Masimo Signs Supplier Deal with GE

GE Healthcare and Masimo have signed a long-term agreement under which GE will incorporate Masimo Rainbow SET technology into many of GE Healthcare’s patient monitoring products.

“Combining Masimo’s measurements advances with our innovative patient monitors enhances bedside clinical decision-making and ultimately, supports patient care,” said Matthias Weber, general manager of Monitoring Solutions at GE Healthcare. “Through our focused Monitoring Solutions division, GE Healthcare is committed to optimally collecting information from the patient’s body, and transforming it into meaningful intelligence for caregivers. Masimo’s suite of noninvasive and continuous Rainbow SET measurements will further enhance the point-of-care clinical intelligence benefits already offered in GE Healthcare’s patient monitors.”

Masimo’s Rainbow SET non-invasive and continuous measurements include total hemoglobin, oxygen content, carboxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin, and Pleth Variability Index, in addition to the measure-yhrough motion and low-perfusion performance of Masimo SET oxyhemoglobin, perfusion index, and pulse rate. The techology provide additional physiological data at the point of care that can help clinicians assess patients and detect adverse conditions much earlier.

The measurements help caregivers identify conditions such as low levels of blood oxygen, hemoglobin, and/or perfusion, as well as elevated levels of carbon monoxide and methemoglobin in the blood, abnormal pulse rates, and fluid responsiveness.

According to Rick Fishel, Masimo’s president of Worldwide OEM Business and Corporate Development: “GE Healthcare’s patient monitoring lines have a long history of innovative clinical measurements and system solutions that enhance patient care decisions. We are excited to announce this expansion of our partnership with GE Healthcare and are proud to work with them to incorporate Rainbow SET measurements in their monitoring solutions to continue this tradition for the benefit of customers and the patients they serve.”

Masimo, a provider of noninvasive monitoring technologies, is based in Irvine, Calif.