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Medical Device Innovator Spreads Winds In Country
Masimo, the inventor of breakthrough noninvasive patient
monitoring technologies, recently announced the opening of offices across India
to meet the health demands.
"We have found that India is an important market for several
reasons - the most important is that the penetration of high technology devices
is very low, a factor that could lead to thousands of avoidable instances of
death and illness. As a leader in noninvasive patient monitoring, including
measure through motion and low perfusion pulse oximetry, Masimo's technologies
will be able to make a significant impact to improve patient safety and
outcomes," said Jon Coleman, president, Masimo Worldwide Sales, Professional
Services and Medical Affairs.
Masimo is a publicly traded medical technology company. It is
working with India's medical and nursing practitioners to raise greater
awareness of the clinical and cost challenges that innovative technologies can
solve, including, pulse oximetry. Compared to other pulse oximeters during
patient motion and low perfusion, Masimo SET provides measurements which they
claim other pulse oximeters cannot. It dramatically reduces false alarms, and
accurately detects true alarms that can indicate a deteriorating patient.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Medical-device-innovator-spreads-winds-in-country/articleshow/29151064.cms
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High-purity medical plastics, and more specifically
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There's a growing focus on extractables in healthcare supplies and equipment as
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