Sotera
Sotera Digital Health is a Carlsbad, California-based medical technology company that sells the ViSi Mobile System, a wireless wearable platform for continuous vital signs monitoring on hospital general care wards, using ML trained on 20+ million hours of patient data to detect early deterioration and reduce alarm burden.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2020
- HeadquartersCarlsbad, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Sotera does
Sotera Wireless, Inc. (doing business as Sotera Digital Health) is a privately held medical technology company headquartered in Carlsbad, California, that develops the ViSi Mobile System, a wireless, wearable platform for continuous vital signs surveillance in hospital general care settings. The system combines body-worn sensors (chest sensor, thumb sensors) with a wrist-worn monitor connected via radiofrequency to capture continuous non-invasive blood pressure (cNIBP), 3- or 5-lead ECG, SpO2, heart rate and respiration rate, skin temperature, posture, and life-threatening arrhythmia detection (V-Tach, V-Fib, Asystole, AFIB). Data streams in real time to the EMR and to clinicians' mobile devices via the ViSi Mobile InSight module, with alarms routed through configurable escalation paths.
The platform's differentiator is its machine learning layer, trained on more than 20 million hours of patient monitoring data, which detects early signs of patient deterioration while attempting to reduce alarm fatigue. The system is FDA 510(k) cleared, with software Version 6.0.1 certified in 2021. Clinical validation has been published through studies at Mayo Clinic (53% reduction in Rapid Response Team activations, 97% of deterioration events recognized and treated, ICU LOS reduced from 2.82 to 2.19 days), Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Wake Forest, Christiana Care, and Radboudumc (32% fewer unplanned ICU admissions across 7 departments and 117 beds).
Sotera sells through a direct enterprise field sales motion targeting hospitals and healthcare systems, supplemented by the Premier Inc. Breakthrough Technology group purchasing agreement (effective March 1, 2020) and channel support from HealthCare Links. Revenue combines hardware sales with software licensing and updates on multi-year contracts; pricing is not publicly disclosed and engagements begin with a "Request a Demo" on the company website. The company has expanded geographically from the United States into the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg (announced January 2022) and has signaled Asia-Pacific interest through its November 2023 presentation at the CMEF Shenzhen exhibition. Headcount is 11-50 employees and the company has not disclosed funding rounds or revenue.
Sotera firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Sotera
- Legal name
- Sotera Wireless, Inc.
- Website
- https://soteradigitalhealth.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2020
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Sotera Digital Health is a Carlsbad, California-based medical technology company that sells the ViSi Mobile System, a wireless wearable platform for continuous vital signs monitoring on hospital general care wards, using ML trained on 20+ million hours of patient data to detect early deterioration and reduce alarm burden.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Sotera industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Patient Monitoring Systems
- NAICS
- Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510)
- SIC
- Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Clinical-Grade Vital Signs Monitoring (ECG, SpO2, BP, Temp, Respiration) (HLACAPAI)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Vital Signs Monitoring (Multi-parameter, Spot-Check & Continuous) (HLAHACAA), Chronic Disease Remote Monitoring (COPD/CHF/HTN, Weight & Symptom Tracking) (HLAHACAI), Fall Detection, Safety & Emergency Response (PERS, Smart Home Health Sensors) (HLAHACAG)
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Where Sotera is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Carlsbad
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Sotera business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Medical Device Hardware and Software Sales: Sotera generates revenue through the sale and deployment of its ViSi Mobile patient monitoring system to hospitals and healthcare systems. The system is sold as an enterprise solution with flexible, scalable deployment options that leverage existing hospital IT and wireless infrastructure. Pricing and terms are pre-negotiated through group purchasing agreements such as the Premier Inc. Breakthrough Technology agreement.
- Software Licensing and Updates: The company releases software updates (e.g., Version 6.0.1 focused on clinical workflow and patient recovery) that enhance the system's capabilities. FDA-cleared software (Version 6.0.1) focuses on improving clinical workflow and patient recovery time, suggesting a model that includes ongoing software licensing and update services as part of the enterprise deployment.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Enterprise deployment for hospital systems |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels7 records
Sotera product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Sotera develops and sells the ViSi Mobile System, a wireless, wearable patient monitoring platform that continuously tracks vital signs (cuff-less blood pressure, ECG, SpO2, respiration rate, heart rate, skin temperature, posture, and life-threatening arrhythmias) on general care hospital wards. The system uses machine learning trained on more than 20 million hours of patient data to detect early signs of clinical deterioration and streams data in real time to the EMR.
Product overview
Sotera Digital Health offers the ViSi Mobile System as its primary platform for continuous vital signs monitoring in general care hospital settings. The system is a comprehensive wireless, wearable monitoring solution that continuously tracks blood pressure (including patented continuous non-invasive blood pressure), SpO2, ECG, heart rate, respiration rate, skin temperature, posture, and detects life-threatening arrhythmias and patient falls. The platform integrates machine learning from over 20 million hours of patient data to recognize early patient deterioration while minimizing alarm burden. An optional module called ViSi Mobile InSight delivers alarms to clinicians through configurable escalation paths to mobile devices. All data is streamed in real-time to electronic medical records. The system is FDA-approved and designed for use in non-ICU ambulatory healthcare settings.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- ViSi Mobile System A comprehensive wireless, wearable vital signs monitoring platform for continuous patient surveillance in hospital general care settings. The system includes body-worn sensors (chest sensor, thumb sensors) connected via radiofrequency to a compact wrist-worn monitor and continuously monitors continuous non-invasive blood pressure (cNIBP), 3-lead or 5-lead ECG, SpO2, heart rate/pulse rate, respiration rate, skin temperature, posture, and detects life-threatening arrhythmias (V-Tach, V-Fib, Asystole, AFIB) and patient falls. Vital signs stream in real time to the EMR and the system is sold as an enterprise solution to hospitals and healthcare systems, primarily targeting general care and post-surgical wards.
Quantifiable outcome
- 32% fewer unplanned ICU admissions (Radboudumc study, 7 departments, 117 beds)
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use Sotera
Customer profileNamed customers8 records
Segments1 record
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Sotera technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability3 records
Feature6 records
Sotera partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- AMI Expeditionary HealthcarecoreAMI Expeditionary Healthcare, a humanitarian medical services organization, chose the ViSi Mobile patient monitoring system for use in COVID-19 alternative response care facilities at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. This collaboration with the State of Georgia and Grady Memorial Hospital demonstrated the system's capabilities in emergency/humanitarian care settings and generated clinical evidence for the technology.
- Premier Inc.coreSotera Wireless was awarded a Breakthrough Technology group purchasing agreement with Premier Inc. in the Physiological Monitoring System Category, effective March 1, 2020. The agreement allows Premier members, at their discretion, to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier to purchase the ViSi Mobile System for continuous surveillance monitoring of patients during hospital stays. Premier is one of the largest GPOs in the United States, providing Sotera access to thousands of member hospitals.
- HealthCare LinksminorHealthCare Links, an outsourced Corporate Accounts company, facilitated the group purchasing agreement between Sotera Wireless and Premier Inc. HealthCare Links works with disruptive suppliers who offer healthcare providers better value and/or improved technologies.
Scale indicators8 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Sotera competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- VivaLNK: VivaLNK makes wearable vital signs sensors and connected health platforms targeting remote and continuous patient monitoring — overlaps with Sotera's wearable sensor approach but at a different scale and use-case mix.
- Isansys Lifecare: Isansys develops wearable wireless patient monitoring (Lifetouch, Lifesign) capturing continuous ECG, respiration, and other vitals — a smaller emerging player with overlapping multi-parameter continuous monitoring technology.
Others
- Oracle Health (Cerner): Oracle Health (formerly Cerner) provides the EHR platforms that Sotera's ViSi Mobile integrates with for real-time vital sign streaming — a critical infrastructure partner/ecosystem participant rather than a competitor.
Broad incumbents
- Mindray (BeneVision / ePM): Mindray is a global medical device player with the BeneVision and ePM patient monitoring lines, increasingly competing in the US hospital segment on cost-effective continuous monitoring — comparable to Sotera's clinical-grade positioning.
- GE HealthCare (CARESCAPE / DINAMAP): GE HealthCare provides a broad portfolio of patient monitoring solutions (CARESCAPE bedside monitors, DINAMAP spot-check NIBP) that Sotera positions against — deep hospital relationships, bundled capital sales, and global service networks.
- Philips (IntelliVue / Patient Monitoring): Philips Patient Monitoring (IntelliVue, wearable biosensor solutions) is one of the most entrenched incumbents in hospital continuous monitoring, with bundled offerings across monitoring, telehealth, and EMR integration.
- Dräger (Infinity / Vital Signs): Dräger offers the Infinity patient monitoring portfolio used widely in acute care hospitals — overlapping with Sotera in continuous vital signs and general ward surveillance use cases.
Direct peers
- EarlySense: EarlySense (InSight and contact-free under-mattress sensors) competes directly in continuous ward monitoring for early deterioration detection, sharing Sotera's clinical-outcomes-driven value proposition.
- Masimo: Masimo is a direct competitor developing continuous non-invasive patient monitoring technologies including rainbow SET pulse oximetry and wearable monitoring platforms (e.g., Radius-7) targeting hospital general care and post-surgical settings with comparable multi-parameter capabilities.
- Medtronic (Patient Monitoring / Vital Sync): Medtronic's Patient Monitoring business offers continuous vital signs monitoring and remote patient surveillance solutions for hospital wards, directly overlapping with Sotera's general care value proposition and target customer base.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Sotera social profiles
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Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Sotera leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
Sotera funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Sotera M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Sotera
What does Sotera do?
Sotera develops and sells the ViSi Mobile System, a wireless, wearable patient monitoring platform that continuously tracks vital signs (cuff-less blood pressure, ECG, SpO2, respiration rate, heart rate, skin temperature, posture, and life-threatening arrhythmias) on general care hospital wards. The system uses machine learning trained on more than 20 million hours of patient data to detect early signs of clinical deterioration and streams data in real time to the EMR.
Is Sotera a public or private company?
Sotera is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.
When was Sotera founded?
Sotera was founded in 2020. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Sotera based?
Sotera is headquartered in Carlsbad, United States, in the North America region.
How does Sotera make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Medical Device Hardware and Software Sales are the primary driver. The others are software Licensing and Updates.
Who are Sotera's main competitors?
Emerging players on record are VivaLNK and Isansys Lifecare. Oracle Health (Cerner) is listed as an others. Broad incumbents are Mindray (BeneVision / ePM), GE HealthCare (CARESCAPE / DINAMAP), Philips (IntelliVue / Patient Monitoring) and Dräger (Infinity / Vital Signs). Direct peers are EarlySense, Masimo and Medtronic (Patient Monitoring / Vital Sync).
Does Sotera have an API?
No public API is recorded for Sotera.
What industry is Sotera in?
Sotera's product category is Patient Monitoring Systems. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HLACAPAI, Clinical-Grade Vital Signs Monitoring (ECG, SpO2, BP, Temp, Respiration), with a secondary code of HLAHACAA, Vital Signs Monitoring (Multi-parameter, Spot-Check & Continuous). Its NAICS code is 334510 and its SIC code is 3841.