Weekend Pulse: Going digital in Nairobi, what it’s really like to run a healthcare system, and ultrasound at the US Open
This week in health, science and tech: the tech introduced in Nairobi that’s doing away with radiography darkrooms, ultrasound at this year’s US Open, and an inside look at the workings of a healthcare system. Spoiler alert: it’s harder than it looks! This weekend, catch up on what you might have missed from The Pulse and beyond. […]
Masimo Announces Amendment to Nellcor Royalty Agreement
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep. 2, 2016– Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced an amendment to the existing settlement agreement initially reached between Masimo and Nellcor in January 2006. Under the terms of the amendment, Medtronic will continue to pay Masimo a royalty of 7.75% for its current pulse oximetry products sold in the United States through October 6, […]
Masimo Announces Four-Year Partnership with World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA)
Joint Initiative, “Safe Anaesthesia – ASAP,” Is to Improve Anesthesia Care in Low Resource Countries IRVINE, Calif. & HONG KONG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 29, 2016– Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced Sunday at the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) in Hong Kong that it has become the first Global Impact Partner of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA). […]
Masimo Announces a Special Worldwide Program for Total Hemoglobin (SpHb®) Monitoring for Areas Affected by the Zika Virus
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 29, 2016– Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that in response to the Zika virus and its potential impact on the availability of blood products, Masimo is creating a special program to dramatically reduce the cost of and increase access to Masimo’s continuous hemoglobin monitoring (SpHb®) solutions, shown to help clinicians reduce blood transfusions […]
Out of the Darkroom, Into the Light: Going Digital in Nairobi
By Hannah McNeish NAIROBI, KENYA: Having clothes ruined by ink and inhaling chemicals for hours in the hospital darkroom used to bother Margaret Njuwe and other radiographers at East Africa’s largest referral hospital in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. But when ink runs rendered X-rays unusable or mammograms came out too soft to see suspected lumps, Njuwe’s […]
