Dozee: Saving Lives with India's First AI-Powered Contactless Remote Patient Monitoring System
In the high-pressure environment of a hospital ward, critical changes in a patient's vitals can often go unnoticed between manual nurse checks. Mudit Dandwate, the Co-founder of Dozee, experienced this anxiety firsthand during a family health crisis. Leveraging his background in building race cars and mechanical simulation at **IIT Bombay**, he decided to solve the problem using micro-vibration technology. Today, Dozee is India's first AI-based, contactless monitoring system, helping over 300 hospitals save 30-40 lives every single day through early warning alerts.
Mudit's journey from Gwalior to the forefront of global healthtech is a masterclass in technical empathy and iterative engineering. After years of designing Formula-style race cars and simulation software at **Altair Engineering**, he and his co-founder **Gaurav Parchani** recognized that the same sensors used to monitor high-performance engines could monitor the human heart. By reviving the century-old science of Ballistocardiography with modern machine learning, they have built an FDA-cleared system that works through a mattress—without ever touching the patient.
The Science of Ballistocardiography (BCG)
While an ECG measures the electrical activity of the heart, BCG measures its mechanical impact—the micro-vibrations created by individual heart walls moving and blood pumping. This science is over 100 years old, but it required the massive processing power of modern AI to filter out "noise" and deliver clinical-grade biomarkers like heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure with 99% accuracy.
From Race Cars to the "Contactless" Breakthrough
Mudit Dandwate's early life was fueled by a passion for speed. At IIT Bombay, he built four race cars and even redesigned the edges of a cricket bat to decrease reaction time for catches. But it was a "naughty dog" that led to his most significant innovation. "To save our early sensor sheet from my dog, we hid it under the mattress," Mudit recalls. "When we saw the dog's vitals being captured perfectly through the mattress, we realized we had a contactless system."
This accidental discovery solved a major pain point in healthcare: patient comfort. Traditional monitoring involves wires, electrodes, and cuffs that prevent sleep and cause skin irritation. Dozee's sensor is a thin sheet that goes under the mattress, allowing for continuous, clinical-grade monitoring while the patient simply "dozes"—hence the name.
"Entrepreneurship is only three things: Ownership, Self-belief, and Energy. Everything else—accounting, marketing, hiring—is an outcome. If you truly own the problem, you will learn whatever it takes to solve it, even if you fail the first two times."
The Inflection Point: Navigating COVID-19
Dozee spent its first five years in deep R&D, perfecting algorithms and conducting clinical trials at institutions like NIMHANS, Jayadeva, and AIIMS. Initially launched for home users, the company faced a massive pivot when the pandemic struck. "Hospitals didn't have enough ICU beds, and nurses couldn't enter infectious wards frequently," Mudit explains.
By deploying Dozee as a remote monitoring and early warning system (EWS), hospitals were able to turn ordinary beds into "step-down ICUs." The system flagged exactly which patients were at risk, allowing a single nursing station to manage an entire ward safely. This proof-of-concept accelerated Dozee's adoption, leading to its current footprint in 300+ hospitals and its mission to ensure that every hospital bed in the 21st century is a monitored bed.
How the Dozee Alert System Works
- Capture: Micro-vibrations from the heart and lungs are captured by the thin-sheet sensor under the mattress.
- Convert: Proprietary AI algorithms convert these vibrations into biomarkers (BP, Heart Rate, SpO2, ECG).
- Analyze: The Early Warning System (EWS) analyzes trends against a clinical baseline.
- Alert: If an anomaly is detected, life-saving alerts are sent instantly to clinicians' and nurses' mobile devices.
Beyond Vitals: The Future of Data Science in Health
Mudit views Dozee not just as a hardware company, but as a data science engine. With billions of data points captured, the team is now building algorithms for sleep apnea detection, fall prevention, and bed-sore monitoring. By analyzing the patient's subtle movements and vibration patterns, Dozee aims to predict adverse events days before they manifest physically.
Dozee: Impact at Scale (Jan 2026)
- Alert Volume: Generating 30 to 40 life-saving alerts every single day.
- Network: Functional in over 300 hospitals across India.
- Regulatory: FDA 510(k) cleared for clinical-grade accuracy.
- Economic: Reducing the burden on nurses while improving patient safety outside the ICU.
- Precision: Benchmarked at 99% accuracy against traditional ICU-grade equipment.
Founder's Wisdom: The Cost of Indecision
Reflecting on a decade of entrepreneurship, Mudit Dandwate emphasizes that the most valuable resource is time. He believes that a wrong decision is better than a delayed one, as a wrong move can be corrected, but lost time is gone forever. His philosophy of "extreme ownership" is what allowed Dozee to survive the garbage-in-garbage-out phase of early AI development.
Mudit's Guide for HealthTech Innovators
Iterate Before You Pitch: We iterated our sensor 50 times before it worked properly. Don't hit the market until your data is clinical-grade.
Listen to the Nerve: We failed our first few pitches because our messaging didn't hit the customer's actual need. Pivot your story until it resonates.
Research is Constant: Even with FDA clearance, our research mode is always on. We are constantly asking: "How can we make it even better?"
The Meaning of Entrepreneurship
For Mudit Dandwate, entrepreneurship is the best use of a person's highest-energy years. By turning 24 and deciding to use the next 15 years to "change the world for the better," he has built a legacy that is measured in lives saved rather than just spreadsheets. As Dozee scales toward a global presence in the $175 billion remote monitoring market, it remains rooted in that original mission of technical empathy.
In the world of 21st-century healthcare, Mudit Dandwate and his team are proving that the most powerful medical tools are often the ones you never even feel. As he puts it, "Knowing that we save 40 lives a day allows me to have a very sound sleep."
About the Guest
Mudit Dandwate is the Co-founder and CEO of Dozee. A mechanical engineer from IIT Bombay, Mudit began his career building Formula-1 style race cars and later worked at **Altair Engineering**, specializing in mechanical simulation software. In 2015, he co-founded Dozee with Gaurav Parchani to revolutionize remote patient monitoring. He is a recognized leader in the Indian healthtech ecosystem and has been instrumental in securing FDA 510(k) clearance for Dozee's proprietary technology. He is passionate about using data science and sensor technology to solve high-impact human health problems.
Dozee is India's first AI-based contactless remote patient monitoring and early warning system. By utilizing clinical-grade sensors placed under the mattress, the platform provides continuous, non-invasive monitoring of vitals including heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure. Backed by top-tier investors like Prime Venture Partners and General Catalyst, Dozee is committed to improving patient safety and healthcare efficiency through innovative data-driven solutions.