Dascena, Inc.

Hayward, CA · Digital health · Acquired by CirrusDx (2022)

Machine learning software that learns from clinician decisions in electronic health records to autonomously label and predict sepsis cases, reducing false alerts in clinical decision support systems

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Sector
Digital health
Headquarters
Hayward, CA
Total capital
$4.9M
Federal grants
$4.7M
10 awards · 2015–2021
Rank in peer group#12 of 32
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$172K
1 award · Health and Human S
Rank in Digital health#30 of 818
Granted patents
0
13 pending

Capital timeline

2015201620172018201920202021FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $4.9M$348K$348K$311K$325K$349K$2M
2015201720192021FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $4.9M$348K$348K$349K$2M

Latest events

  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Using Clinical Treatment Data in a Machine Learning Approach for Sepsis Detection$2M
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Developing an Unbiased Machine Learning Tool for Prediction of Acute Coronary Syndrome$257K
  • Federal contractHealth and Human S · Dascena R&d Effort For Coviage: Rapid Deployment Of An Accessible Machine Learning Software For COVID-19 Severity Predictions Will Progress In Work Segments With Key Deliverables Being Due During The Base Period Of Performance Of The Contract.$172K
  • Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Machine Learning for Screening Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in General and COVID-19 Patient Populations$225K
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Early Identification of Acute Kidney Injury Using Deep Recurrent Neural Nets, Presented with Probable Etiology$349K
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Pediatric sepsis prediction: a machine learning solution for patient diversity$300K
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Using clinical treatment data in a machine learning approach for sepsis detection$325K
Show 4 earlier federal awards
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · A computational approach to early sepsis detection$311K
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Autonomous system supporting patient specific transfer and discharge decisions$348K
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Autonomous system supporting patient-specific transfer and discharge decisions$348K
  • Federal grantNSF · Phase I · STTR Phase I: An integrated platform for the analysis of patient health record data to enable predictive clinical decision support$225K

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Standing among 32 peers

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Digital health · Software

  • Federal grants#12 · top 38%
  • Linked publications#1 · top 3%

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What it has protected

USPTO · 0 granted of 13
  • PendingSystems And Methods For Automatically Notifying A Caregiver That A Patient Requires Medical InterventionUSPTOApplication 17022951
  • PendingSystems And Methods For Automatically Identifying A Candidate Patient For Enrollment In A Clinical TrialUSPTOApplication 17022986
  • PendingDrug Administration TimingUSPTOApplication 15934985
Show all 13 patent records
  • Systems And Methods For Automatically Notifying A Caregiver That A Patient Requires Medical InterventionMar 17, 2022 · Application 17022951Pending
  • Systems And Methods For Automatically Identifying A Candidate Patient For Enrollment In A Clinical TrialMar 17, 2022 · Application 17022986Pending
  • Drug Administration TimingSep 26, 2019 · Application 15934985Pending
  • Patient Filtering Based On Likelihood Of Side EffectsSep 26, 2019 · Application 15934986Pending
  • Patient Selection Based On Drug MechanismSep 26, 2019 · Application 15934988Pending
  • Diagnostic Support Systems Using Machine Learning TechniquesDec 15, 2016 · Application 14740250Pending
  • Diagnostic Support Systems Using Machine Learning TechniquesDec 15, 2016 · Application 14740255Pending
  • Diagnostic Support Systems Using Machine Learning TechniquesDec 15, 2016 · Application 14740254Pending
  • Multi Time- Scale,multi-parameter, Differentially Weighted And Exogenous-ompensated Phylologicmeasurement AnalysesDec 15, 2016 · Application 14740259Pending
  • Expansion And Contraction Around Physiological Time-Series Trajectory For Current And Future Patient Condition DeterminationDec 15, 2016 · Application 14953110Pending
  • Systems And Methods For Automatically Identifying A Candidate Patient For Enrollment In A Clinical TrialApplication PCTUS2021050620Pending
  • Diagnostic System For Current And Future Patient Condition DeterminationApplication PCTUS2016063000Pending
  • Systems And Methods For Automatically Notifying A Caregiver That A Patient Requires Medical InterventionApplication PCTUS2021050618Pending

Recent research by its founders

  • Application-driven pedagogical knowledge optimization of open-source LLMs via reinforcement learning and supervised fine-tuning20260 cites
  • Generative intelligence explores the chemical space of ten million catalysts20260 cites
  • Health-related Quality of Life Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension and both: A cross sectional study in a Tertiary Healthcare Centre, Kolkata.20260 cites
  • DascenaShares a founder: RITANKAR DAS
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Regulatory activity · Digital health

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Sources

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