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New Thinking on Monitoring, Warming and Infusing
• Masimo's familiar finger clip may soon be sending pulse rates,
Masimo's finger clip.
blood oxygenation stats and perfusion indexes to the screens of
Apple's popular mobile devices. The company is awaiting FDA
approval on a version of the sensor with cables that incorporate a
circuit board programmed with SET monitoring technology and a
plug that fits the jacks of iPads, iPhones and iPods.
• Covidien's Nellcor Bedside Respiratory Patient Monitoring System ($4,500) is a portable
device with a color touchscreen that captures and displays adult, pediatric and neonatal
pulse rates and SpO2 numbers to signal potential respiratory complications. Its network connectivity and modularity make upgrades and added parameters easy.
• Two new automatic external defibrillators from
Philips's HeartStart XL+ (left)
and HeartStart FR3.
Philips Medical Systems can double as portable patient
monitors. The HeartStart XL+ ($9,200) turns on as a patient
monitor, with a 3-lead ECG, pulse oximetry and non-invasive
blood pressure readings, but can be used as a defibrillator.
The HeartStart FR3 ($3,300), ruggedly designed for emer-
gency responders, turns on as an AED but can be overridden for use as a patient monitor.
• Augustine Temperature Management and Medline Industries introduced warming solutions
for the smaller set. Because covering pediatric bodies limits surgical access, adequately warming children can prove difficult. Augustine has adapted its Hot Dog electric blankets into a headwrap and underbody warmer ($5 to $7 per patient), and Medline's PerfectTemp is designed to
replace your existing table pad with a pressure-reducing warming mattress ($12,000).
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