Eccrine Systems, a Cincinnati-based startup that uses sweat sensors to analyze a wearer's sweat, has received what the company is calling a "key patent."
Officially, said patent was issued to University of Cincinnati researcher and Eccrine System co-founder and CSO Jason Heikenfeld, but the company "holds exclusive rights to the UC patent," a release on the announcement states.
It works like this: "The patented invention covers the use of on-body sweat devices that are capable of electronically correlating two or more measurements of an analyte with the time at which the analyte emerged in newly excreted sweat," the release explains. "Without the use of the invention it is likely not possible to correlate sweat analyte data trends with chronological blood values or similar physiological measurements."
The development was initially developed by Heikenfeld four years ago, and Eccrine Systems will use it to help "correlate the data derived from its sweat sensor devices, including data and algorithms that will define the pharmacokinetic profile of medications that are excreted in locally stimulated sweat."
"The future of health care demands more actionable information in the context of our daily lives. This patented invention enables continuous monitoring of physiology through biomarkers in sweat to improve health, safety, and productivity," Eccrine Systems CEO Gavi Begtrup told Cincy Inno.
This isn't the first milestone for the 2013-founded company. A portfolio company of CincyTech, it's raised $14.5 million in funding over four rounds.
Editor's Note: Eccrine Systems was named one of Cincy Inno's 19 Startups to Watch in 2019.
