El Paso Children's Hospital Standardizes to Masimo SET® Pulse Oximetry

EL PASO, Texas and IRVINE, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced that El Paso Children's Hospital, the newest and most expansive dedicated children's hospital in west Texas,has upgraded to Masimo SET^® pulse oximetry and sensor technologies, the standard-of-care at leading health organizations worldwide.

Masimo SET^® pulse oximetry has been shown to virtually eliminate false alarms¹ and increase a clinician's ability to detect life-threatening events² – helping to substantially contribute to improved patient outcomes and patient safety. The clinical accuracy of Masimo SET^® pulse oximetry has also been shown to help clinicians significantly reduce retinopathy of prematurity^3-5, screen for critical congenital heart disease in newborns^6-8, reduce oxygen overdose^{9, 10} and medical errors^{11, 12}, and save lives in post-surgical floors, recovery², labor and delivery rooms¹³, and ICUs¹⁴.

El Paso Children's Hospital's conversion to Masimo SET^® pulse oximetry is in keeping with the hospital's dedication to excellence in care and delivering the best possible results for its patients. More than 100 independent clinical studies have confirmed that Masimo SET^® technology allows clinicians to accurately monitor blood oxygen saturation in the most challenging conditions, including patient movement and low peripheral perfusion.¹⁵

According to Eddie Pacheco, manager of respiratory care and neuro-diagnostics at El Paso Children's Hospital, "At times it's nearly impossible to obtain SpO₂ readings – let alone accurate readings – with other types of pulse oximeters. I've found that with Masimo SET^®, you get a quick accurate result, instead of waiting five minutes or more for a blood gas analysis to obtain an SaO₂. This in turn benefits the children so they don't have to be poked for blood."

El Paso Children's also has the option to upgrade at any time to Masimo rainbow^® Pulse CO-Oximetry™, which allows clinicians to noninvasively monitor multiple blood constituents, including total hemoglobin (SpHb^®), oxygen content (SpOC™), carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO^®), methemoglobin (SpMet^®), Pleth Variability Index (PVI^®), and acoustic respiration rate (RRa™).

"We value the commitment and dedication of El Paso Children's Hospital clinicians and staff, who work hard every day on the front lines of healthcare to help children heal and recover to wellness," said Masimo founder and CEO Joe Kiani. "The performance of Masimo SET^® pulse oximetry was not only designed with this patient population—prone to high motion and low perfusion—in mind, but was also designed to help reduce the burdens of false alarms. We are honored to partner with the clinicians at El Paso Children's Hospital to improve clinical outcomes and meet patient-care needs."

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2 Taenzer, Andreas H.; Pyke, Joshua B.; McGrath, Susan P.; Blike, George T. "Impact of Pulse Oximetry Surveillance on Rescue Events and Intensive Care Unit Transfers: A Before-and-After Concurrence Study." Anesthesiology, February 2010, Vol. 112, Issue 2. Available online here 
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4. Clinical Practice and SpO₂ Technology in the Prevention of ROP in VLBW Infants.  Castillo AR, Deulofeut R, Sola A. Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting May 5-8, 2007. 
5. Oxygen as a neonatal health hazard: call for détente in clinical practice.  Sola A., Rogido, Marta, Deulofeut, Richard. Acta Paediatrica 2007; 96:801-812.
6. de Wahl Granelli A, Wennergren M, Sandberg K, et al. Impact of pulse oximetry screening on detection of duct dependent congenital heart disease: a Swedish prospective screening study in 39,821 newborns. BMJ 2009; 338: a3037.
7. Noninvasive Peripheral Perfusion Index as a Possible Tool for Screening for Critical Left Heart Obstruction.  Granelli, AD, Ostman-Smith, I.  Acta Paediatrica 2007; 96:1455-1459.
8. Screening for Duct-Dependent Congenital Heart Disease with Pulse Oximetry: A Critical Evaluation of Strategies to Maximize Sensitivity.  Granelli AD, Mellander M, Sunnegardh J,Sandberg K, Ostman-Smith I.  Acta Paediatr 2005; 94:1590-6.
9. Avoiding Hyperoxemia During Neonatal Resuscitation: Time to Response to Different SpO₂ Monitors.  Baquero H, Alviz R, Sola A.  Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting May 5-8, 2007.  A
10. More Reliable Oximetry Reduces the Frequency of Arterial Blood Gas Analyses and Hastens Oxygen Weaning after Cardiac Surgery.   Durbin CG, Rostow SK.   Crit Care Med 2002; 30(8): 1735-1740
11. Advantages of New Technology Pulse Oximetry with Adults in Extremis. Durbin CG, Rostow SK.   Anesth Analg 2002; 94: S81-S83
12. Pulse Oximetry Performance Can Affect Caregiver Time Utilization. Durbin CG, Rostow SK.   Anesthesiology 2000;93(3A): A556.
13 Baquero H, Alviz R, Castillo A, Neira F, Sola A. "Avoiding Hyperoxemia During Neonatal Resuscitation: Time To Response Of Different SpO2 Monitors." Acta Paed April 2011 Vol. 100, Issue 4, pp 515-518. Published online here
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15  Full Citation List of All Available Clinical Studies Featuring Masimo: http://www.masimo.com/cpub/clinical-masimo-set.htm

About El Paso Children's Hospital
El Paso Children's Hospital is the largest expansion of pediatric medical services in West Texas.  El Paso Children's Hospital, which is located near the U.S./Mexico border, opened its doors to the public on February 14, 2012.  El Paso Children's Hospital is the first and only separately licensed, independent, 501(c) (3) not-for-profit children's hospital in the El Paso region and is the only dedicated Pediatric Hospital within a 250-mile radius of El Paso, Texas. El Paso Children's Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission and the College of American Pathologists.  It is one of eight children's hospitals in the State of Texas and is a member of the Children's Hospital Association of Texas. El Paso Children's Hospital is one of 221 members of the Children's Hospital Association, and is the designated hospital in El Paso County for Children's Miracle Network. Additional information can be found at www.elpasochildrens.org.

About Masimo
Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) is the global leader in innovative noninvasive monitoring technologies that significantly improve patient care—helping solve "unsolvable" problems. In 1995, the company debuted Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, known as Masimo SET^®, which virtually eliminated false alarms and increased pulse oximetry's ability to detect life-threatening events. More than 100 independent and objective studies have shown that Masimo SET^® outperforms other pulse oximetry technologies, even under the most challenging clinical conditions, including patient motion and low peripheral perfusion. In 2005, Masimo introduced rainbow SET^® Pulse CO-Oximetry technology, allowing noninvasive and continuous monitoring of blood constituents that previously required invasive procedures, including total hemoglobin (SpHb^®), oxygen content (SpOC^TM), carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO^®), methemoglobin (SpMet^®), and Pleth Variability Index (PVI^®), in addition to SpO₂, pulse rate, and perfusion index (PI). Additional information about Masimo and its products may be found at www.masimo.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in connection with the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations about future events affecting us and are subject to risks and uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control and could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in our forward-looking statements as a result of various risk factors, including, but not limited to: risks related to our assumptions that the hospital-wide conversion ensures that all El Paso Children's Hospital patients will be cared for using the most technologically and clinically-advanced noninvasive patient monitoring solutions available; risks related to our belief that Masimo SET provides real-time results for all patients to help clinicians to more rapidly assess, diagnose, and treat every patient; risks related to our assumptions regarding the repeatability of clinical results; risks related to our belief that Masimo's unique noninvasive measurement technologies, including: total hemoglobin (SpHb), SpCO, SpMet, PVI, and RRa contribute to positive clinical outcomes and patient safety; risks related to our belief that Masimo noninvasive medical breakthroughs provide cost-effective solutions with comparable accuracy and unique advantages, including: immediate and continuous results that enable earlier treatment without causing invasive trauma in all patients and in every clinical situation; as well as other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which may be obtained for free at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we do not know whether our expectations will prove correct. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of today's date. We do not undertake any obligation to update, amend or clarify these statements or the "Risk Factors" contained in our most recent reports filed with the SEC, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under the applicable securities laws.

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