General Info

Masimo Corporation is a privately held medical technology company that develops, licenses and markets advanced medical signal processing technologies and products for the noninvasive monitoring of patient vital signs. The company invented and provides Signal Extraction Technology. Masimo Signal Extraction Technology, or Masimo SET, provides a standard of care for pulse oximeters. With its introduction in 1996, Masimo SET prevented occurrences of data dropouts, false alarms and inaccurate measurements due to patient motion, low perfusion and other challenging conditions. Additional products offered by the company include the Rad-Link wireless monitoring and communication system, the MicroGas qualitative oxygenation and pulmonary indicator device and the Tosca single sensor pulse rate system. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., the company was founded in 1989.