ukuda Denshi's Dynascope DS-7300
Bedside Monitor is released with Masimo SET
®April 18, 2006 -Fukuda Denshi Co. (Tokyo, Japan) and Masimo (Irvine,
CA) today announced a purchasing and licensing agreement under which
Fukuda Denshi will integrate Masimo Signal Extraction pulse oximetry
technology (SET) into its future patient monitors. Fukuda Denshi
is a leader in the research, development, manufacture and sale of
patient monitors and medical devices. Masimo is the inventor of
Pulse CO-Oximetry™ and Read-Through Motion and Low Perfusion Pulse
Oximetry.
Fukuda Denshi and Masimo also announced the availability of the
Masimo SET technology in Fukuda Denshi's Dynascope DS-7300 bedside
monitor. The DS-7300 will incorporate all monitoring parameters
contained in the Masimo SET Radical®
pulse oximeter, including Perfusion Index (PI) a relative assessment of
blood flow at the monitoring site and Signal IQ™ (SIQ) technology,
which allows clinicians to continuously monitor pulse identification
and signal quality during low perfusion and patient motion conditions.
Masimo SET technology has been clinically proven in many independent
studies to be accurate during patient motion and low perfusion.
Studies show that Masimo SET has virtually eliminated false alarms
while enhancing the ability to detect true alarms.
Kotaro Fukuda, President of Fukuda Denshi stated, "After a thorough
review of all pulse oximetry technologies available in the marketplace,
we concluded that Masimo SET is simply the best oximetry technology
available for critical care. Masimo SET improves the performance
and reliability of pulse oximetry measurement by substantially reducing
the problems of motion artifact, low peripheral perfusion and most low
signal-to-noise situations. We are proud to be able to offer this
breakthrough technology to our customers."
"Fukuda Denshi is a leader in patient monitoring because they
consistently seek to provide best-in-class technology in their
monitoring solutions, "said Joe E. Kiani, CEO and Chairman of Masimo.
"The Dynascope DS-7300 with Masimo SET is yet another example of Fukuda
Denshi's commitment to improving patient outcomes by giving clinicians
access to leading-edge technologies. Fukuda Denshi has a history of
leadership in patient monitoring technologies that extends for over
half a century. We are honored to have been selected as Fukuda
Denshi's pulse oximetry platform, and to share in their tradition of
excellence."
About Masimo
Masimo develops innovative monitoring technologies that
significantly improve patient care- helping solve "unsolvable"
problems. In 1995, the company debuted Read-Through Motion and
Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, known as SET, and with it virtually
eliminated false alarms and increased pulse oximetry's ability to
detect life-threatening events. Over 70 independent clinical
studies have confirmed that Masimo SET technology allows clinicians to
accurately monitor blood oxygen saturation in critical care
situations. In 2005 Masimo introduced Rainbow SET and with it,
Pulse CO-Oximetry, which, for the first time, noninvasively monitors
the level of carbon monoxide and methemoglobin in the blood, allowing
early detection and treatment of potentially life-threatening
conditions.
Masimo, founded in 1989, has the mission of "Improving Patient
Outcome and Reducing Cost of Care by Taking Noninvasive Monitoring to
New Sites and Applications." Additional information about Masimo
and its products may be found at www.masimo.com
Masimo, SET, Signal Extraction Technology and
Improving and Reducing Cost of Care by Taking Noninvasive Monitoring to
New Sites and Applications are registered trademarks of Masimo
Corp. Rainbow and Pulse CO-Oximetry are trademarks of Masimo Labs.
Contact:
Brad Langdale
949-297-7009
blangdale@masimo.com
About Fukuda Denshi
Fukuda Denshi Co., Ltd. was founded in 1939 as Fukuda Special
Medical Electric Co. by the late Takashi Fukuda (former chairman of the
board of directors) who took part in the development of Japan's first
electrocardiograph in 1935. Now, the company has the sales points
not only in each region of Japan but also throughout the world, and is
well known as "Electrocardiograph's Fukuda" in the world. In
addition, through technical and marketing tie-ups with domestic and
foreign enterprises, the company is developing the business from the
examination field to therapeutic equipment, home medicine and emergency
lifesaving fields. Fukuda Denshi acquired the approval to the
international standard ISO 9001 for quality system in 1995 and the
approval to the international standard ISO 14001 for environment
management system in 2003.