The agreement aims to integrate Masimo Signal Extraction Technology (SET) pulse oximetry into GE HealthCare’s Portrait Mobile wireless, wearable patient monitoring solution.
Portrait Mobile, built as an internet of medical things (IoMT) platform, uses cloud-native technology. It provides an end-to-end experience for wearable, continuous monitoring. The FDA cleared Portrait Mobile in August of this year.
Integrating Masimo SET enables clinicians to leverage Masimo’s measure-through motion and low-perfusion oxygen saturation (SpO2) measurement technology. It allows for noninvasive detection and continuous monitoring of changes in patient status.
Uses of SET technology include reducing blindness in neonatal ICU patients and monitoring post-surgical patients on opioids. It also offered remote patient monitoring for COVID-19. This technology is at the center of Masimo’s ongoing patent spat with Apple over smartwatches, too.
“Portrait Mobile is built as an open platform, with the capability to be compatible with other technologies. The ability to integrate Masimo’s innovative SET pulse oximetry in a wearable sensor demonstrates the flexibility and scalability of our new platform while leveraging Masimo’s measurement expertise,” said Neal Sandy, GM of Monitoring Solutions at GE HealthCare. “Clinicians and patients will see the real benefit as Portrait Mobile enhances clinical decision-making for mobile patients and ultimately, supports earlier detection of deterioration.”
More about the GE HealthCare and Masimo partnership
The companies cited undetected patient deterioration and the preventable consequences as a driving factor behind teaming up. Utilizing data and continuous monitoring can help providers detect decline as it happens. That enables timely interventions before a patient deteriorates.
Building on a history of collaboration, GE HealthCare and Masimo aim to continue delivering joint solutions across the care continuum. They say their latest effort provides a personalized view of patient vitals while keeping patients mobile during critical recovery periods. This especially comes into play after surgery or discharge from the intensive care unit.
“We are excited to build on our collaboration with GE HealthCare by providing integrated solutions to help our customers and optimize patient care,” said Bilal Muhsin, COO at Masimo. “Through our expansion into mobile, wireless technologies, we are proud to incorporate Masimo SET pulse oximetry into the Portrait Mobile monitoring solution.”
For GE HealthCare, it marks the latest partnership entered into in just the last couple of months. Other examples include: