Masimo Rainbow SET(R) Acoustic Respiration Rate Monitoring Generates Significant Interest IRVINE, Calif., Dec 09, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today that it has received the prestigious Zenith Award for equipment and service excellence from the American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC) at their 55th Annual AARC International Congress in San Antonio, Texas. Masimo Rainbow SET Acoustic Monitoring was also featured in live demonstrations at the Masimo commercial exhibit and received very favorable reviews from respiratory therapists.
For the second year in a row, Masimo has achieved AARC's top industry recognition honoring respiratory care equipment and pharmaceutical manufacturers for quality and service excellence. More than 400 companies were eligible for one of five Zenith Award honors. Award winners are chosen by the association's membership--more than 44,000 respiratory care professionals--based upon the quality of equipment and/or supplies, accessibility and helpfulness of sales personnel, as well as the company's responsiveness, service record, truth in advertising, and overall support of the respiratory care profession.
In addition, hundreds of respiratory care professionals from all over the world were among the first to see live demonstrations of Masimo Rainbow SET Acoustic Monitoring--providing noninvasive and continuous respiration rate (RRa(TM)) that is accurate, easy-to-use, and enhances patient compliance. Masimo Rainbow SET Acoustic Monitoring may enable earlier detection of respiratory compromise and patient distress--offering a breakthrough in patient safety for post-surgical patients on the general floor. Comments received from respiratory therapists at the AARC Congress included the following:
David Gibson, RRT, Supervisor, Medical City Dallas Hospital in Dallas, Texas, stated: "As a caregiver, I appreciate Masimo's commitment to innovation--they have done it again with their new Acoustic Respiration Rate Monitoring technology. Finally, there is a reliable, easy, comfortable, and cost-effective way to monitor breathing sounds on my patients on the general floor."
Jenni Raake, MBA, RRT, Respiratory Care Coordinator, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, stated: "I see so many uses for Masimo's Rainbow Acoustic Monitoring, across so many care areas. With the wireless Masimo Rad-87 monitor, I believe it will be a great technology for patients needing ambulation. It should also be perfect for conscious sedation procedures."
Abbie Rosenberg, RRT, RCP in Santa Cruz, California, added: "I believe that Masimo Acoustic Respiration Rate will help hospitals effectively monitor and avoid sentinel events in post-surgical patients using patient controlled analgesic pumps."
Joe Kiani, Founder & CEO of Masimo, stated: "We are honored to receive the Zenith Award. This recognition is especially gratifying because it comes from the clinicians who use our products every day. It's also exciting to see the reactions and hear the positive reviews from respiratory therapists who saw first-hand demonstrations of Rainbow Acoustic Monitoring."
Michael O'Reilly, MD, Masimo's EVP of Medical Affairs, stated: "Respiratory care professionals attending the AARC Congress were truly excited by the introduction of Rainbow SET Acoustic Monitoring with its ability to monitor the breathing status of patients, 24/7. Respiratory care professionals are not alone in their excitement, as all clinicians who care for patients receiving patient-controlled analgesia for pain management know that sedation can slow breathing and place patients at considerable risk. For these patients, early intervention and appropriate treatment could mean the difference between life and death."
About Masimo
Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) develops innovative monitoring technologies that significantly improve patient care -- helping solve "unsolvable" problems. In 1995, the company debuted Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, known as Masimo SET(R), which virtually eliminated false alarms and increased pulse oximetry's ability to detect life-threatening events. More than 100 independent and objective studies demonstrate Masimo SET provides the most reliable SpO2 and pulse rate measurements even under the most challenging clinical conditions, including patient motion and low peripheral perfusion. In 2005, Masimo introduced Masimo Rainbow SET(R) Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM), a breakthrough noninvasive blood constituent monitoring platform that can measure many blood constituents that previously required invasive procedures. Masimo Rainbow SET continuously and noninvasively measures total hemoglobin (SpHb(TM)), oxygen content (SpOC(TM)), carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO(R)), methemoglobin (SpMet(R)), PVI(R), and acoustic respiration rate (RRa), in addition to oxyhemoglobin (SpO2), pulse rate (PR), and perfusion index (PI), 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/.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in connection with the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations about future events affecting us and are subject to risks and uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control and could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in our forward-looking statements as a result of various risk factors, including, but not limited to: risks related to our belief that the breakthrough respiration rate monitoring capabilities of Masimo Rainbow SET Acoustic Monitoring technology will allow clinicians to detect and treat respiratory compromise and patient distress earlier, risks related to our belief that Masimo Rainbow SET Acoustic Monitoring technology will provide sufficient sensitivity and specificity to measure respiratory rate in a variety of patients and monitoring conditions, risks related to our assumptions regarding the commercial timing and availability of the technology, as well as other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which may be obtained for free at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we do not know whether our expectations will prove correct. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of today's date. We do not undertake any obligation to update, amend or clarify these forward-looking statements or the "Risk Factors" contained in our most recent reports filed with the SEC, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under the applicable securities laws.
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