Microlife Medical Home Solutions

What Microlife Medical Home Solutions does

Microlife Medical Home Solutions, doing business as Microlife and legally organized as Microlife Corporation, is a US-based privately held medical device company headquartered in Golden, Colorado. Founded in 2007, the company sells FDA 510K-cleared Class II medical hardware and companion software for cardiovascular and metabolic disease management. Its core offering is indirect calorimetry technology — the MedGem and BodyGem devices measure patient resting metabolic rate (RMR) by analyzing breath oxygen consumption (VO2), delivering results in ten minutes or less and validated against the Douglas Bag gold standard and standard metabolic carts. A second product line, the WatchBP family of professional blood pressure monitors (Office, Home, O3, Vital) and the MultiCare vitals ecosystem (Bluetooth pulse oximeter, forehead thermometer, AFIB-screening BPM), addresses cardiovascular risk assessment and integrates with the PointClickCare electronic health record system.

The business model is hardware-led: MedGem system kits are sold at $4,099 on a one-time perpetual basis, supplemented by recurring disposable accessories (mouthpieces, nose clips). Companion Analyzer software is bundled with hardware purchases to generate personalized weight management plans and clinical reports. Reimbursement is enabled through the AMA CPT Code 94690, which Medicare and some commercial insurers cover. Go-to-market is direct: products are sold via the company's e-commerce site (microlife-us.com) and direct sales outreach to healthcare professionals — dietitians, endocrinologists, cardiologists, bariatricians, and research scientists — with phone and email customer support. The company has no disclosed external funding, no parent or subsidiary relationships, no M&A history, and no leadership or restructuring disclosures in the source material.

Operationally, Microlife runs as a small organization (11–50 employees) with a single-country US footprint under the Microlife Corporation legal entity. The company has no public mobile applications, no disclosed API or SDK, and no AI/ML capabilities described in the available data. Its strategic posture emphasizes clinical validation, regulatory clearance, and narrow workflow integration (PointClickCare) over broad platform expansion.

Name

Microlife Medical Home Solutions

Legal name

Microlife Corporation

Website

https://mimhs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Microlife Medical Home Solutions is a US medical device company that sells FDA-cleared indirect calorimeters (MedGem, BodyGem) and professional blood pressure monitors (WatchBP, MultiCare) to dietitians, endocrinologists, cardiologists, bariatricians, and research scientists via direct e-commerce and CPT 94690 reimbursement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Devices

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Hydration, Nutrition & Metabolic Tracking Devices (Smart Bottles, Breath/Metabolic Analyzers) (CRACAQAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cardiometabolic RPM & Chronic Disease Management (diabetes, hypertension, CHF, obesity) (HLALAFAA), Pulse Oximeters & Respiratory Monitors (Consumer) (CRACAQAF), Blood Oxygen & Respiratory Monitoring (Pulse Oximetry, Capnography, Spirometry) (HLAHACAD), Respiratory Monitoring & Oximetry (Capnography, Pulse Oximeters, Respiratory Rate) (HLAHAGAI), Thermometers & Temperature Monitoring (Smart Thermometers) (CRACAQAG)

Keywords

• Indirect calorimetry devices
• Metabolic rate measurement
• Blood pressure monitors
• Medical diagnostic devices
• Cardiovascular monitoring systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Golden

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Medical Device Hardware Sales: Sale of FDA-cleared medical devices including indirect calorimeters (MedGem, BodyGem) and blood pressure monitors. One-time hardware purchase model with disposable accessories (mouthpieces, nose clips). Medicare and insurance reimbursement available for healthcare providers using CPT Code 94690.
2. Professional Companion Software: BodyGem Analyzer professional companion software included with device purchase for developing personalized weight management plans and generating educational reports.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Microlife Medical Home Solutions designs, manufactures, and sells FDA 510K-cleared class II medical devices for two primary clinical applications: (1) indirect calorimeters (MedGem and BodyGem) that measure resting metabolic rate (RMR) via oxygen consumption analysis, accompanied by proprietary Analyzer software for personalized weight management planning; and (2) WatchBP professional blood pressure monitors (Office, Home, O3, Vital) with AFIB screening capability for cardiovascular risk assessment, with the WatchBP Vital system integrating with PointClickCare EHR. The company also offers MultiCare vital monitoring accessories including Bluetooth pulse oximeters and forehead thermometers.

Product overview

Microlife Medical Home Solutions offers clinically-validated health monitoring devices across two primary product lines: (1) Indirect Calorimeters including MedGem and BodyGem for resting metabolic rate (RMR) assessment, both accompanied by proprietary Analyzer software for personalized weight management planning; and (2) WatchBP professional blood pressure monitors including WatchBP Office, WatchBP Home, WatchBP O3, and WatchBP Vital for cardiovascular management. The WatchBP Vital system integrates with PointClickCare for streamlined vital sign collection in clinical settings. Additional vitals products include Bluetooth Pulse Oximeters and Forehead Thermometers within the MultiCare ecosystem. All products are clinically validated to meet industry standards for accuracy and reliability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WatchBP: Professional blood pressure monitors product line for cardiovascular management and diagnosis of heart diseases and stroke risks.
• WatchBP Vital
• WatchBP Office
• WatchBP Home
• WatchBP O3
• MedGem
• BodyGem
• MultiCare
• BodyGem Analyzer

Products and services

• MedGem

Quantifiable outcome

• RMR accounts for 65-75% of daily caloric needs, making accurate measurement essential for weight management programs

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PointClickCarecoreTechnology or IntegrationWatchBP Vital system integrates with PointClickCare electronic health records for streamlined vital sign collection, auto-population of data, and reduction of documentation errors in clinical workflows.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Korr Medical Technologies: Direct competitor in handheld indirect calorimetry (REEVUE) for clinical RMR measurement, serving dietitians, bariatricians and weight-management clinics with the same use case as MedGem/BodyGem.
• COSMED: Manufacturer of clinical metabolic carts and indirect calorimeters (Fitmate, Quark RMR) used by the same dietitians, endocrinologists and cardiometabolic specialists targeted by Microlife.
• Parvo Medics: Specialist in metabolic measurement systems (TrueOne 2400) used in clinical and research settings for resting energy expenditure, directly overlapping Microlife's RMR testing use case.

Broad incumbents

• Omron Healthcare: Large incumbent in blood pressure monitoring and connected vitals devices, competing head-on with the WatchBP line for clinicians and home users in cardiovascular monitoring.
• Masimo: Leading pulse oximetry and patient monitoring company; directly competes with Microlife's MultiCare Bluetooth pulse oximeter and broader vitals ecosystem in clinical settings.
• Philips: Broad incumbent in patient monitoring, connected care and clinical informatics; competes with WatchBP Vital and indirect calorimetry workflows in hospitals and integrated delivery networks.
• Hillrom / Welch Allyn (Baxter): Major provider of professional blood pressure monitors and vital signs devices used in clinical workflows, competing directly with WatchBP Office across office-based clinicians.

Emerging players

• Nonin Medical: Specialist in pulse oximetry and capnography for clinical and remote monitoring; competes with Microlife's Bluetooth pulse oximeter in connected vitals use cases.
• Withings: Consumer-grade connected health devices (BP monitors, smart scales, sleep) increasingly adopted by clinicians; adjacent competitor for Microlife's home BP and vitals devices.
• BodyTrace (seca): Connected medical-grade scales and body composition analyzers used by dietitians and weight-management clinicians, overlapping Microlife's weight-management and metabolic assessment workflow.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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