFi and sends that information to Casana's cloud, then to your medical providers.

Even while you're pooping, you'll have your team of medical professionals watching over you!

In simplified terms, it means you can replace your flesh-and-blood nurse with a toilet.

(My wife, a registered nurse, gave me a Paddington stare after that joke).

I have to wonder though. How does the Heart Seat control for vital sign changes from things like eating a spicy burrito?

Heaven knows, you don't want paramedics bursting into the restroom every time you you get heavy handed with the hot sauce.