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Masimo Corporation  |  40 Parker, Irvine, CA 92618  |  Tel 800-257-3810  |  Fax 949-297-7599  |  www.masimo.com

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I AM MASIMO

 
 
 
 
 
I AM MASIMO: A diversity of talents, a unity of purpose.

Each morning, a global team of more than 1,500 Masimo purists starts the day with a single focus. Whether it’s a research 

engineer working to solve the next “unsolvable” problem, a clinical specialist helping a customer understand how our technology 

can enhance patient safety, or a member of our logistics team making sure that a critical delivery gets out on time, their motivation 

is the same—to do what is best for patient care. At Masimo, we know that what we do matters. It matters to the clinicians around 

the world who rely on our technologies to help them make accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment decisions. And it matters 

to the patients for whom they are caring—whose lives are touched and enhanced by our single‑minded focus.

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Masimo Team (from left): Meghan Corradino, Human Resources; Anna Do, Finance; Juan Ayala, International Sales; Amir Moradi, 
Product Management; Man Minh Pham, Manufacturing; Jamison Gorin, Information Technologies; Dana Banks, Public Relations

A letter from the Chairman.

A YEAR Of IMPORTANT MILESTONES 

Since this is our first Annual Report as a public company, we thought it would be appropriate to introduce you to some of the 

people who have helped make Masimo what it is today, as well as explain some of the underlying philosophies that guide us.

2007 was a year of important milestones for Masimo. It began with the prestigious Excellence in Technology Innovation 

award from the Society of Technology in Anesthesia (STA) for demonstrating the feasibility of noninvasive total hemoglobin 

(SpHb) monitoring. We launched PVI, which we believe is the first noninvasive way to measure patient volume and fluid 

responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients. And we expanded our Rainbow SET monitoring platform with the launch 

of our Radical-7 bedside monitor and family of Rainbow sensors. Numerous EMS and fire associations recommended the 

use of Pulse CO-Oximetry to screen for carbon monoxide poisoning in firefighters, emergency personnel, and patients. And 

last but not least, we closed the year by shipping our 500,000th pulse oximeter and Pulse CO-Oximeter.

These milestones, built on a solid foundation, fueled our strong financial performance in 2007—helping us achieve record 

revenues as we helped clinicians around the world provide better care for their patients. We delivered double-digit growth in 

both product revenues, which increased 29 percent to a record $199.7 million, and product shipments, which grew by 20 

percent as we shipped a record 116,300 new Masimo SET and Masimo Rainbow SET oximeters worldwide. 

I am particularly proud that our progress was achieved by adhering to our guiding principles and staying focused on 

our long-standing mission of “improving patient outcomes and reducing cost of care by taking noninvasive monitoring to 

new sites and applications.” By remaining dedicated to innovation and patient care, we have continually overcome the 

technological challenges of noninvasive patient monitoring. We have developed important new noninvasive measurements 

and dramatically improved existing ones by making them more accurate, reliable, and clinically relevant than anyone ever 

imagined possible. 

Our innovations have not only helped healthcare professionals save the lives of patients—and the eyesight of premature 

infants—but have also opened up new markets for us. According to industry analysts, our new technologies have created 

new market opportunities that expand our market potential from $1 billion to nearly $3 billion. With a continuing commitment 

to innovation, accomplishment, and truth, we hope to continue to enhance patient care and expand the worldwide 

community’s access to our technologies. In so doing, we will continue to build our total market opportunity and increase 

value for our shareholders.

A BRANd BUILT ON TRUTh

Nineteen years ago, we established Masimo with a strong set of guiding principles and a bold mission that underpins a 

Masimo brand built on truth: truth in the pursuit of new, clinically-needed technologies that place patient safety and care 

above all else; truth in the ability to accurately deliver trustworthy physiological information, even under the most difficult 

patient conditions; truth in the independent and objective scientific research that underscores the ethics of the medical 

community; truth in our enduring commitment to providing clinicians with the tools they need to rapidly diagnose, treat,  

and deliver the most appropriate care with confidence; and truth in our unwavering commitment to do what is best  

for patient care.

“We established Masimo with a strong  
set of guiding principles and a bold 
 mission. Today, it is the purity of our  
mission and guiding principles that  
underpin a Masimo brand  
                                           built on truth.”

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JoE E. KIAnI
Chairman & CEo
Masimo Corporation

 
 
 
 
 
In every way, in all that we do, Masimo stands for and is guided by truth. We have been since day one, customer one, 

and shipment one—and will continue to strive to deliver truth through the Masimo brand.

A COMPANY Of “PURISTS”

We define purists as people who do what they do because of the passion they have for their chosen field, not merely for 

financial gain. Masimo is full of purists who love what they do, are passionate about their work, and are committed to going 

above and beyond what is expected to deliver solutions to unsolvable problems.

When solving the unsolvable problem of inaccurate arterial oxygen saturation and pulse rate measurements during motion 

and low perfusion required going to great lengths to achieve the “impossible,” we did it. When others couldn’t, wouldn’t, or 

simply didn’t go far enough to innovate the solution, we did it. When bringing noninvasive monitoring technologies to new 

sites and new applications required starting a “second revolution” in patient monitoring, we did it. When doing what was best 

for patient safety and healthcare meant making technology upgrades available through simple software upgrades—again, 

we did it. 

None of this would have been possible without a dedicated team of purists—a team with a shared passion, vision, and 

single-minded focus to do what is best for patient care. This team is not confined within the walls of Masimo, but is 

comprised of an extended group of purists, including passionate clinical researchers, clinicians, biomedical engineers, 

materials managers, OEM partners, and other stakeholders who love what they do and strive to make a difference. As we 

continue to grow and expand, our greatest focus will be to continue to retain and attract Masimo purists.  

WhAT A dIffERENCE MASIMO PROdUCTS hAvE MAdE

Each day, all over the world, our noninvasive blood constituent and hemodynamic monitoring technologies are helping 

clinicians save, extend, or improve the lives of people of all ages, in all walks of life. This year, we witnessed countless EMS 

and fire departments using our portable, hand-held Pulse CO-Oximeters to save the lives of victims of carbon monoxide 

poisoning. 

We watched as neonatal clinicians used our pulse oximeters to monitor their patients not only to protect the brains, but 

save the eyesight of extremely low birth-weight infants by significantly reducing the risk of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). 

In addition, clinicians conducting newborn screenings used our “gold standard” pulse oximeter’s measurement of arterial 

oxygen saturation and perfusion index to improve their detection rate for congenital heart defects (CHD).

It was gratifying to see our noninvasive Rainbow SET platform warning clinicians of life-threatening levels of 

dyshemoglobins—like methemoglobinemia induced by neonatal inhaled nitric oxide therapy or by drugs like 

The Masimo Product offering:

Benzocaine administered during surgery to otherwise healthy adults. We were encouraged to see clinicians use PVI 

to determine patients’ fluid responsiveness, which helped them to more rapidly diagnose and treat patients who were 

dehydrated, overhydrated, or developing heart complications. And we saw a preview of the future benefits our technologies 

will bring when an engineering prototype of our noninvasive hemoglobin monitor helped save a doctor’s life (please see 

page 22 for the details).

ExTENdINg ThE vISION, fULfILLINg ThE PROMISE

Looking ahead, we anticipate that our latest revolutionary measurements—including our most recent introduction of 

noninvasive and continuous hemoglobin monitoring—will continue to make significant clinical contributions to patient care. 

Our new measurements allow us to extend the vision and promise of Masimo technologies beyond the hospital walls to 

the scenes of emergencies, outpatient surgery centers, alternate care sites, and physician offices worldwide. And, as more 

healthcare professionals gain access to our products, we look forward to saving and improving more lives and growing our 

business worldwide. 

Our guiding principles, clinical contributions, and business model have allowed us to build a solid business. At the heart of 

this business is a great innovation engine with bright and talented engineers eager to solve a new set of clinical problems 

and a team of purists ready to do what is right for patient care. 

Joe E. Kiani

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Masimo SET Installed Base (estimated units)

*

Revenues (millions)

* Excludes Handheld Devices

= Product Revenues 
= Royalty Revenues

Circuit Boards
The leading measure‑through‑motion‑
and‑low‑perfusion pulse oximetry solution, 
available in more than 100 oEM monitors 
from more than 40 leading brands.

Monitors
A complete line of bedside and handheld 
devices delivering Masimo SET and Masimo 
Rainbow SET to clinicians in acute care, 
alternate care, and EMS/fire settings.

Monitoring Systems
Masimo recently introduced Patient 
Safetynet, a wireless patient monitoring and 
clinician notification system designed to keep 
patients safe on general-care floors.

Sensors
Available for either single‑patient or multi‑
patient use, we offer more than 100 different 
sensor and cable combinations for virtually 
any clinical need.

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I AM
INNOvATION

When Walt Weber joined Masimo as one of our first engineers more than 16 years ago, he was drawn by 
the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of people. Coming from the defense industry, Walt sought a 
career that would allow him to develop innovations that positively impacted society, yet still challenged him to 
push the boundaries of what was possible. Driven by a desire to look beyond the obvious, Walt’s commitment 
to exploration and excellence helped bring some of our earliest technologies to market. And his continuing 
focus on “solving the unsolvable” helps him lead and motivate the team to break new barriers today.

A single‑minded dedication 
to discovery.

Masimo engineers and scientists are a rare breed—a group of more than 100 purists who share a vision and a 

passion to make a difference for patient care. Driven by fascination and accomplishment, they are the reason we have 

overcome challenges in noninvasive patient monitoring that others believed were impossible.

That’s what we did in 1996 with Masimo SET, the first pulse oximetry technology that continued to measure when there 

was patient motion and low perfusion—something other companies had given up trying to do. We followed up that 

accomplishment in 2005 with the “second revolution,” Masimo Rainbow SET, the first noninvasive technology platform 

that—with a single noninvasive sensor—can continuously measure many blood constituents that previously required 

invasive blood sampling and laboratory analysis. 

But we’re not done yet. Innovation has been and will continue to be our passion. Today, Masimo scientists are hard at 

work developing a whole new generation of breakthrough technologies, building on a solid foundation and continually 

looking beyond what others believe is possible.

WAlT WEBER, VICE PRESIDEnT, AlGoRITHM DEVEloPMEnT
After more than 16 years at Masimo, Walt has helped bring some of our most innovative technologies 
to market—and his focus on solving the “unsolvable” is helping shape the technologies of tomorrow.

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COMMITMeNT TO CONTINued gROwTh

> More than 100 engineers in R&D

> Solving “unsolvable” clinically relevant problems

SET

®

1989
Masimo Corporation 
is founded
by Joe Kiani

1995
Measure-through-motion-
and-low-perfusion
pulse oximetry

2000
3-in-1 Pulse Oximeter 
— portable unit with 
display

2005

SpCO®

2006

SpMet™

2007

PVI™

First ever

First ever

First ever

First ever

First ever

A single‑minded dedication 
to discovery.

Masimo engineers and scientists are a rare breed—a group of more than 100 purists who share a vision and a 

passion to make a difference for patient care. Driven by fascination and accomplishment, they are the reason we have 

overcome challenges in noninvasive patient monitoring that others believed were impossible.

That’s what we did in 1996 with Masimo SET, the first pulse oximetry technology that continued to measure when there 

was patient motion and low perfusion—something other companies had given up trying to do. We followed up that 

accomplishment in 2005 with the “second revolution,” Masimo Rainbow SET, the first noninvasive technology platform 

that—with a single noninvasive sensor—can continuously measure many blood constituents that previously required 

invasive blood sampling and laboratory analysis. 

But we’re not done yet. Innovation has been and will continue to be our passion. Today, Masimo scientists are hard at 

work developing a whole new generation of breakthrough technologies, building on a solid foundation and continually 

looking beyond what others believe is possible.

WAlT WEBER, VICE PRESIDEnT, AlGoRITHM DEVEloPMEnT
After more than 16 years at Masimo, Walt has helped bring some of our most innovative technologies 
to market—and his focus on solving the “unsolvable” is helping shape the technologies of tomorrow.

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Masimo SET. Solving the “unsolvable.”

In 1995 when we debuted Masimo SET, the world’s first and only pulse oximetry technology able to provide accurate 

measurements during patient motion and low perfusion, we were rewarded for our efforts with the prestigious 

Excellence in Technology Innovation award from the Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA). But while the STA and 

other leaders in the clinical community were convinced we had solved the “unsolvable” problem in pulse oximetry, as 

a new company with limited credibility, we needed independent clinical validation to overcome the noise created by 

competitors seeking to create uncertainty and cast doubt on our accomplishments.

One of the first researchers to investigate our claims was Dr. Steven J. Barker, professor and head of the Department 

of Anesthesiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. In 1997, Dr. Barker and fellow researcher Dr. Nitin 

K. Shah from the University of California, Irvine, published a breakthrough study concluding that Masimo SET provided 

“a significant advance in low signal-to-noise performance” resulting in “significant improvement in pulse oximeter 

performance” during patient motion and low perfusion.1 Since this study, more than 100 independent and objective 

studies have reinforced the clinical superiority of Masimo SET to all other commercially available pulse oximeters.

Signal Extraction Technology: Making the impossible possible.

Masimo SET transformed the clinical landscape, using breakthrough signal-processing technologies—including parallel 
engines and adaptive filters—to deliver accurate and reliable SpO2 and pulse-rate measurements when conventional 
pulse-oximetry technologies didn’t.

RIR

>

Digitized, Filtered & Normalized

>

R/IR

>

DST®

Conventional 
Pulse Oximetry

Adaptive Filter

>

>

FST®

>

SST™

Adaptive Filter

>

MST™

> >

MEASUREMENT

> >

CONFIDENCE

> >

MEASUREMENT

> >

CONFIDENCE

> >

Confidence Based Arbitrator

>

Post Processor

>

DST Masimo SET 97%

0

50%

97% 100%

66%
SpO2%

MASIMO’S PATeNT PROweSS
The success of Masimo in the clinical environment is 

bolstered by our unwavering commitment to extend, protect, 

and defend what has become the industry’s highest-impact 

intellectual property estate. With 266 patents issued and 

another 178 pending worldwide as of December 29, 2007, 

the strength of our underlying technologies has been 

recognized by and reported in leading business publications, 

including The Wall Street Journal, which in 2007 reported 

that we had the fifth-strongest patent portfolio in the entire 

medical-device industry.

The launch of Masimo Rainbow SET in 2005 changed expectations 

Masimo Rainbow SET. Extending 
the vision.

“Masimo’s industry impact score 
is the highest among all medtech 
companies, not to mention one of 
the highest among all companies 
tracked by The Patent Board 
across 17 industries.”

of what could be measured by a single noninvasive sensor—winning 

the Application of Technology award from the Society for Technology 

in Anesthesia (STA) in the process. By noninvasively and continuously 

measuring carboxyhemoglobin and methemoglobin in addition to oxygen 

saturation, pulse rate, and perfusion index, Rainbow SET gives clinicians a 

more complete picture of their patients’ true oxygenation status. This picture 

becomes even clearer with the introduction of total hemoglobin and oxygen 

content.

Noninvasive hemoglobin a “Significant Advancement 

in Patient Care”

In January 2007, a team of researchers from Loma Linda University’s 

Department of Anesthesiology won the prestigious Excellence in Technology 

Innovation award from the STA for their independent study demonstrating 

that a preliminary Masimo engineering prototype could accurately measure 

total hemoglobin continuously and noninvasively. The team, led by Dr. Martin 

Allard, professor and director of research, and Dr. Mark Macknet, assistant 

professor and assistant director of clinical research, concluded that “rapid 

measurement of hemoglobin would be an extremely useful tool in many 

clinical scenarios. This technology should allow for significant advances in 

patient care.”1, 2

1   Macknet MR, Norton S, Kimball-Jones P, Applegate II R, Martin R, Allard M. Continuous Non-Invasive 

Measurement of Hemoglobin via Pulse CO-oximetry. Loma Linda (CA): Loma Linda University, Department of 
Anesthesiology.

2  Macknet MR, Norton S, Kimball-Jones P, Applegate II R, Martin R, Allard M. Continuous Non-Invasive 

Measurement of Hemoglobin via Pulse CO-oximetry During Liver Transplantation, a Case Report. Loma Linda 
(CA): Loma Linda University, Department of Anesthesiology.

STEVEn J. BARKER, MD, PHD 
Dr. Barker was one of the first clinical researchers to study the performance 
 of Masimo SET pulse oximetry and performed some of the first experiments that validated the  
accuracy and reliability of Masimo Rainbow SET.

1 Barker SJ, Shah NK. The effects of motion on the performance of pulse oximeters in volunteers. Anesthesiology 1997:86(1):101-108

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MARK MACKnET, MD, (lEFT) AnD MARTIn AllARD, MD, M.B.Ch.B, FRCA (RIGHT)
A series of studies preformed by Drs. Macknet and Allard showed that the ability to continuously and noninva‑
sively measure total hemoglobin levels with Masimo Rainbow SET has the potential to improve clinical care  
and patient safety, while reducing the cost of care.

Source: 2007 Patent Scorecard 
Ranking of Industry Innovation, The Patent Board

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Masimo SET. Solving the “unsolvable.”

In 1995 when we debuted Masimo SET, the world’s first and only pulse oximetry technology able to provide accurate 

measurements during patient motion and low perfusion, we were rewarded for our efforts with the prestigious 

AN uPgRAdAble PlATfORM  
fOR gROwTh, AN uNbeATAble 
ReCORd Of INNOvATION

Excellence in Technology Innovation award from the Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA). But while the STA and 

other leaders in the clinical community were convinced we had solved the “unsolvable” problem in pulse oximetry, as 

a new company with limited credibility, we needed independent clinical validation to overcome the noise created by 

The noninvasive blood-constituent-monitoring platform 

of Masimo Rainbow SET is an upgradable technology 

that allows clinicians to add new measurements and 

parameters as they need them—all through a simple 

competitors seeking to create uncertainty and cast doubt on our accomplishments.

One of the first researchers to investigate our claims was Dr. Steven J. Barker, professor and head of the Department 

field-installed software upgrade.

of Anesthesiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. In 1997, Dr. Barker and fellow researcher Dr. Nitin 

K. Shah from the University of California, Irvine, published a breakthrough study concluding that Masimo SET provided 

“a significant advance in low signal-to-noise performance” resulting in “significant improvement in pulse oximeter 

performance” during patient motion and low perfusion.1 Since this study, more than 100 independent and objective 

studies have reinforced the clinical superiority of Masimo SET to all other commercially available pulse oximeters.

whenever they need them. Current upgradable 

Customers can start with a Masimo Radical-7 bedside 

monitor loaded with Masimo SET oxygen saturation 
(SpO2), pulse rate, and perfusion index, then purchase 
software upgrades for additional measurements 

noninvasive measurements include the following:

Signal Extraction Technology: Making the impossible possible.
>  Carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO®) and Methemoglobin 
(SpMet®)—two critical dyshemoglobins proven to 
increase morbidity and mortality in a broad range of 
clinical settings

Masimo SET transformed the clinical landscape, using breakthrough signal-processing technologies—including parallel 
engines and adaptive filters—to deliver accurate and reliable SpO2 and pulse-rate measurements when conventional 
pulse-oximetry technologies didn’t.

>  PVI™—giving clinicians the ability to noninvasively 
assess fluid responsiveness for the first time ever

RIR

>  Continuous and Noninvasive Hemoglobin (SpHb™) 
and Oxygen Content (SpOC™)—now available on 
the platform

Digitized, Filtered & Normalized

>

>

R/IR

>

DST®

Conventional 
Pulse Oximetry

Adaptive Filter

>

>

FST®

>

SST™

Adaptive Filter

>

MST™

> >

MEASUREMENT

> >

CONFIDENCE

> >

MEASUREMENT

> >

CONFIDENCE

> >

Confidence Based Arbitrator

>

Post Processor

>

DST Masimo SET 97%

0

50%

97% 100%

66%
SpO2%

Both the Masimo Radical-7 (shown above) and the Masimo  
Rad-87 bedside monitors can be enabled to display Masimo  
Rainbow SET measurements through a simple field-installed 
software upgrade.

STEVEn J. BARKER, MD, PHD 
Dr. Barker was one of the first clinical researchers to study the performance 
 of Masimo SET pulse oximetry and performed some of the first experiments that validated the  
accuracy and reliability of Masimo Rainbow SET.

1 Barker SJ, Shah NK. The effects of motion on the performance of pulse oximeters in volunteers. Anesthesiology 1997:86(1):101-108

Masimo Rainbow SET. Extending 
the vision.

The launch of Masimo Rainbow SET in 2005 changed expectations 

of what could be measured by a single noninvasive sensor—winning 

the Application of Technology award from the Society for Technology 

in Anesthesia (STA) in the process. By noninvasively and continuously 

measuring carboxyhemoglobin and methemoglobin in addition to oxygen 

saturation, pulse rate, and perfusion index, Rainbow SET gives clinicians a 

more complete picture of their patients’ true oxygenation status. This picture 

becomes even clearer with the introduction of total hemoglobin and oxygen 

content.

Noninvasive hemoglobin a “Significant Advancement 

in Patient Care”

In January 2007, a team of researchers from Loma Linda University’s 

Department of Anesthesiology won the prestigious Excellence in Technology 

Innovation award from the STA for their independent study demonstrating 

that a preliminary Masimo engineering prototype could accurately measure 

total hemoglobin continuously and noninvasively. The team, led by Dr. Martin 

Allard, professor and director of research, and Dr. Mark Macknet, assistant 

professor and assistant director of clinical research, concluded that “rapid 

measurement of hemoglobin would be an extremely useful tool in many 

clinical scenarios. This technology should allow for significant advances in 

patient care.”1, 2

1   Macknet MR, Norton S, Kimball-Jones P, Applegate II R, Martin R, Allard M. Continuous Non-Invasive 

Measurement of Hemoglobin via Pulse CO-oximetry. Loma Linda (CA): Loma Linda University, Department of 
Anesthesiology.

2  Macknet MR, Norton S, Kimball-Jones P, Applegate II R, Martin R, Allard M. Continuous Non-Invasive 

Measurement of Hemoglobin via Pulse CO-oximetry During Liver Transplantation, a Case Report. Loma Linda 
(CA): Loma Linda University, Department of Anesthesiology.

MARK MACKnET, MD, (lEFT) AnD MARTIn AllARD, MD, M.B.Ch.B, FRCA (RIGHT)
A series of studies preformed by Drs. Macknet and Allard showed that the ability to continuously and noninva‑
sively measure total hemoglobin levels with Masimo Rainbow SET has the potential to improve clinical care  
and patient safety, while reducing the cost of care.

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I AM
RESEARCh

Neonatologist Dr. Augusto Sola has spent nearly 35 years improving the lives of some of the most fragile 
and  important  patients.  His  research  has  led  to  many  clinical  advances—including  the  use  of  Masimo 
technology to change the way oxygen is administered to newborns, resulting in a dramatic decrease in 
neonatal eye damage. He is a passionate clinician and dedicated researcher, focused on improving patient 
care and enhancing the quality of life for patients all over the world. As a world-renowned expert in the field 
of neonatology, Dr. Sola regularly collaborates with colleagues to advance the quality of care—sometimes 
one patient and sometimes thousands of patients at a time.

A commitment to collaborative 
exploration.

Masimo is passionate about making innovative technologies that give clinicians the tools they need to do what is best 

for patient care. That’s why it is gratifying to see so many independent clinicians and clinical researchers take the time 

to evaluate our products and technologies—and then to communicate the positive impacts on patient care and safety 

that can be realized through their use. 

More than 100 independent and objective studies by researchers around the world have demonstrated the clinical 

advantages of our technologies. These studies have shown Masimo technologies can provide a dramatic reduction 

in eye damage in the NICU, allow congenital heart defects to be properly diagnosed, accurately measure cyanotic 

patients at very low oxygen-saturation levels, lead to a reduction in medical errors, and much, much more.

As we continue to raise the bar on what clinicians can expect from noninvasive patient monitoring technologies, we 

look forward to seeing how they put these technologies to work to improve patient care.

AuGuSTo SolA, MD
Dr. Sola is Director of neonatal Research and Academic Affairs for Midatlantic neonatology Associates (MAnA) at 
Atlantic Health System, Morristown, new Jersey, and Professor of neurosciences at uMDnJ. His groundbreaking 
research with Masimo technology at Cedars Sinai and Emory University has led to a significant reduction and 
prevention of neonatal blindness caused by retinopathy of prematurity (RoP) worldwide.

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ClINICAl STudIeS deMONSTRATe MASIMO SuPeRIORITY
Masimo technologies have been shown to be superior to other oximetry technologies in more than  
100 independent and objective studies.

Summary of independant and objective studies involving Masimo pulse oximetry

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A commitment to collaborative 
exploration.

Masimo is passionate about making innovative technologies that give clinicians the tools they need to do what is best 

for patient care. That’s why it is gratifying to see so many independent clinicians and clinical researchers take the time 

to evaluate our products and technologies—and then to communicate the positive impacts on patient care and safety 

that can be realized through their use. 

More than 100 independent and objective studies by researchers around the world have demonstrated the clinical 

advantages of our technologies. These studies have shown Masimo technologies can provide a dramatic reduction 

in eye damage in the NICU, allow congenital heart defects to be properly diagnosed, accurately measure cyanotic 

patients at very low oxygen-saturation levels, lead to a reduction in medical errors, and much, much more.

As we continue to raise the bar on what clinicians can expect from noninvasive patient monitoring technologies, we 

look forward to seeing how they put these technologies to work to improve patient care.

AuGuSTo SolA, MD
Dr. Sola is Director of neonatal Research and Academic Affairs for Midatlantic neonatology Associates (MAnA) at 
Atlantic Health System, Morristown, new Jersey, and Professor of neurosciences at uMDnJ. His groundbreaking 
research with Masimo technology at Cedars Sinai and Emory University has led to a significant reduction and 
prevention of neonatal blindness caused by retinopathy of prematurity (RoP) worldwide.

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MAxIME CAnnESSon, MD
Dr. Cannesson’s independent clinical studies presented at the American Society of 
Anesthesiologists concluded, “PVI shows great promise for use in perioperative fluid 
optimization, which will have both clinical and economical impact.”

using a new Masimo measurement for 
noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring.

One of the newest measurements available with Masimo Rainbow 

SET is PVI, which captures vital hemodynamic changes that may 

compromise normal cardiac function and provide an indication 

of a patient’s level of hydration. Appropriate fluid levels are vital to 

reducing postoperative risks and improving patient outcomes, as 

fluid volumes that are too low or too high have been shown to 

decrease wound healing while increasing the risk of infection and 

cardiac complications.

Noninvasive measure of fluid responsiveness to have 

“major importance”

At the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) meeting in 

October 2007, a study presented by Dr. Maxime Cannesson, 

assistant professor of cardiothoracic anesthesia at Louis Pradel 

Hospital in Lyon, France, demonstrated the ability of PVI to 

accurately and noninvasively detect changes in ventricular preload. 

Dr. Cannesson and his research team concluded in their study 

that PVI might provide a new method for noninvasively predicting 

fluid responsiveness, adding that “fluid management optimization in 

mechanically ventilated patients undergoing anesthesia is of major 

importance, since it may have clinical and economical impact.”1

1 New Algorithm for Automatic Estimation of the Respiratory Variations in the Pulse Oximeter Wave-
form. M Cannesson, B Delannoy, A Morand, O Bastien, JJ Lehot. Anesthesiology 2007 (A451).

Moving Beyond Conventional Pulse oximetry 
Masimo is redefining what you should expect from a single noninvasive sensor—not only a true assessment of oxygen saturation 
(SpO2) and pulse rate (PR), but perfusion index (PI) and the following:

Carboxyhemoglobin 
(SpCo®)
Too often misdiagnosed as 
food poisoning, fatigue, or 
the flu, CO poisoning is the 
leading cause of poisoning 
deaths in the industrialized 
world.

Methemoglobin  
(SpMet®)
Monitoring SpMet allows 
clinicians to determine 
whether drugs they are 
administering are causing 
methemoglobinemia, which 
can lead to brain damage and 
even death.

PVI™
Providing for the noninvasive 
assessment of fluid 
responsiveness, PVI may help 
clinicians better understand 
whether their patients are 
dehydrated or need more fluids, 
and it could allow for quicker 
diagnosis of heart complications 
in mechanically ventilated 
patients.

Total Hemoglobin 
(SpHb™) and oxygen 
Content (SpoC™)
These are the latest measurements   
offered as part of the upgradable 
Masimo Rainbow SET platform. 
They are expected to dramatically 
improve the care of anemic 
patients and patients at risk of 
blood loss.

ClINICAllY PROveN PeRfORMANCe
Masimo technologies have been shown to be superior in a 

wide range of clinical settings and with a broad spectrum 

of patient populations.

Proven with Adults1

using Masimo Rainbow SET to screen for congenital heart 
defects and other life‑threatening conditions in infants.

83%

90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

43%

It is especially rewarding to us when we see researchers using our technology to detect illnesses that 

20%

30%

10%

28%

18%

5%

3%

threaten the lives of the most vulnerable yet promising patients. That’s why we were encouraged to 

0%

Missed True Events

see new studies in 2007 clearly showing the positive effect Masimo Rainbow SET has on the lives of 

False Alarms

newborns and infants.

= Masimo SET (V5.0)
= Nellcor N-600 (V1.1.20)
= GE TruSat

Masimo enables life-saving early detection and intervention

This study measured the occurrence rate of missed true 
events during 40 low blood-oxygen episodes and false alarms 
during 120 fully oxygenated episodes, both during conditions 
of motion.

In a study released in November 2007, a team of researchers from the Institute of Clinical Sciences 

at Gothenburg University, Sweden, showed that the Masimo perfusion index (PI) is effective in the 

Proven with Children2

noninvasive detection of congenital heart defects (CHD) in newborns. Their findings show the detection 

rate for CHD improved from 78 percent to 100 percent when PI was used in addition to Masimo SET 
SpO2. The study concluded that even when routine neonatal physical examinations and saturation 
screenings fail, PI may help to accurately detect CHD—enabling life-saving early detection and critical 

55%

90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

intervention before discharge from the hospital.1 These results reinforced findings from a 2005 

30%

20%

study that showed Masimo’s improved performance during low perfusion states and resistance 

10%

1%

0%

to motion artifacts “is the key to enable screening (for CHD) with both a high 

Missed True Events

sensitivity and a low false positive rate.”2

= Masimo SET 
= Nellcor N-395

PvI may provide “significant value” for neonatologists

This study measured missed true desaturation events out of 
75 true events on 5 children undergoing evaluation for sleep-
disordered breathing. 

Additionally, in a study presented at the American Association of 

Respiratory Care Annual Meeting in December 2007, a team of 

Proven with Infants3

neonatologists headed by Dr. Mitchell Goldstein reported that Masimo 

Rainbow SET’s PVI measurement may provide significant value in 

90%

80%

the detection and treatment of processes that produce increased 

70%

60%

intrathoracic pressure in newborns. The researchers concluded that, 

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

“PVI may have significant value in the diagnosis and treatment of 

43%

processes that produce increased intrathoracic pressure, such as 

12%

0%

pneumothorax, chylothorax, and in this case pulmonary effusion.”3

2%

1%

4%

6%

Missed True Events

False Alarms

1 Granelli A, Ostman-Smith I. 2007. Noninvasive Peripheral Perfusion Index as a Possible Tool for 
Screening for Critical Left Heart Obstruction. Acta Paediatrica 96:1455-1459.

= Masimo SET 
= Nellcor N-395
= Philips Viridia (FAST Rev. B)

2 Granelli A.D., Mellander M, Sunnegardh J, Sandberg K, Ostman-Smith I. 2005. Screening for 
duct-dependent congenital heart disease with pulse oximetry: A critical evaluation of strategies to 
maximize sensitivity, Acta Paediatrica, 94: 1590-1596.

This study measured missed true events and false alarms over 
a 28 hour period, comparing Masimo SET to other “motion- 
resistant” pulse oximetry technologies.

3 Goldstein M, Lopez M, Saesim D, Peverini R. 2007. The Use of Pleth Variability Index (PVI) to 
Detect Changes in Intrathoracic Pressure. Loma Linda (CA): Neonatology, Loma Linda University 
Children’s Hospital.

1 Nitin Shah, M.D., Laverne Estanol, M.S. Anesthesiology, 2006 Long Beach 
VA Medical Center, UC Irvine Medical Center, Long Beach, California Compari-
son of Three New Generation Pulse Oximeters During Motion & Low Perfusion 
in Volunteers

2 Brouillette RT, Lavergne J, Leimanis A, Nixon GM, Laden S, McGregor 
CD. Differences in Pulse Oximetry Technology can Affect Detection of Sleep 
Disordered Breathing in Children. Anesth Analg 2002; 94:S47-S53

MITCHEll GolDSTEIn, MD, FAAP
Dr. Goldstein has led a number of independent research initiatives to determine 
the efficacy of Masimo technologies, most recently completing a study showing 
Masimo Rainbow SET to have “significant value” in diagnosing and treating several 
potentially life‑threatening neonatal conditions.

3 Hay WW, Rodden DJ, Collins SM, Melara DL, Hale KA, Fashaw LM. 
Reliability of conventional and new oximetry in neonatal patients. Journal of 
Perinatology. 2002; 22:360-266

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MAxIME CAnnESSon, MD
Dr. Cannesson’s independent clinical studies presented at the American Society of 
Anesthesiologists concluded, “PVI shows great promise for use in perioperative fluid 
optimization, which will have both clinical and economical impact.”

ReCAP Of KeY STudIeS fROM 2007

If you want to read for yourself what leading 

researchers have had to say about Masimo this 

year, here are just a few of the more than 40 studies 

using a new Masimo measurement for 
noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring.

published in 2007 showing the clinical value of our 

technologies.

>  Total Hemoglobin (SpHb) 
One of the newest measurements available with Masimo Rainbow 
Macknet MR, Norton S, Kimball-Jones P, Applegate II R, 
SET is PVI, which captures vital hemodynamic changes that may 
Martin R, Allard M. 2007. Non-Invasive Measurement of 

compromise normal cardiac function and provide an indication 
Continuous Hemoglobin Concentration Via Pulse CO-

of a patient’s level of hydration. Appropriate fluid levels are vital to 

Oximetry. Anesthesiology 107: A1545. Available at http://

reducing postoperative risks and improving patient outcomes, as 

www.asa-abstracts.com/

fluid volumes that are too low or too high have been shown to 

>  PVI
decrease wound healing while increasing the risk of infection and 
Cannesson M, Dalannoy B, Attof Y, Rosamel R, Lehot 

cardiac complications.

JJ. 2007. New Algorithm for Automatic Estimation of the 

Respiratory Variations in the Pulse Oximeter Waveform in 

Noninvasive measure of fluid responsiveness to have 

Mechanically Ventilated Patients. Crit Care Med 35(12): 328.

“major importance”

>  Carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO) 
Ben Eli D, Peruggia J, McFarland J, Werner A, Kaufman 

At the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) meeting in 

BJ, Freese J, Cox L, Fry A, Askew S, Prezant DJ. 2007. 

October 2007, a study presented by Dr. Maxime Cannesson, 

Detecting CO – FDNY Studies Prehospital Assessment of 

assistant professor of cardiothoracic anesthesia at Louis Pradel 

COHb. JEMS October: 36-37.

Hospital in Lyon, France, demonstrated the ability of PVI to 

accurately and noninvasively detect changes in ventricular preload. 
>  Methemoglobin (SpMet) 
Padakandla U. 2007. RAD-57 Rainbow CO-Oximeter in 

Dr. Cannesson and his research team concluded in their study 

that PVI might provide a new method for noninvasively predicting 

Detecting Methemoglobin during Upper GI Endoscopy–A 

Case Report. Anesthesiology 107: A1543. Available at http://

fluid responsiveness, adding that “fluid management optimization in 

www.asa-abstracts.com/

mechanically ventilated patients undergoing anesthesia is of major 

importance, since it may have clinical and economical impact.”1

> Perfusion Index (PI) to Screen for  
Congenital Heart Defects 
Granelli AW, Osterman-Smith I. 2007. Noninvasive Peripheral 

1 New Algorithm for Automatic Estimation of the Respiratory Variations in the Pulse Oximeter Wave-
form. M Cannesson, B Delannoy, A Morand, O Bastien, JJ Lehot. Anesthesiology 2007 (A451).

Perfusion Index as a Possible Tool for Screening for Critical 

Left Heart Obstruction. Acta Paediatr 96(10): 1455-9.

Moving Beyond Conventional Pulse oximetry 
Masimo is redefining what you should expect from a single noninvasive sensor—not only a true assessment of oxygen saturation 
(SpO2) and pulse rate (PR), but perfusion index (PI) and the following:

Cox P. 2007. New Pulse Oximetry Sensors with Low 

Saturation Accuracy Claims–A Clinical Evaluation. 

> Low Saturation Accuracy of Masimo  
SET/Masimo LNOP Blue Sensor 

Carboxyhemoglobin 
(SpCo®)
Too often misdiagnosed as 
food poisoning, fatigue, or 
the flu, CO poisoning is the 
leading cause of poisoning 
deaths in the industrialized 
world.

Methemoglobin  
(SpMet®)
Monitoring SpMet allows 
clinicians to determine 
whether drugs they are 
administering are causing 
methemoglobinemia, which 
can lead to brain damage and 
even death.

Anesthesiology 107: A1540. Available at http://www.asa-

abstracts.com/ 

PVI™
Providing for the noninvasive 
assessment of fluid 
responsiveness, PVI may help 
clinicians better understand 
whether their patients are 
dehydrated or need more fluids, 
and it could allow for quicker 
diagnosis of heart complications 
in mechanically ventilated 
patients.

Total Hemoglobin 
(SpHb™) and oxygen 
>  Masimo SET SpO2 Accuracy 
Content (SpoC™)
Castillo AR, Deulofeut R, Sola A. 2007. Clinical Practice and 
SpO2 Technology in the Prevention of ROP in VLBW Infants. 
These are the latest measurements   
offered as part of the upgradable 
Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting 
Masimo Rainbow SET platform. 
They are expected to dramatically 
improve the care of anemic 
patients and patients at risk of 
blood loss.

May 5-8, 2007. Available at www.abstracts2view.com/pas/ 

using Masimo Rainbow SET to screen for congenital heart 
defects and other life‑threatening conditions in infants.

It is especially rewarding to us when we see researchers using our technology to detect illnesses that 

threaten the lives of the most vulnerable yet promising patients. That’s why we were encouraged to 

see new studies in 2007 clearly showing the positive effect Masimo Rainbow SET has on the lives of 

newborns and infants.

Masimo enables life-saving early detection and intervention

In a study released in November 2007, a team of researchers from the Institute of Clinical Sciences 

at Gothenburg University, Sweden, showed that the Masimo perfusion index (PI) is effective in the 

noninvasive detection of congenital heart defects (CHD) in newborns. Their findings show the detection 

rate for CHD improved from 78 percent to 100 percent when PI was used in addition to Masimo SET 
SpO2. The study concluded that even when routine neonatal physical examinations and saturation 
screenings fail, PI may help to accurately detect CHD—enabling life-saving early detection and critical 

intervention before discharge from the hospital.1 These results reinforced findings from a 2005 

study that showed Masimo’s improved performance during low perfusion states and resistance 

to motion artifacts “is the key to enable screening (for CHD) with both a high 

sensitivity and a low false positive rate.”2

PvI may provide “significant value” for neonatologists

Additionally, in a study presented at the American Association of 

Respiratory Care Annual Meeting in December 2007, a team of 

neonatologists headed by Dr. Mitchell Goldstein reported that Masimo 

Rainbow SET’s PVI measurement may provide significant value in 

the detection and treatment of processes that produce increased 

intrathoracic pressure in newborns. The researchers concluded that, 

“PVI may have significant value in the diagnosis and treatment of 

processes that produce increased intrathoracic pressure, such as 

pneumothorax, chylothorax, and in this case pulmonary effusion.”3

1 Granelli A, Ostman-Smith I. 2007. Noninvasive Peripheral Perfusion Index as a Possible Tool for 
Screening for Critical Left Heart Obstruction. Acta Paediatrica 96:1455-1459.

2 Granelli A.D., Mellander M, Sunnegardh J, Sandberg K, Ostman-Smith I. 2005. Screening for 
duct-dependent congenital heart disease with pulse oximetry: A critical evaluation of strategies to 
maximize sensitivity, Acta Paediatrica, 94: 1590-1596.

3 Goldstein M, Lopez M, Saesim D, Peverini R. 2007. The Use of Pleth Variability Index (PVI) to 
Detect Changes in Intrathoracic Pressure. Loma Linda (CA): Neonatology, Loma Linda University 
Children’s Hospital.

MITCHEll GolDSTEIn, MD, FAAP
Dr. Goldstein has led a number of independent research initiatives to determine 
the efficacy of Masimo technologies, most recently completing a study showing 
Masimo Rainbow SET to have “significant value” in diagnosing and treating several 
potentially life‑threatening neonatal conditions.

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I AM
COMPASSION

It’s not easy for some people to understand why a highly-trained professional like Pernilla Fridolfsson 
would choose to endure the physical and emotional rigors of 12-hour shifts while dealing with pressure-
packed days in a neonatal intensive care unit. It’s not a comfortable life. But for Pernilla, the choice to 
serve in this challenging arena was an easy one. Since beginning her nursing career in Sweden 20 
years ago, she has had a passion for patient care. It’s this passion for patients, along with a drive to 
improve lives and comfort those in need that makes it all worthwhile for Pernilla—and clinicians like her 
around the world.  

Remaining faithful to a promise 
of caring.

The dedicated men and women who use our products every day to make a difference in the lives of their patients 

know they can trust Masimo to give them accurate, actionable information about their patients’ physiological status. 

This confidence is why many of the top hospitals in the United States—including four of the top five listed on the 2007 

US News & World Report Honor Roll—have adopted Masimo as their pulse oximetry platform.

When clinicians choose Masimo, they know they are getting a partner committed to their success. We not only have 

the best performing pulse oximetry technology, but we have one of the largest teams of dedicated clinical specialists 

in the industry, 24 x 7 technical support, and online training tools to educate the clinicians who will use our products to 

care for their patients.

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PERnIllA FRIDolFSSon, RnC
Beginning her nursing career in her native Sweden, Pernilla is currently a neonatal nurse 
at the Children’s Hospital of orange County in orange, California, where she counts on 
Masimo technology every day to help her care for her tiny patients.

AT hOMe IN vIRTuAllY ANY ClINICAl SeTTINg
Masimo has a complete array of sensors and multiple handheld and bedside devices—in addition to being 
integrated into more than 100 multiparameter monitors and more than 40 monitoring brands. So whatever kind of 
patient monitor a clinician requires, they can get it with Masimo technology.  

Remaining faithful to a promise 
of caring.

The dedicated men and women who use our products every day to make a difference in the lives of their patients 

know they can trust Masimo to give them accurate, actionable information about their patients’ physiological status. 

This confidence is why many of the top hospitals in the United States—including four of the top five listed on the 2007 

US News & World Report Honor Roll—have adopted Masimo as their pulse oximetry platform.

When clinicians choose Masimo, they know they are getting a partner committed to their success. We not only have 

the best performing pulse oximetry technology, but we have one of the largest teams of dedicated clinical specialists 

in the industry, 24 x 7 technical support, and online training tools to educate the clinicians who will use our products to 

care for their patients.

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PERnIllA FRIDolFSSon, RnC
Beginning her nursing career in her native Sweden, Pernilla is currently a neonatal nurse 
at the Children’s Hospital of orange County in orange, California, where she counts on 
Masimo technology every day to help her care for her tiny patients.

using Masimo technology to keep patients safe in  
general care areas of the hospital.

A growing recognition that patients are unnecessarily dying on general care floors due to unobserved sentinel events has led 

to an increased call for continuous monitoring of at-risk patients in these areas—and the deployment of highly-trained clinicians 

in the form of Rapid Response Teams to intervene when necessary. Masimo Patient SafetyNet remote monitoring and clinician 

notification system is specifically designed to keep at-risk patients safe when they are undergoing care on general floors, where 

patient-to-nurse ratios preclude the direct and continual surveillance necessary to identify and properly treat sentinel events. 

Patient SafetyNet having “positive impact” on improving outcomes

In December 2007, Patient SafetyNet was first put into service on a postsurgical orthopedic general care floor at Dartmouth 

Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, New Hampshire. All 36 bedsides on the floor are now equipped with Masimo Radical-7 pulse 

oximeters that are wirelessly connected to the Patient SafetyNet server over the hospital’s internal wireless infrastructure. The 

clinical team at Dartmouth implemented a “standing order” policy, assuring that all patients admitted to the floor are monitored 

on the system. Initial reports from the clinical team indicate Patient SafetyNet has already had a positive impact on improving 

outcomes through early detection of changes in patient conditions. 

Timely carbon monoxide screening and decisive action 
saves nearly 100 lives. 

When a security guard arrived for treatment at the Boca Raton Community Hospital in South Florida, Nurse Mary Russell had no 

immediate reason to suspect carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. The patient complained of dizziness and a headache, common 

symptoms that are normally associated with the flu—but are also the often-overlooked warning signs of carbon monoxide 

poisoning. But when Mary determined the security guard was working around gas-powered generators at a condo complex 

undergoing construction repairs from Hurricane Wilma, her training led her to suspect carbon monoxide.

MASIMO PATIeNT SAfeTYNeT helPS 
Luckily, Mary’s hospital had just received a Masimo Rad-57 Pulse CO-Oximeter, the first device to be 
ClINICIANS AveRT lIfe-ThReATeNINg 
able to noninvasively detect the level of carbon monoxide in a patient’s blood without a painful and 
eveNTS
time-consuming blood test. She slipped the sensor on the security guard’s finger and in seconds 

determined that he was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Masimo Patient SafetyNet is an easy-to-use remote 

monitoring and clinician notification system that com-
Early detection and quick thinking lead to evacuation of 20-story building
bines the “gold standard” performance of Masimo SET 
At that point, Mary contacted Glenn Joseph, deputy chief of the Boca Raton Fire-Rescue 
pulse oximetry with wireless clinician notification via 
Services, who quickly dispatched a hazardous-materials team to the security guard’s 
pager. The system supports up to 40 bedside devices 
condo complex. Once there, the team detected carbon monoxide levels in the 
and is available today with continuous SpO2 and pulse-
building that were 100 times above normal levels. After summoning back-up, the 
rate monitoring. Recent upgrades allow clinicians to add 
team went door-to-door in the 20-story condo, safely evacuating nearly 100 
end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2) and respiration.
residents from the poisoned building.

The accuracy and reliability of Masimo SET 
Because of the quick actions of Mary, Glenn, and the team—and the timely 
makes it all possible
detection of carbon monoxide poisoning by the Masimo device—only one 
Previous attempts at monitoring patients on the general 
other person needed to be taken to the hospital for treatment. In addition, 
floors have failed because of excessive false alarms. 
the evacuees were spared the long-term brain and heart damage that 
Because Masimo SET has been proven to have the 
can be caused by even one untreated exposure to carbon monoxide 
highest sensitivity and specificity through conditions of 
poisoning.
motion and low perfusion—the most common source 

of false alarms with other pulse oximetry technologies—

clinicians can finally monitor their patients on general 

care floors without being overloaded by false alarms.

And since clinicians can trust the alarms generated by 

Masimo Patient SafetyNet, Rapid Response Teams can 

be mobilized with confidence to allow prompt clinical 

intervention in cases of treatable adverse events.

With Masimo Patient Safetynet, hospitals can mobilize Rapid Response Teams with 
confidence due to the accuracy and reliability of Masimo SET technology, which virtually 
eliminates false alarms without missing true clinical events.

MARy RuSSEll, EDD, MSn (left) GlEnn JoSEPH, DEPuTy FIRE CHIEF 
oF oPERATIonS, BoCA RATon FIRE RESCuE (right)
Quick action by nurse Russell and Deputy Chief Joseph triggered a series of events 
that led to the evacuation of 100 persons from a 20‑story condo building that had 
lethal levels of carbon monoxide, perhaps saving dozens of lives.

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using Masimo technology to keep patients safe in  
general care areas of the hospital.

A growing recognition that patients are unnecessarily dying on general care floors due to unobserved sentinel events has led 

to an increased call for continuous monitoring of at-risk patients in these areas—and the deployment of highly-trained clinicians 

in the form of Rapid Response Teams to intervene when necessary. Masimo Patient SafetyNet remote monitoring and clinician 

notification system is specifically designed to keep at-risk patients safe when they are undergoing care on general floors, where 

patient-to-nurse ratios preclude the direct and continual surveillance necessary to identify and properly treat sentinel events. 

Patient SafetyNet having “positive impact” on improving outcomes

Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, New Hampshire. All 36 bedsides on the floor are now equipped with Masimo Radical-7 pulse 

In December 2007, Patient SafetyNet was first put into service on a postsurgical orthopedic general care floor at Dartmouth 
MASIMO beCOMINg STANdARd Of 
CARe fOR deTeCTINg CARbON  
oximeters that are wirelessly connected to the Patient SafetyNet server over the hospital’s internal wireless infrastructure. The 
MONOXIde POISONINg IN eMS ANd  
clinical team at Dartmouth implemented a “standing order” policy, assuring that all patients admitted to the floor are monitored 
fIRe eNvIRONMeNTS

on the system. Initial reports from the clinical team indicate Patient SafetyNet has already had a positive impact on improving 

outcomes through early detection of changes in patient conditions. 

As the recognition of the dangers of misdiagnosing 

carbon monoxide poisoning in patients and firefighters 

alike grows, many leading industry groups are advocat-

ing adoption of Pulse CO-Oximetry technology as a new 

standard of care to fight this silent killer. The organizations 

advocating the adoption of this life-saving technology 

include the following groups:

>  National Association of Emergency Medical  

Technicians (NAEMT)

> National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

> International Association of Firefighters (IAFF)

>  National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)

With these recommendations, more firefighters and 

emergency medical professionals will gain access to our 

life-saving Pulse CO-Oximeter, the Masimo Rad-57.

“Any firefighter exposed to CO 
or presenting with headache, 
nausea, shortness of breath, or 
gastrointestinal symptoms at an 
incident where CO is present should 
be measured for CO poisoning with 
Pulse CO-Oximetry…”

With Masimo Patient Safetynet, hospitals can mobilize Rapid Response Teams with 
confidence due to the accuracy and reliability of Masimo SET technology, which virtually 
eliminates false alarms without missing true clinical events.
NFPA 1584: Standard on the Rehabilitation Process for Members During Emergency 
Operations and Training Exercises, 2008

Timely carbon monoxide screening and decisive action 
saves nearly 100 lives. 

When a security guard arrived for treatment at the Boca Raton Community Hospital in South Florida, Nurse Mary Russell had no 

immediate reason to suspect carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. The patient complained of dizziness and a headache, common 

symptoms that are normally associated with the flu—but are also the often-overlooked warning signs of carbon monoxide 

poisoning. But when Mary determined the security guard was working around gas-powered generators at a condo complex 

undergoing construction repairs from Hurricane Wilma, her training led her to suspect carbon monoxide.

Luckily, Mary’s hospital had just received a Masimo Rad-57 Pulse CO-Oximeter, the first device to be 

able to noninvasively detect the level of carbon monoxide in a patient’s blood without a painful and 

time-consuming blood test. She slipped the sensor on the security guard’s finger and in seconds 

determined that he was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Early detection and quick thinking lead to evacuation of 20-story building

At that point, Mary contacted Glenn Joseph, deputy chief of the Boca Raton Fire-Rescue 

Services, who quickly dispatched a hazardous-materials team to the security guard’s 

condo complex. Once there, the team detected carbon monoxide levels in the 

building that were 100 times above normal levels. After summoning back-up, the 

team went door-to-door in the 20-story condo, safely evacuating nearly 100 

residents from the poisoned building.

Because of the quick actions of Mary, Glenn, and the team—and the timely 

detection of carbon monoxide poisoning by the Masimo device—only one 

other person needed to be taken to the hospital for treatment. In addition, 

the evacuees were spared the long-term brain and heart damage that 

can be caused by even one untreated exposure to carbon monoxide 

poisoning.

MARy RuSSEll, EDD, MSn (left) GlEnn JoSEPH, DEPuTy FIRE CHIEF 
oF oPERATIonS, BoCA RATon FIRE RESCuE (right)
Quick action by nurse Russell and Deputy Chief Joseph triggered a series of events 
that led to the evacuation of 100 persons from a 20‑story condo building that had 
lethal levels of carbon monoxide, perhaps saving dozens of lives.

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I AM LIfE

Gabriel Tom is an active six-year-old with a ready smile and a gentle nature. His cheerful demeanor 
and inquisitive personality belie the challenges this energetic kindergartener faced when he was born 
prematurely with multiple birth defects. Masimo technology helped doctors rule out one prenatally 
diagnosed  condition—congenital  heart  defect—and  allowed  them  to  focus  on  Gabriel’s  most 
urgent condition, a diaphragmatic hernia requiring emergency surgery. While Masimo technology 
measured his arterial oxygen-saturation levels, a team of doctors led by Dr. Balaji Govindaswami 
at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center provided the care that saved Gabriel’s life and ultimately gave his 
parents a most precious gift—a happy, healthy young boy.

never forgetting it’s all about 
the patient.

When one of our monitors displays a noninvasive measurement, it’s more than just a number. It’s a key to 

understanding. A piece of the puzzle a clinician will use to make decisions that will impact a life. At Masimo, we never 

forget this fact.

Before Masimo, clinicians resigned themselves to the fact that pulse oximetry would fail to deliver accurate readings 

when used on their most difficult patients—like ASA-status IV patients, critically ill patients during transport, patients in 

postanesthesia recovery, cyanotic children, neonates, and combative patients who were moving and had  

low perfusion.

Masimo’s accuracy and reliability changed all that, allowing clinicians to trust the measurements they see and 
intervene with confidence. Masimo SET’s unmatched sensitivity and specificity allowed us to reduce SpO2 false 
alarms by more than 90 percent while providing an unmatched true alarm-detection rate of more than 97 percent 

even during motion and low perfusion. We believe reducing false alarms at the expense of detecting true clinical 

events is an unacceptable trade-off—and that patients deserve better.

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GABRIEl ToM, KInDERGARTEn STuDEnT, Ex‑PATIEnT
Born with multiple birth defects, Gabriel is now a happy, healthy six‑year‑old thanks to the 
dedicated efforts of a team of talented clinicians and—at least in part—to the accuracy and 
reliability of Masimo technology.

A COMMITMeNT TO CARe fOR ThOSe whO CANNOT CARe fOR TheMSelveS
When Masimo first introduced measure-through-motion-and-low-perfusion pulse oximetry, we focused our efforts 
on meeting the unmet needs of the most fragile patients—at-risk infants in the NICU for whom conventional pulse 
oximetry would not work due to its inability to measure during conditions of low perfusion and motion. It’s an area 
of focus we still maintain and a bond of trust we still nurture.

never forgetting it’s all about 
the patient.

When one of our monitors displays a noninvasive measurement, it’s more than just a number. It’s a key to 

understanding. A piece of the puzzle a clinician will use to make decisions that will impact a life. At Masimo, we never 

forget this fact.

Before Masimo, clinicians resigned themselves to the fact that pulse oximetry would fail to deliver accurate readings 

when used on their most difficult patients—like ASA-status IV patients, critically ill patients during transport, patients in 

postanesthesia recovery, cyanotic children, neonates, and combative patients who were moving and had  

low perfusion.

Masimo’s accuracy and reliability changed all that, allowing clinicians to trust the measurements they see and 
intervene with confidence. Masimo SET’s unmatched sensitivity and specificity allowed us to reduce SpO2 false 
alarms by more than 90 percent while providing an unmatched true alarm-detection rate of more than 97 percent 

even during motion and low perfusion. We believe reducing false alarms at the expense of detecting true clinical 

events is an unacceptable trade-off—and that patients deserve better.

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GABRIEl ToM, KInDERGARTEn STuDEnT, Ex‑PATIEnT
Born with multiple birth defects, Gabriel is now a happy, healthy six‑year‑old thanks to the 
dedicated efforts of a team of talented clinicians and—at least in part—to the accuracy and 
reliability of Masimo technology.

JoHn VIlJoEn, MD
A random request to have a technician “stick one of those sensors on me” 
during a clinical trial of Masimo’s noninvasive total hemoglobin monitoring 
technology allowed for the early detection of Dr. Viljoen’s esophageal  
cancer, enabling early intervention that he credits with saving his life.

Random hemoglobin testing during Masimo clinical trials helps 
save doctor’s life when his cancer is detected early.

A little less than a year ago, Dr. John Viljoen, clinical professor of anesthesiology at Loma Linda University School of Medicine 

in California, walked in to find his office cluttered with computers and testing equipment being used in a clinical study validating 

Masimo’s new noninvasive total hemoglobin monitoring technology. His interest piqued, he asked one of the technicians to “stick 

one of those sensors on me.” That one simple request kicked off a chain of events that Dr. Viljoen credits with saving his life.

Life “totally changed” as a result of Masimo and early detection

After receiving a low hemoglobin reading of 10.6 from our device, Dr. Viljoen—who exhibited no prior symptoms—had the results 

validated by a laboratory blood test. He then had a series of additional tests done that ultimately led to a diagnosis of esophageal 

cancer that had metastasized in the upper part of his left arm. He had surgery to remove the tumor in his esophagus and replace 

his left shoulder, “and up to this point I have had no complications,” Dr. Viljoen explained. 

“My life expectancy has been totally changed as a result of that random assessment of noninvasive total hemoglobin,” Dr. Viljoen 

added. “If it were not for that measurement having been done, I would have had to wait for symptoms of the cancer to occur, at 

which time it would probably have been inoperable and the whole sequence of events would have been totally different—resulting 

in all probability in my not being here today.”

NONINvASIve heMOglObIN 
MONITORINg PReSeNTS New 
OPPORTuNITIeS TO POSITIvelY IMPACT 
PATIeNT CARe
Masimo SET helps clinicians preserve premature infants’ fragile 
eyesight thanks to more efficient oxygen management.
With the launch of noninvasive and continuous total 
hemoglobin monitoring, the latest measurement to be 
offered as part of the upgradable Masimo Rainbow SET 
The fragile nature of a premature baby’s eyesight makes careful management of oxygen critical to avoid blindness caused by 
platform, Masimo technology will likely find itself saving 
retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), one of the most common causes of visual impairment and blindness in premature infants. ROP 
more lives throughout the hospital and beyond.
is exacerbated by the excessively high levels of supplemental oxygen often used to treat these patients, due in large part to 

Hemoglobin is a protein carried by red blood cells 
unreliable oxygen level measurements from pulse oximeters not able to maintain accuracy during conditions of motion and low 
to transport oxygen molecules. Knowing a patient’s 
perfusion. A new independent study released in 2007 showed that switching to Masimo SET pulse oximetry technology can 
hemoglobin level gives clinicians a good indication 
reduce the risk of extremely low birth-weight (ELBW) infants developing retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) by 40 percent.1 
of the blood’s ability to carry oxygen throughout the 
body and can also warn of potential internal bleeding. 
Results with Masimo “significantly more favorable”
Noninvasive and continuous hemoglobin monitoring with 
Masimo Rainbow SET technology has the potential to 
The study showed that a change in pulse oximetry technology could impact treatment effect and reduce the risk of ROP 
help improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of 
in ELBW infants. The research team was able to analyze ROP rates before and after identical clinical practice changes at 
care by allowing for real-time anemia monitoring—giving 
two different healthcare centers and isolate the difference made by the pulse oximetry technology—one of which switched 
clinicians the opportunity to perform fewer lab tests, 
to Masimo after the practice changes, one of which kept its old technology. Researchers concluded that the results were 
fewer blood transfusions, and reduce blood transfusion-
“significantly more favorable” for the center that switched to Masimo technology, adding that these results “further support  
related morbidity through more precise blood delivery.
the significance of adequate SpO2 monitors in managing critically ill infants.”

Principal care areas where hemoglobin is currently 
measured invasively are surgery, recovery, intensive 
care, and the emergency department, with secondary 
RoP Rates Pre‑Change 
areas of obstetrics and gynecology, dialysis centers, and 
oncology departments. With continuous and noninvasive 
hemoglobin monitoring, clinicians in these areas will 
Center #1  
without Masimo  without Masimo 
benefit from knowing real-time hemoglobin levels that 
may allow them to make more timely decisions.

Center #2 

RoP Rates Post‑Change

Center #1 
with Masimo 

Center #2
without Masimo

11.1% 

13.0% 

6% 

13.0%

Percent reduction in RoP rate after
change in clinical practice

>

40% 

0%

1 Clinical Practice and SpO2 Technology in the Prevention of ROP in ELBW Infants. 
Armando R. Castillo, Richard Deulofeut, Augusto Sola. Publication 8440.7; 
2007 Pediatric Academic Societies’

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Cardiac Surgery Specialist

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JoHn VIlJoEn, MD
A random request to have a technician “stick one of those sensors on me” 
during a clinical trial of Masimo’s noninvasive total hemoglobin monitoring 
technology allowed for the early detection of Dr. Viljoen’s esophageal  
cancer, enabling early intervention that he credits with saving his life.

IMPROvINg PATIeNT OuTCOMeS 
ANd SAfeTY

Clinicians around the world have put Masimo 
to the test and have shown that our technology 
provides improved patient outcomes and 
enhanced processes of care. Here are excerpts 
from two of the more than 100 independent 
and objective studies that back up this claim:

“As part of an organized process of 
improvement in quality of care, the 
implementation of a clinical practice change of 
curtailed O2 was associated with an important 
and clinically significant decrease in the 
incidence of both severe ROP and the need 
for ROP therapy…In addition, many of the care 
providers reported greater ease in following the 
policy with use of new SpO2 monitors (Masimo 
Signal Extraction Technology) with less artifact 
and false alarms.”

Chow LC, Wright KW, Sola A, and the CSMC 
Oxygen Administration Study Group, Can Changes 
in Clinical Practice Decrease the Incidence or Severe 
Retinopathy of Prematurity in Very Low Birth Weight 
Infants? Pediatrics 2003; 111(2):339-345

Random hemoglobin testing during Masimo clinical trials helps 
“... a sensitivity of 98.5 percent and an excellent 
negative predictive value of 99.5 percent... The 
save doctor’s life when his cancer is detected early.
data in our study clearly show that a high-
performance, new-generation oximeter, with 
improved performance during low perfusion 
states and resistance to motion artifacts, is 
the key to enable screening with both a high 
sensitivity and a low false-positive rate.”

in California, walked in to find his office cluttered with computers and testing equipment being used in a clinical study validating 

A little less than a year ago, Dr. John Viljoen, clinical professor of anesthesiology at Loma Linda University School of Medicine 

one of those sensors on me.” That one simple request kicked off a chain of events that Dr. Viljoen credits with saving his life.

Masimo’s new noninvasive total hemoglobin monitoring technology. His interest piqued, he asked one of the technicians to “stick 

Life “totally changed” as a result of Masimo and early detection

Granelli A.D., Screening for Duct-dependant 
Congenital Heart Disease with Pulse Oximetry: A 
Critical Evaluation of Strategies to Maximize Sensitivity, 
After receiving a low hemoglobin reading of 10.6 from our device, Dr. Viljoen—who exhibited no prior symptoms—had the results 
Acta Paediatrica, 2005; 94: 1590-1596
validated by a laboratory blood test. He then had a series of additional tests done that ultimately led to a diagnosis of esophageal 

cancer that had metastasized in the upper part of his left arm. He had surgery to remove the tumor in his esophagus and replace 

his left shoulder, “and up to this point I have had no complications,” Dr. Viljoen explained. 

“My life expectancy has been totally changed as a result of that random assessment of noninvasive total hemoglobin,” Dr. Viljoen 

added. “If it were not for that measurement having been done, I would have had to wait for symptoms of the cancer to occur, at 

which time it would probably have been inoperable and the whole sequence of events would have been totally different—resulting 

in all probability in my not being here today.”

Masimo SET helps clinicians preserve premature infants’ fragile 
eyesight thanks to more efficient oxygen management.

The fragile nature of a premature baby’s eyesight makes careful management of oxygen critical to avoid blindness caused by 

retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), one of the most common causes of visual impairment and blindness in premature infants. ROP 

is exacerbated by the excessively high levels of supplemental oxygen often used to treat these patients, due in large part to 

unreliable oxygen level measurements from pulse oximeters not able to maintain accuracy during conditions of motion and low 

perfusion. A new independent study released in 2007 showed that switching to Masimo SET pulse oximetry technology can 

reduce the risk of extremely low birth-weight (ELBW) infants developing retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) by 40 percent.1 

Results with Masimo “significantly more favorable”

The study showed that a change in pulse oximetry technology could impact treatment effect and reduce the risk of ROP 

in ELBW infants. The research team was able to analyze ROP rates before and after identical clinical practice changes at 

two different healthcare centers and isolate the difference made by the pulse oximetry technology—one of which switched 

to Masimo after the practice changes, one of which kept its old technology. Researchers concluded that the results were 

“significantly more favorable” for the center that switched to Masimo technology, adding that these results “further support  
the significance of adequate SpO2 monitors in managing critically ill infants.”

RoP Rates Pre‑Change 

RoP Rates Post‑Change

Center #1  
without Masimo  without Masimo 

Center #2 

Center #1 
with Masimo 

Center #2
without Masimo

11.1% 

13.0% 

6% 

13.0%

Percent reduction in RoP rate after
change in clinical practice

>

40% 

0%

1 Clinical Practice and SpO2 Technology in the Prevention of ROP in ELBW Infants. 
Armando R. Castillo, Richard Deulofeut, Augusto Sola. Publication 8440.7; 
2007 Pediatric Academic Societies’

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Masimo Mission

“Improving patient outcomes and reducing the cost of care by taking 
noninvasive monitoring to new sites and new applications.”

Masimo guiding principles:

MASIMO MONITORS:

>  Remain faithful to your promises and responsibilities.

>  Thrive on fascination and accomplishment and not on 

greed and power.

Masimo Radical‑7 Color Screen
Complete Masimo Rainbow SET capability, upgradable, full 
color screen

>  Strive to make each year better than the year before 

both personally and for the team.

>  Make each day as fun as possible.

>  Do what is best for patient care.

MASIMO TEChNOLOgIES:

Masimo SET 
Measure-through-motion-and-low perfusion pulse oximetry.

>  Oxygen Saturation (SpO2), Pulse Rate, Perfusion Index (PI)

Masimo Rainbow SET 
Noninvasive blood constituent and functional hemodynamic 
monitoring.

>  Oxygen Saturation (SpO2), Pulse Rate, Perfusion Index (PI)

>  Carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO), Methemoglobin (SpMet), PVI

>  Noninvasive Total Hemoglobin, and Oxygen Content

Masimo Radical‑7 Blue Screen
Complete Masimo Rainbow SET capability, upgradable, 
monochrome blue screen

Masimo Rad‑87 
Complete Masimo Rainbow SET capability, upgradable,  
LCD display

Masimo Rad‑8
Masimo SET, LCD display

Masimo Rad‑9
Masimo SET, monochrome display

Masimo Rad‑57
Available with Masimo SET, SpCO, SpMet

Masimo Rad‑5
Masimo SET 

Masimo Rad‑5v
Masimo SET 

gENERAL fLOOR MONITORINg:

MASIMO SENSORS:

Masimo Patient Safetynet
Remote monitoring and clinician notification system designed to  
keep at-risk patients safe on general care floors

Masimo SET Sensors:
SpO2, Pulse Rate, Perfusion Index

Gerry Hammarth, Finance

Masimo Rainbow SET Sensors:
SpO2, Pulse Rate, Perfusion Index, SpCO, SpMet, PVI,
SpHb, SpOC

Meghan Corradino, Human Resources

RAdICAL, Adjective. Radical emphasizes the idea of going to the root of a matter,  
and this often seems immoderate in its thoroughness or completeness.

From our beginnings, the radical sign has been the anchor to our corporate logo. It symbolizes  

both our commitment to getting to the root of the problems that have limited the effectiveness of 

noninvasive monitoring technologies and our pledge to go above and beyond what others think  

is possible in order to accomplish this task.

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Phil Bonwell, Clinical Services

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Masimo Mission

MASIMO O.e.M. PARTNeRS

“Improving patient outcomes and reducing the cost of care by taking 
more than 100 multiparameter monitors from more 
noninvasive monitoring to new sites and new applications.”
than 40 different monitoring brands, we’re easy to 

Because Masimo technology is integrated into 

Masimo guiding principles:

>  Remain faithful to your promises and responsibilities.

integrate into virtually any clinical workflow—from 

EMS and transport to the ED, OR, ICU, step-down 

units, and even general care floors.

MASIMO MONITORS:

>  Thrive on fascination and accomplishment and not on 

greed and power.

Masimo Radical‑7 Color Screen
Complete Masimo Rainbow SET capability, upgradable, full 
color screen

>  Strive to make each year better than the year before 

both personally and for the team.

>  Make each day as fun as possible.

>  Do what is best for patient care.

MASIMO TEChNOLOgIES:

Masimo SET 
Measure-through-motion-and-low perfusion pulse oximetry.

>  Oxygen Saturation (SpO2), Pulse Rate, Perfusion Index (PI)

Masimo Rainbow SET 
Noninvasive blood constituent and functional hemodynamic 
monitoring.

>  Oxygen Saturation (SpO2), Pulse Rate, Perfusion Index (PI)

>  Carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO), Methemoglobin (SpMet), PVI

>  Noninvasive Total Hemoglobin, and Oxygen Content

An

Company

Masimo Radical‑7 Blue Screen
Complete Masimo Rainbow SET capability, upgradable, 
monochrome blue screen

Masimo Rad‑87 
Complete Masimo Rainbow SET capability, upgradable,  
LCD display

Masimo Rad‑8
Masimo SET, LCD display

Masimo Rad‑9
Masimo SET, monochrome display

Masimo Rad‑57
Available with Masimo SET, SpCO, SpMet

Masimo Rad‑5
Masimo SET 

Masimo Rad‑5v
Masimo SET 

gENERAL fLOOR MONITORINg:

MASIMO SENSORS:

Masimo Patient Safetynet
Remote monitoring and clinician notification system designed to  
keep at-risk patients safe on general care floors

Masimo SET Sensors:
SpO2, Pulse Rate, Perfusion Index

Masimo Rainbow SET Sensors:
SpO2, Pulse Rate, Perfusion Index, SpCO, SpMet, PVI,
SpHb, SpOC

RAdICAL, Adjective. Radical emphasizes the idea of going to the root of a matter,  
and this often seems immoderate in its thoroughness or completeness.

From our beginnings, the radical sign has been the anchor to our corporate logo. It symbolizes  

both our commitment to getting to the root of the problems that have limited the effectiveness of 

noninvasive monitoring technologies and our pledge to go above and beyond what others think  

is possible in order to accomplish this task.

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Masimo‑owned Facility

oEM Partner Facility

Distribution Partner

Masimo’s global reach.

Our team of purists is committed to provide gold-standard technologies and the best service to meet the needs of 

clinicians and care providers around the world. With more than 1,500 employees and contractors worldwide, Masimo 

has operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia.

MASIMO JAPAN 

CORPORATION
World Times Bldg., 4F, 10-7, 
Ichiban-Cho
Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 102-0082

Japan

MASIMO CORPORATE 

hEAdqUARTERS
40 Parker
Irvine, CA 92618

USA

MASIMO ASIA PACIfIC
572A Serangoon Road
Singapore 218187

Singapore

MASIMO AUSTRALIA 

PTY LTd
ABN 71 124 372 701
Suite 5, Building 5
49 Frenchs Forest Rd.
Frenchs Forest NSW 2086

Australia

MASIMO CANAdA ULC
5003 Levy St., Suite 100
St-Laurent, QC H4R 2N9

MASIMO EUROPE ESPAñA 
Travessera de Gràcia 342 – 344
08025 Barcelona

Canada

Spain

MASIMO EUROPE LIMITEd
Le Bois des Côtes II,
304 RN6
69760 Limonest

MASIMO EUROPE ITALIA
Filiale Italiana
Piazza Duca D’Aosta 8
20124 Milano

France

Italy

MASIMO EUROPE 

MASIMO EUROPE 

dEUTSChLANd
Niederlassung Deutschland
Lindberghstraße 3
82178 Puchheim

Germany

UNITEd KINgdOM
Unit Q,
Loddon Business Centre
Roentgen Road.
Basingstoke. Hants. RG24 8NG

United Kingdom

Masimo Technologies Garner national and 
International Awards for Excellence

STA 1995 Excellence in Technology Innovation 

2000 SCCM Technology Excellence Award

2000 outstanding Medical Device Company

2001 Audie lewis Mark of Excellence (Independent Auditors)

2001 Innovative Product / Technology

2001 Distinguished leadership Award

2001 Excellence In leadership Award

2001 Medical Design Excellence Award

2003 new Standard of Care Award 

2003 Technology of the year Patient Monitoring Award

2003 Platinum ABBy for Innovations in Healthcare

2004 Director of the year for Corporate Growth

2006 Innovative Product / Technology

STA 2006 Application of Technology Award

2006 Medical Design Excellence Award

STA 2007 Excellence in Technology Innovation

2007 Groundbreaking Innovation of Rainbow SET Technology 

2007 Patient Monitoring Technology leadership of the year Award 

2007 Brand Development Strategy leadership Award

2007 Global Healthcare Exchange (GHx) Best in Class Award

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FoRWARD‑looKInG STATEMEnTS:

This document may include forward‑looking statements. These statements include but are not limited to: statements 
regarding our goals and focus; estimates about our future market potential; our belief that we will continue to develop 
“breakthrough” technologies; and statements regarding expectations for total hemoglobin (SpHb), oxygen content 
(SpoC), and end‑tidal carbon dioxide (EtCo2). These forward‑looking statements are based on current expectations 
about future events affecting us and are subject to uncertainties and factors, all of which are difficult to predict and 
many of which are beyond our control, including but not limited to: dependence on our patents and proprietary 
rights; the development or availability of competitive products or technologies; our assumption that Masimo SET and 
Masimo Rainbow SET will deliver a sufficient level of clinical improvement over alternative pulse oximetry and patient-
monitoring systems to allow for rapid adoption of the technology; and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” 
section of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2007, filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 4, 2008. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-
looking statements are reasonable, we do not know whether our expectations will prove correct. you are cautioned 
not to place undue reliance on these forward‑looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We do not 
undertake any obligation to update, amend, or clarify these forward‑looking statements or the risk factors contained in 
our annual report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 29, 2007, whether as a result of new information, future 
events, or otherwise, except as may be required under the federal securities laws.

noTE REGARDInG THIS AnnuAl REPoRT:

Please note that this Annual Report does not constitute the Company’s “annual report to security holders” for purposes 
of the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. For a copy of the Company’s annual report to security 
holders required under Rule 14a‑3 of Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, please refer 
to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2007.

Masimo Team (from left): Jerry novak, Clinical Engineering; Andy Wilsak, Financial Planning 
and Analysis; Scott Baldwin, Inside Sales; Kevin Allen, Inside Sales

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Masimo Executive Management Team:

Joe E. Kiani
Chief Executive Officer 

Ammar Al-Ali
Chief Technical Officer

Olivier Berthon
President, Masimo Europe

Jon Coleman
President, International Sales

Mark  P. de Raad
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Rick Fishel
President of Masimo Americas & International OEM Business

David Goodman, M.D., M.S.E.
Executive Vice President Business Development

Paul Jansen
Executive Vice President, Marketing

Yongsam Lee
Executive Vice President, Operations & Chief Information Officer

Tetsuro Maniwa
President, Masimo Japan

Stephen M. Moran, Esq.
General Counsel & Secretary and Executive Vice President, Human Capital

Michael O’Reilly, MD, MS
Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs

Anand Sampath
Executive Vice President, Engineering

Masimo Board of Directors:

Joe E. Kiani
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Steven J. Barker, M.D., Ph.D.
Director

Edward  L. Cahill
Director

Robert  Coleman, Ph.D.
Director

Sanford Fitch
Director

Jack Lasersohn
Director

I AM MASIMO