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Makani Science

Reinventing respiration monitoring

Founded
2018
Status
Active
Stage
Early
Team size
2
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Category
Medical Devices & Diagnostics
Sector
Medical Devices

About Makani Science

Makani Science is a medical device company based in Irvine, California. We have created the world's first wireless patch that can accurately and continuously monitor breathing. The company is co-founded by Dr. Michelle Khine and Dr. Michael Chu, two experts in the wearable monitoring space from the University of California, Irvine. The Makani Science system will collect unique breathing waveforms from patients in everyday environments to create the first large database of respiratory patterns associated with different diseases. Data will be collected through systems sold to our initial beachhead market, where we will help improve monitoring safety in patients being sedated for medical procedures. Our long-term goal is to combine machine learning with this database to identify and predict respiratory complications for different patient populations. We have a highly experienced team and will be FDA cleared in our beachhead market within a year.

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FDA clearances

1 510(k) clearance on record, 2025.

  • Makani ScienceĀ™ Respiration Monitoring System

K233953

Source: FDA 510(k) database via openFDA.

Clinical trials

1 registered trial with this company as lead sponsor, 2024.

Status
Completed (1)
Conditions
Respiratory Monitoring

NCT06521385

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov.

Federal research funding

2 NIH awards totalling $733,955, FY2025 to FY2026.

  • Continuous Respiratory Monitoring Platform for Classifying Apnea of Prematurity

Source: NIH RePORTER.

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