Irvine micro device maker Xidas Inc. launches prototypes

Xidas Inc., an Irvine-based maker of micro devices, has launched prototypes for its smart, microfluidic in-line sensors that measure blood pressure.

Xidas was founded in 2015 and develops novel, “ultra-miniaturized products” for the life science, industrial and IoT sectors. Xidas’s small volume sensors have near-zero dead volume and can be used in wearable drug delivery products, portable diagnostics devices, in-line process monitors, miniature catheters, and high throughput biological systems, officials said.

“We are proud of this achievement: a useful, practical, highly integrated microfluidic sensor that can accurately measure the pressure in a single drop of blood,” Xidas’ co-founder and CEO Mark Bachman said in a statement. “This is the first of many upcoming integrated microfluidic innovations from Xidas that will enable leading companies worldwide to miniaturize their fluidic systems.”

Xidas is a portfolio company of Kairos Venture Capital and operates out of a 3,500-square-foot office at 46 Waterworks Way.

Bachman, a former professor at University of California, Irvine, won a Business Journal Innovator of the Year Award in 2019.

“This is a significant milestone for this young company, and provides a glimpse of the disruptive nature of their technology and vision,” Kairos’ CEO Jim Demetriades said.