RHAEOS, INC
FlowSense, a wireless wearable device that non-invasively measures cerebrospinal fluid flow through hydrocephalus shunts
- Sector
- Medtech
- Headquarters
- Evanston, IL
- Founded
- 2018
- Latest Form D
- $6.2M, Mar 2023
- Total capital
- $13M
- Federal grants
- $6.8M
- 7 awards · 2020–2026
- Rank in peer group#184 of 538
- Private capital raised
- $6.2M
- 1 Form D · last Mar 2023
- 44 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 4
- 8 pending · first 2023
- Rank in peer group#125 of 538
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Enhancing Healthcare Delivery and Patient Outcomes: Noninvasive Wireless Sensors to Improve Ventricular Shunt Monitoring, Reduce Imaging, and Alleviate the Burden on Providers, Patients, and Families$966K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Lowering Economic, Infrastructure, & Physical Barriers with Noninvasive, Wireless Telemedicine Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Sensing for Pediatric Hydrocephalus Patients in Puerto Rico$299K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Enhancing Healthcare Delivery and Patient Outcomes: Noninvasive Wireless Sensors to Improve Ventricular Shunt Monitoring, Reduce Imaging, and Alleviate the Burden on Providers, Patients, and Families$966K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Development of wearable sensors for continuous wound monitoring$307K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$6.2M
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Diversity supplement for noninvasive, wireless thermal sensors for the quantitative monitoring of ventricular shunt function in patients with hydrocephalus$3.1M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Development of a Noninvasive, Wireless Telemedicine Flow Sensor for Patients with Hydrocephalus$979K
Show 1 earlier federal award
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Hardware and Software Development for Noninvasive, Wireless Flow Sensors for Patients with Hydrocephalus$250K
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Federal first
38months
from RHAEOS, INC’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jan 2020
- NSF · $250K
- First Form D · Mar 2023
- $6.2M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 3 awards
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Standing among 538 peers
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- Federal grants#184 · top 34%
- Granted patents#125 · top 23%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Adam Chad ZyskResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by 2 patents
- Anna Lisa SomeraResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by $4.3M in grants as PI
- Chad Chad SeaverDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John A. RogersExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Roozbeh A. GhaffariDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- R. Chad WebbExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 4 granted of 12- GrantedAdhesive PatchUSPTOUS D1,130,755
- PendingWearable Thermal SensorsUSPTOApplication 19346363
- GrantedFlow SensorUSPTOUS D1,085,923
Show all 12 patent records
- Adhesive PatchJun 16, 2026 · US D1,130,755Granted
- Wearable Thermal SensorsApr 2, 2026 · Application 19346363Pending
- Flow SensorJul 29, 2025 · US D1,085,923Granted
- Wearable Thermal Sensors, Systems And Methods ThereofMar 6, 2025 · Application 18725949Pending
- Flow SensorNov 7, 2023 · US D1,004,105Granted
- Wireless, Non-invasive, Continuous Monitoring Of Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Through ShuntsAug 10, 2023 · Application 18003218Pending
- Flow SensorFeb 14, 2023 · US D,978,357Granted
- Wearable Thermal Sensors, Systems And Methods ThereofApplication PCTUS2022082608Pending
- Wearable Thermal Sensors, Systems And MethodsApplication 63295193Pending
- Wearable Thermal Sensors, Systems And MethodsApplication PCTUS2024036320Pending
- Wireless, Non-invasive, Continuous Monitoring Of Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Through ShuntsApplication PCTUS2021038850Pending
- Wireless, Non-invasive, Continuous Monitoring Of Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Through ShuntsApplication 63043720Pending
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Regulatory activity · Medtech
- New Animal Drugs; Approval of New Animal Drug Applications; Withdrawal of Approval of New Animal Drug Application; Change of SponsorFood and Drug Administration
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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