Arrix’s at-home technology helps chronically ill patients manage medications

Arrix Inc.—an Irvine-based healthcare technology company—announced Aug. 31 it is opening a seed round for $300,000.

Arrix, founded in 2016, develops at-home technology that helps chronically ill patients manage their medications and provides a monitoring system for their providers and caretakers.

The funding will support the completion of its “virtual health coach” device, the Beacon, and the application programming interface (API) of its integrated mobile app MyArrix, enabling it to “hit the market with both products,” said founder and CEO James

Arric, who has worked in health tech for 15 years. “It’s not about staying on the medications,” Arric told the Business Journal. “It’s about getting healthier and having something that clearly monitors the patients for caregivers.”

The Beacon alerts patients when their medication window is approaching and whether or not to take it with food. It also beeps and lights up for visually and hearing impaired individuals.

MyArrix, which went live on the Google Play and Android stores last month, allows providers and caretakers to manage and contact their patients.

Specific users have downloaded MyArrix to test it in the real world, Arric said. The app is still in development and feedback is needed, he said.

Depending on testing and funding, it plans to release a second version within a few weeks on the Apple Store.