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Masimo Announces FDA Clearance of Radius PCG™ for the Root® Patient Monitoring and Connectivity Platform
Radius PCG with Bluetooth® Connectivity Seamlessly Integrates Tetherless Mainstream Capnography with Root IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Masimo (NASDAQ:
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nRadius PCG with Bluetooth® Connectivity Seamlessly Integrates Tetherless Mainstream Capnography with Root\n\n IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nMasimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that Radius PCG™, a portable real-time capnograph with wireless Bluetooth® connectivity, has received FDA 510(k) clearance. Radius PCG connects with the Root® Patient Monitoring and Connectivity Platform to provide seamless, tetherless mainstream capnography for patients of all ages. Radius PCG joins the growing family of tetherless Masimo technologies that includes Radius PPG™, which offers Masimo SET® Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, and Radius Tº™, which provides continuous temperature measurements. Radius PCG requires no routine calibration, with accurate end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2) and respiration rate measurements and continuous EtCO2 waveforms displayed within 15 seconds—all in a small, portable package that can fit in the palm of a hand.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210412005449/en/Masimo Root® with Radius PCG™ (Photo: Business Wire)\n“Radius PCG has been a game changer for our clinical team,” commented Joseph DiMartino, MSN RN, NE-BC, CCRN-K, Associate Vice President of Nursing at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. “It provides us with a portable and rapid measure of capnography for confirming airway placement in accordance with AHA guidelines.”\n\nWirelessly connected to Root, Radius PCG presents a compelling mainstream capnography solution, offering:\n\n\nCable-free Capnography: High-quality capnography without a tethered connection to Root reduces the possibility of an interruption in capnography monitoring by minimizing tugging on the breathing circuit. In busy operating rooms, where space is already at a premium, and where capnography cables can easily be pulled and dropped on the floor—potentially damaging the fragile and expensive capnography sensor head—the reduction in clutter may be especially welcome.\n\n\nAutomated Documentation: Root, in conjunction with the Masimo Hospital Automation™ Platform, automates electronic charting of patient data, including the data collected by Radius PCG, in hospital electronic medical record (EMR) systems, to simplify and speed workflows, as well as reduce the likelihood of tran...