

Makani Science
Reinventing respiration monitoring
About Makani Science
Where is Makani Science headquartered?
Makani Science is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.
What does Makani Science do?
Reinventing respiration monitoring
What problem does Makani Science solve?
Existing respiratory monitoring has lag time in detecting dangerous breathing events, a growing risk given more outpatient procedures using sedation, heavy post-operative opioid use, and an aging population with conditions like obesity and cardiovascular disease.
What's Makani Science's solution?
Makani Science built a wearable patch sensor that continuously and noninvasively monitors respiratory rate, tidal volume, and minute ventilation, streaming real-time breathing waveforms to a mobile device so clinicians can detect and manage respiratory events with no lag time.
What makes Makani Science different?
The page cites a physician quote calling it 'a simple, direct and intuitive way to know how the patient is breathing,' emphasizing continuous, wireless, noninvasive real-time monitoring on standard mobile platforms as its edge over existing devices like pulse oximetry, capnography, and spirometry.
What makes Makani Science notable?
Co-founded by Dr. Michelle Khine, a UC Irvine professor of biomedical engineering, along with Michael Chu, PhD; the sensor technology originated in Khine's university lab.
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