LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Wicked Technologies, a Louisville-based healthcare innovation company specializing in continence care solutions for senior living, has announced the commercial launch of its newest product, Wicked Smart Pad™.
This is the first product of its kind to address one of the most pressing challenges in caregiving with dignity, efficiency and peace-of-mind in assisted living and memory communities. Manufactured in the United States, the product is machine-washable, reusable, and sensorized to detect moisture in real-time and report it wirelessly to caregivers.
Since 2024, the Wicked Smart Pad has been validated and improved through successful pilot programs in senior living communities, fueled by National Institute on Aging (NIA) funding, and is FDA-registered. The company has secured $5 million in equity funding and SBIR grants.
Alli Truttmann, founder and CEO of Wicked Technologies (fka Wicked Sheets), launched the smart bedding company 16 years ago to address her own personal issue with night sweats. Her expertise in moisture management and bedding solutions led her to pivot the business from sheets to smart bedding that serves an even larger market: our aging population.
“We’re thrilled to take this next step in our company’s future,” said Truttmann. “Our mission is to modernize incontinence care and preserve dignity for millions of residents in senior care.”
The Wicked Smart Pad was inspired after the loss of Truttmann’s own grandmother. She suffered from the failures of today’s ‘solutions’ while dealing with dementia, incontinence and skin breakdown.
Truttmann developed the smart pad, geared for those in assisted living and memory care, to address the industry’s current solution, which requires a caregiver to manually inspect a resident every one to four hours for incontinence events. This process disrupts residents’ sleep cycles and can leave urine in contact with the sensitive skin of aged adults. It’s estimated that 13 million people live with incontinence, and one in ten will develop incontinence-related bedsores from urine. Most significant is the data analytics available through the use of the product in determining patterns of incontinence. Moisture events alert caregivers through a dashboard, only when intervention is needed. For senior living communities, the use of the product is cost and labor-saving.
About Wicked Technologies
Wicked Technologies, Inc. is an innovator in smart bedding solutions, specializing in patented technology that addresses challenges caused by excess moisture. Based in Louisville, Ky., its flagship product, the Wicked Smart Pad™, is a breakthrough in incontinence management. The pad detects moisture in real time and rapidly alerts caregivers, delivering a smarter, more reliable way to ensure comfort, dignity and timely care. The product is commercially available, manufactured in the U.S. and is FDA-registered. For information, email sales@wickedsmarteam.com or call 1-888-977-9881.
About Wicked Smart Pad™
The Wicked-Smart Pad™ is designed specifically for senior care settings and is the first of its kind. This washable, dryable and reusable pad is equipped with advanced sensors that detect moisture events in real time, rapidly sensing as little as one ounce of urine and sending alerts to caregivers. The product is FDA-registered, manufactured in the U.S. and commercially available.
For information, email sales@wickedsmarteam.com, call 1-888-977-9881 or visit https://wickedsmartpad.com/.
