Perimenopause affects hundreds of millions of women—yet too often the experience is under-measured and under-served. I was introduced to this startup at Web Summit 2024, and Peri immediately stood out for its crisp focus on objective, continuous measurement of what’s long been treated as “subjective.” Peri pairs a discreet wearable with a companion app to capture signals like hot flashes, sleep quality, anxiety trends, and more—so women and clinicians can act on data, not guesswork.

🔍 What Problem Is Peri Solving?

Perimenopause can last years and span fluctuating symptoms: vasomotor events (hot flushes/night sweats), sleep disruption, mood changes, and cycle variability. Traditional tracking relies on self-reporting, which is subjective and inconsistent across months. Peri’s thesis is simple: passive, continuous measurement beats memory—especially when health decisions and quality of life are at stake. Their site highlights the scale and emotional burden of this journey and positions Peri as a confidence-building companion.

🧩 How Peri Works (and What’s Inside)

Peri combines a skin-contact sensor worn discreetly under the breast with a mobile app that turns streams of signals into personalized insights:

• Passive symptom tracking: hot flushes, night sweats, sleep quality, and anxiety indicators—plus menstrual cycle trends and step count.
  
• Lifestyle context: activity and routine data to correlate “what you do” with “how you feel.”
  
• Comfort & continuity: the rechargeable sensor adheres using a proprietary patch, designed for 7–10 consecutive days of wear per adhesive. Interchangeable batteries allow swap-and-go without losing monitoring time.
  
• Membership kit: device, two batteries, charger + 20 adhesive patches; additional accessories available as needed.
  

Under the hood, Peri’s services incorporate AI/ML (including LLMs) to deliver insights—paired with a clear stance on privacy for sensitive health data. Peri is the trading name for identifyHer Inc. (U.S. subsidiary of identifyHer Ltd, Ireland), which underscores the company’s regulatory and commercial footprint.

💡 What Makes Peri Stand Out

• From self-reported to sensor-derived: Continuous, objective monitoring of vasomotor events and sleep signals supports more precise symptom mapping over time.
  
• Placement for signal quality: Under-breast placement maximizes fidelity while remaining discreet—important for both accuracy and adherence. (myperi.co)
  
• Ecosystem awareness: Recent media coverage has spotlighted perimenopause tech as a rising femtech category; Peri has been recognized among the new wave of wearables addressing this long-ignored need.
  

🤝 Where YOUR R&D and Peri Could Collaborate

At YOUR R&D, we specialize in full-cycle software and AI development for HealthTech—covering .NET backends, modern frontends, data/ML pipelines, cloud DevOps, and SDLC best practices. We also support digital marketing for product launches, all tailored to regulated healthcare contexts.

Here are pragmatic collaboration ideas to accelerate Peri’s roadmap:

1) Signal Intelligence & Explainable AI

• Build model pipelines to refine detection of vasomotor events and sleep disturbances.
  
• Add explainability layers so clinicians understand confidence intervals and drivers behind each insight.
  
• Establish offline/edge evaluation suites for new firmware or sensing heuristics before release.
  (YOUR R&D: AI/ML, data engineering, code/architecture reviews.)
  

2) Clinical-Grade Data Ops & Interoperability

• Normalize outputs to HL7® FHIR® resources for trials and clinical integrations.
  
• Create de-identified research datasets and audit trails for IRB submissions.
  
• Implement role-based access controls, PHI encryption, and event logging aligned to HIPAA/GDPR principles documented in Peri’s policies.
  

3) Scalable Cloud & Mobile Reliability

• Optimize ingestion APIs and analytics workloads for cost/performance; harden CI/CD and automated testing around firmware + app releases.
  
• Implement blue/green or canary deployments to reduce risk during algorithm updates.
  (YOUR R&D: DevOps, CI/CD, distributed systems.)
  

🧪 Why This Matters (Evidence & Category Momentum)

Wearables have demonstrated value for continuous symptom capture and risk assessment across multiple domains (sleep, falls, cardiometabolic), and women’s midlife health is now gaining long-overdue attention. Media and research ecosystems are primed for solutions that move beyond period/fertility tracking. Peri’s niche—perimenopause symptom detection and insighting—is timely and differentiated within femtech, per recent coverage of the space.

🔗 Useful Links

• Explore Peri: myperi.co (How it works, kit details, privacy).
  
• Learn about YOUR R&D services and mission: yourrnd.com and our blog.
  

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