Nonin Medical Recognized as a Supplier to the Award-Winning Philips Respironics Alice(C) PDx(TM) System

MINNEAPOLIS, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonin Medical, Inc., a leading innovator of noninvasive physiological monitoring solutions, announced today that it is a named supplier for a 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award winning product—the Philips Respironics Alice© PDx™ Diagnostic System.

The Alice© PDx™ portable diagnostic recording device is intended for Obstructive Sleep Apnea screening, follow-up and diagnostic assessment of cardio-respiratory sleep disorders. It enables patients to be tested outside of the lab without compromising study results and helps clinicians avoid the costs associated with retesting. Incorporating Nonin Medical's proven PureSAT® pulse oximetry (SpO2) technology, the Alice PDx system uses Nonin's OEM III SpO2 module. An easy-to-integrate oximetry solution, the OEM III module's compact design, power efficiency and expanded output capabilities provides manufacturers with dependable, accurate performance and maximum flexibility.

"Nonin Medical's OEM III module was the ideal choice for the Philips Respironics Alice© PDx™ device. The OEM III module bundled Nonin's PureSAT® SpO2 technology in a form factor right for our device.  Beyond the technical merits of the OEM III, Philips Respironics developers enjoyed professional guidance and support from Nonin Medical along the way," said John Liston, Project Manager Diagnostics & Clinical Software Applications, Home Healthcare Solutions.

The Medical Design Excellence Awards competition, presented by Canon Communications, is the only awards program that exclusively recognizes contributions and advances in the design of medical products. Entries are reviewed and evaluated on the basis of their design and engineering features by an impartial, multi-disciplinary panel of third-party jurors.

About Nonin Medical, Inc. - www.nonin.com

Minneapolis-based Nonin Medical, Inc. is a privately owned company specializing in the design and manufacturing of noninvasive physiological monitoring solutions. Nonin Medical distributes its products to health professionals in more than 125 countries and has more than 100 OEM partners worldwide. With over 20 years of industry-leading capabilities in signal processing and sensor design expertise, Nonin's innovative noninvasive physiological technologies enable clinicians to accurately monitor a patient's true condition in the most challenging environments.  Nonin Medical offers a wide range of OEM solutions for SpO2, rSO2, EtCO2, pulse rate and respiration rate.

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