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InflammaSense

Revolutionizing Health Care with Autonomic AI

health AIdigital healthmedtechbiopharma
StageSeed
Raised$5.7M
Founded2023
Employees4
LocationSan Diego, CA

About

One liner: InflammaSense is building the VITAL-X-PATCH it records a new vital sign termed Autonomic Neurography or ANG; it immediately transmits disease severity to a clinician with millisecond precision. With the developed VITAL-X-PATCH InflammaSense is in process with FDA for clearances expected in 6 months time. Our novel and purpose-made machine-learning algorithms drive high quality and reproducible data analyses with continuous stratification of autonomic and inflammation states across nth number of diseases. The company has successfully navigated the regulatory landscape, obtaining a Non-Significant Risk (NSR) determination and completing key Pre-Submissions for the envisioned clinician decision support system; it focused on sepsis diagnostics using wearable Autonomic Neurography (ANG). The 510(k) clearance process is underway (Q-submission complete and Clinical Testing Plan in process), while progress continues towards DeNovo and PMA approval are scoped for the current raise. InflammaSense has filed multiple patents, with licensing complete and or licensure agreements from UCSD and Duke University in progress. The company has secured $1.65 million in dilutive funding, combining a Seed round of $1.4 million and an additional $250K in pre-seed funding. This funding has supported the development of its wearable sensor patch & InflammaSense has also attracted substantial backing from key government agencies, including BARDA, DARPA/ARPA-H, and NIH, totaling $4.05 Mil which have funded important projects in sepsis and inflammatory response diagnostics. With these milestones in place, the company is well-positioned to pursue its $7.5 million Series A raise to further advance its technologies, aiming for FDA approvals and commercial rollout by 2029.

Product

Value proposition
Real-time, objective multi-modal biomarkers (neural autonomic and molecular) to improve patient selection, monitor disease progression, and accelerate clinical trials with AI-driven personalization.
Target customers
pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, government-funded research, clinical researchers, healthcare providers

Founders

  • Imanuel Lerman, M.D. M.S. — Co-Founder, CEO
  • Rahul Singh, Ph.D. — Co-Founder, CTO

Categories

Healthcare AIBiomarker technologyMedical monitoringClinical trials optimization

Products

wearable multisensor monitoring (ECG, PPG, Temperature, Body Motion)Autonomic Neurography (ANG) monitoringin-silico saliva and blood metabolite protein analysisAI-driven biomarker modelingclosed-loop monitoring systems

Key features

real-time millisecond-scale vital signsmultimodal data fusion (neural + molecular)biomarker-driven patient stratificationpredictive modeling of treatment responseenhanced clinical trial design and efficiencyclosed-loop health monitoring

Technologies

wearable sensorsECGPPGtemperature sensingmotion sensingANG autonomic neurographymolecular PoC biomarkersAI/predictive analyticsin-silico metabolomics

Target conditions

inflammatory diseasessepsishemorrhage-related hemodynamic compromisegeneral inflammatory conditions

Care settings

hospitalclinical trialsdefense/warfare medical applicationscorporate wellnessmilitary

Traction metrics

Projected revenue: $8M year 1 in 20 hospitals, $30M-$60M+ in clinical trials, $20-40M+ in defense, $30M+ in corporate wellness$13.6B Sepsis Based Hospital Losses per year

Investors

KittyHawk VenturesMetagrove VenturesKevin ZuberDARPABARDANIH

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Profile updated Jul 29, 2026. Sources: inflammasense.com

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