Devices & Diagnostics

Needleless sensor patch aims to replace frequent bloodwork

Digital health incubator Rock Health is hosting the 2012 Health Innovation Summit this week in […]

Digital health incubator Rock Health is hosting the 2012 Health Innovation Summit this week in San Francisco. In a series of posts, I’ll be profiling some of the interesting new health companies represented at the summit. You can browse all of the startups I liked from the Rock Health summit here.

What if people who have a condition that requires frequent bloodwork could have continuous access to their basic metabolic panel readings without ever having to be poked by a needle?

Early-stage startup Sano Intelligence is taking this concept and running with it, developing a transdermal sensor patch that its founders think could continuously monitor metabolic panels and deliver that data to software platforms or mobile devices.

Founded by Raj Gokal and Ashwin Pushpala — and springboarding off a college project Pushpala worked on — Sano Intelligence is hoping to provide digitalized blood chemistry information to patients and providers through a variety of applications. The original idea was intended for use in diabetes patients, but the founders said they have decided instead to focus on less crowded spaces in healthcare.

Gokal and Pushpala will participate in the Rock Health acceleration program this spring.

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