DermaSensor Inc.

DermaSensor is a Miami-based health technology company that has developed an affordable, non-invasive, handheld device that evaluates skin lesions for skin cancer.

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  • A non-invasive, skin cancer detection device for physicians

    DermaSensor empowers physicians by providing objective, actionable results to aid in skin cancer detection by assessing cellular and sub-cellular features that cannot be seen visually or dermoscopically.

      • DermaSensor’s™ tip reflects and records quick bursts of light off the lesion’s cellular and sub-cellular content.

        The light is analyzed by the built-in computer to provide information to help physicians assess skin lesions (including melanomas, squamous cell carcinomas, and basal cell carcinomas) to aid in a referral decision.

        By examining the difference in light scattering, DermaSensor™ determines if the skin lesion is “Investigate Further” or “Monitor,” an immediate output.

        Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy (ESS) has been validated in 30+ publications on clinical studies. Many studies have shown ESS to provide information that is comparable to histopathologic assessment in the analysis of cellular microscopic structure.*


        *E RodriguezDiaz, et al. Optical spectroscopy as a method for skin cancer risk assessment. Photochem and Photobiol. 2019 Nov;95(6):1441-1445.

    • Laboratory & Diagnostics
    • Released
    • Clinical Reference, Cancer, Skin
    • Clinicians
    • Medical Management
    • Handheld
    • Other
    • FDA Cleared, CE Mark
    • Oncology, Dermatology
    • Device, AI & Decision Support
    • Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient
    • Digital Health Hub Winner (2025)
      • Dermatology Times covers the publication of DermaSensor's PATIENT-SELECT study, which found the device NPV to be 99% and that it correctly classifies 61% of patients' worrisome benign lesions.

        Nature publishes an article on the importance and implications of DermaSensor's FDA clearance and availability to all physicians.

        BioSpace covers the American Academy of Dermatology journal publication of the DERM-ASSESS III melanoma validation study, a prospective, multicenter DermaSensor study that provided evidence for FDA that the device sensitivity and overall accuracy was similar to the in-person expert dermatologists' performance for melanoma.

        BioSpace highlights the Primary Care and Community Health paper on a clinical utility study for EU regulators with 57 PCPs demonstrating that DermaSensor decreases PCPs' missed skin cancers by 68% and increases their overall accuracy.

        Practical Dermatology covers American Academy of Dermatology's publication of a prospective, multicenter DermaSensor validation study that provides early effectiveness evidence for regulators; the study found that device sensitivity and overall accuracy was similar to the in-person expert dermatologists' performance for all skin cancers.

        Mass Device covers the presentation of DermaSensor's FDA pivotal study at AAD showing the device performs similarly on skin of color.

        DermaSensor presents results from clinical utility study with 108 physicians, showing device uses decreases missed skin cancers by half and increases their overall accuracy.

        DermaSensor unveils study results demonstrating ability to detect skin cancer with FDA Breakthrough Device.


      • DermaSensor Inc.'s CE Marked, FDA Breakthrough device was cleared by FDA in January 2024 as the first skin cancer detection device in the U.S. that provides physicians with any form of immediate, objective risk assessment for all three common skin cancers. With $32M raised to date and supported by pioneering entrepreneurs Dr. Maurice Ferre and Dr. Fred Moll, our system has been used to assess thousands of diagnosed skin lesions across 15 clinical studies. The company's FDA pivotal validation study was conducted with 22 study centers (led by Mayo Clinic) and enrolled 1,005 patients and 1,579 lesions. This study found that the likelihood a lesion was cancerous ranged from 3% to 61% for the device result range of 0 to 10 (I.e. 3% for a result of 0, 61% for a result of 10). The companion FDA pivotal clinical utility study with 108 PCPs found that device use decreased their missed skin cancers (i.e. false negative referrals) by half while also increasing their overall accuracy.

      • DermaSensor will provide clinicians with additional information about a lesion for them to consider in their referral decision. DermaSensor™ does not definitively determine whether or not cancer is present, specify what type of cancer may be present, nor make any decision for the user.

         

        1. Identify lesions suggestive of skin cancer on the patient

        2. Apply handheld DermaSensor device to the lesion and initiate first recording

        3. Five spectral recordings are taken from the skin lesion to complete one scan

        4. DermaSensor’s algorithm analyzes spectral data and delivers assessment in seconds

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    DermaSensor

    By: DermaSensor Inc.

    Role: Physician
    Perfect for primary care physicians and any clinician to enable next level screening for skin cancer.

    Regulatory Approval/ Qualifications

    • FDA Cleared
    • CE Mark

    Awards and Recognition

    • Digital Health Hub Winner (2025)