Latest Pulse oximeter Stories
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Azumio's Instant Heart Rate, a biofeedback-based heart rate monitor app for iPhones and Android devices, hit the 10 million download mark this week -just a year after launch. The app measures the user's heart rate in only 10 seconds by using the smartphone's camera and flash to track color changes in the light that passes through the index finger as new blood is delivered with every heartbeat. The 10-million milestone is the latest in a...
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that it shipped its 1,000,000th Masimo SET® pulse oximeter and rainbow® SET Pulse CO-Oximeter (excluding hand-held units). The one millionth oximeter went to Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo, New York, as part of a new NICU, Labor & Delivery and Nursery technology conversion. To celebrate this milestone, Masimo held a Millionth Oximeter Celebration at its corporate headquarters in Irvine,...
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that findings from a new study published in the Journal of Critical Care Medicine demonstrate that noninvasive and continuous hemoglobin (SpHb®) monitoring has absolute and trending accuracy similar to widely used invasive methods of hemoglobin measurement with additional advantages. Study highlights that "the ability to measure hemoglobin noninvasively and continuously with SpHb has significant...
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonin Medical, Inc., the inventor of finger pulse oximetry and a leader in noninvasive medical monitoring, today announced the launch of the Onyx® Vantage 9590 professional finger pulse oximeter at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) 2011 Annual Congress in The Netherlands. The Onyx® Vantage accurately captures SpO2 and pulse rate measurements even in the presence of low perfusion. The new device features 6,000 spot checks, making it the...
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has added Critical Congenital Heart Defects (CCHD) screening using motion-tolerant pulse oximetry as a national newborn screening standard. In addition, the largest UK study of pulse oximetry screening for CHD detection, published online in the Lancet (appearing in the November 2011 print edition), demonstrates that when Masimo SET®...
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CareFusion (NYSE: CFN), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the launch of the ReVel(TM) ventilator, a new high performance, portable device designed for pediatric to adult (min. 5Kg) patients who require breathing support during transport. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, go to: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/carefusion/50615/ (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110919/MM54818 ) The...
PARIS and IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients admitted to Centre Hospitalier (CH) de Chaumont in France can feel safer thanks to a new technological guardian angel. Today, in addition to hospital staff, patients at Chaumont are being safeguarded by Masimo Patient SafetyNet(TM)--a new, advanced remote monitoring and wireless clinician notification system designed to help hospitals avoid preventable patient deaths and injuries associated with failure to rescue events--one...
PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Spectros Corporation announced today an expansion of its distribution channels in Europe and Asia with the signing of 3 new distributors based in Korea, Switzerland, and Denmark. These groups join other distributors already selling Spectros products outside of the U.S. "We are excited that distributors are increasingly recognizing the opportunity offered by the superior performance of the T-Stat® 303 VLS Tissue Oximeter," noted...
Medical diagnosis -- but not as we know it! A new hi-tech £1million-plus non-invasive disease detection facility, developed by the University of Leicester, has been unveiled today (Sept 1st 2011) for use in Leicester Royal Infirmary's A&E department. It is designed to detect the "sight, smell and feel" of disease without the use of invasive probes, blood tests, or other time-consuming and uncomfortable procedures. Scientists use three different types of cutting-edge technology...
HONOLULU and IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The healthcare professionals at Shriners Hospitals for Children® - Honolulu, which perform hundreds of orthopaedic surgeries on children each year, are using the latest in medical technology from Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) to noninvasively monitor patient blood levels during selected surgeries. Without the use of needles, the innovative technology instantly lets the healthcare team know if a patient has internal bleeding so they can...
