New Clinical Studies Demonstrate the Accuracy of Masimo Noninvasive and Continuous Hemoglobin Monitoring ...( IRVINE Calif. Oct. 21 /- Clinical S...),Health

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today that new clinical studies presented this week at the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, show Masimo noninvasive and continuous hemoglobin (SpHb(TM)) technology is reliable and accurate compared to invasive blood tests for both healthy subjects and hospitalized patients. Another study presented found Masimo PVI to be an accurate, reliable automatic noninvasive indicator of a patient's ability to respond to fluid.

Clinical Study Highlights

Accuracy of Noninvasive Hemoglobin Measurements by Pulse CO-Oximetry in Hemodilution Subjects (A184)(1), a clinical study led by Dr. Martin W. Allard at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California, compared SpHb measurements to 165 invasive laboratory measurements in 20 healthy adult patients undergoing hemodilution. All 20 patients had one unit of blood drawn through an arterial line while isolyte intravenous fluid was given (to compensate for the decrease in intravascular volume) until they reached a 30% reduction in hemoglobin or a maximum of 30 ml/kg of fluid. Blood samples were drawn after each 500 ml of fluid administered
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