Ability of Masimo SET pulse oximetry technology to significantly reduce false alarms without missing true hypoxic events cited as the reason for choosing Masimo over all other technologies
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI),
the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry and Read-Through Motion and Low Perfusion
pulse oximetry, today announced a partnership with Apria Healthcare to provide
pulse oximetry products and accessories for Apria's home health care business.
Apria Healthcare is America's leading provider of integrated home health care
products and services, offering a comprehensive range of home respiratory
therapy, diabetic supplies, medications and equipment, home infusion therapy
and home medical equipment services.
Apria conducted a competitive bid in which Masimo was selected due to the
superior clinical performance of its proprietary Masimo SET pulse oximetry
technology, which significantly enhances the ability of Apria's customers to
detect hypoxic events in the home care setting. This will provide patients
and caregivers with reliable warnings of these instances where blood oxygen
levels begin to drop, which in turn will lead to expedient intervention and
the delivery of the appropriate level of care.
Masimo SET has been clinically proven in more than 100 independent
clinical and laboratory studies to provide the most trustworthy continuous
noninvasive arterial blood oxygen saturation and pulse rate measurements even
under the most difficult clinical conditions, including patient motion and low
peripheral perfusion. These studies prove Masimo SET delivers improvements in
outcomes, safety and efficiency by providing accurate measurement of arterial
oxygen satuaration and pulse rate and significantly reducing false alarms
while improving detection of true events.
Joe E. Kiani, Chairman & CEO of Masimo, stated, "We are happy that Apria
has chosen Masimo SET technology to help keep their patients safe in a home
health care environment and are excited to be partnering with the leading name
in home health care. This partnership with Apria marks Masimo's entry into
the home care market in the USA. Our mission has been to improve patient
safety and reduce cost of care by taking noninvasive monitoring to new sites
and applications. We are proud to form this partnership with Apria to bring
reliable Masimo SET pulse oximetry into the home care setting."
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 substantially reduced false alarms and increased pulse oximetry's
ability to detect life-threatening events. More than 100 independent clinical
and laboratory studies have confirmed that Masimo SET technology allows
clinicians to accurately monitor blood oxygen saturation in critical care
situations. Our Masimo SET platform has significantly addressed many of the
previous technology limitations, has substantially contributed to improved
patient outcomes and has been referred to by several industry sources as the
gold standard in pulse oximetry. In 2005, Masimo introduced Masimo Rainbow SET
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. Founded in 1989,
Masimo has the mission of "Improving Patient Outcomes 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
http://www.masimo.com.
Contact:
Tom McCall
Masimo Corporation
949-297-7075
Masimo, SET, Signal Extraction Technology, Radical, Radical-7, Rad57,
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SOURCE Masimo Corporation