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Nihon Kohden America, Inc. Receives Frost & Sullivan's Prestigious Product Innovation Award

Posted on: Monday, 11 August 2008, 06:00 CDT

Nihon Kohden America, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded with the distinguished Frost & Sullivan 2008 Product Innovation Award for the Wireless Patient Monitoring Market for the company's thought leadership in promoting the defensive monitoring(TM) concept and the Prefense Early Detection and Notification System. Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this Award to the company that has demonstrated the ability to develop and/or advance products with more innovative capabilities than competing vendors and products. The Award recognizes successful adoption of new or existing technology that has become a part of its well-designed product family. Such innovation is expected to significantly contribute to the industry in terms of product performance and degree/rate of technical change.

Prefense, the world's first Early Detection & Notification System, is designed to protect patients from medical harm and enhance the efficiency of Rapid Response Teams. Prefense, in combination with the NTX telemetry wireless transmitter, is unique, as it allows patients to freely ambulate while measuring heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation and respiration -- 4 of the 7 critical parameters that trigger a Rapid Response Team. It is a simple, easy to use and cost-effective solution that can assist hospitals in aligning their quality initiatives with the new CMS regulations. For more information on Prefense please visit www.savelivesavoidcosts.com

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has demonstrated that every patient in a hospital qualifies as an at-risk patient, not just those in conventionally monitored areas such as critical care or telemetry. "We believe that these adverse events can be prevented, along with the additional treatment and hospital time that result," states Mike Dashefsky, VP of Patient Monitoring. "We are glad to be recognized as a pioneer in this new category of defensive monitoring."

In the formal award review, Frost & Sullivan notes that "Nihon Kohden's Prefense Early Detection and Notification System offers hospitals a cost-effective method to save lives and reduce ICU readmissions while significantly improving workflow. Nihon Kohden's commitment to enhancing patient care resonates through its innovative products and solutions, such as the NTX, which will be a great force behind the success of the 5 Million Lives campaign. By providing consumers with premium and ground-breaking solutions at competitive prices, Nihon Kohden was able to further increase its market share in the North American multiparameter patient monitoring market, a direct result of their successful market strategies."

"Designed to improve the response rate and speed of the Rapid Response Teams, the Prefense system is a combination of Nihon Kohden's innovative NTX technology and low acuity central station interface, with continuous trend analysis and notification," notes Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Mike Arani. "Triggered by any number of key changes to the patient's condition or a clinician's decision, the Prefense system can immediately notify the Rapid Response Team. This On-Demand and quick notification system speeds up IHI suggested interventions and helps save more lives."

About Frost & Sullivan

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About Nihon Kohden America, Inc.

Nihon Kohden America, Inc. was founded in 1979 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Nihon Kohden Corporation, Japan (founded in 1951). Nihon Kohden America Inc. is a market leader in Patient Monitoring, Sleep Assessment, Neurology and Cardiology instrumentation. Our products are distributed to hospitals throughout North America. More information about Nihon Kohden America, Inc. can be found at www.nkusa.com.

Source: Business Wire

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