Masimo, the Glossary
Masimo Corporation is a health technology and consumer electronics company based in Irvine, California.[1]
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89 relations: Acoustics, Adhesive, American Academy of Pediatrics, Anesthesia, Apple Inc., Apple Watch, Artery, Banner University Medical Center Tucson, Blood gas tension, Blood gas test, Blood transfusion, Boston Acoustics, Bowers & Wilkins, Brain, Cairo University, Capnography, Carbon dioxide, Carboxyhemoglobin, CE marking, Chair (officer), Chief executive officer, Children's Medical Center Dallas, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Classé, Consumer electronics, COVID-19 pandemic, Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center, Definitive Technology, DEI Holdings, Denon, ECRI Institute, Electroencephalography, Emergency department, Employee poaching, Food and Drug Administration, Forbes, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Health technology, Hemodynamics, Hemoglobin, Home audio, Hyperoxia, Hypoventilation, Hypoxia (medicine), Intensive care unit, Irvine, California, Joe Kiani, Light-emitting diode, Marantz, Massachusetts General Hospital, ... Expand index (39 more) »
- Health care companies established in 1989
- Manufacturing companies established in 1989
Acoustics
Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound.
Adhesive
Adhesive, also known as glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, is any non-metallic substance applied to one or both surfaces of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation.
American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is the largest professional association of pediatricians in the United States.
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Anesthesia
Anesthesia or anaesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes.
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. Masimo and Apple Inc. are Companies listed on the Nasdaq.
Apple Watch
The Apple Watch is a brand of smartwatch products produced by Apple.
Artery
An artery is a blood vessel in humans and most other animals that takes oxygenated blood away from the heart in the systemic circulation to one or more parts of the body.
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson (BUMCT), formerly University Medical Center and the University of Arizona Medical Center, is a private, non-profit, 649-bed acute-care teaching hospital located on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.
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Blood gas tension
Blood gas tension refers to the partial pressure of gases in blood.
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Blood gas test
A blood gas test or blood gas analysis tests blood to measure blood gas tension values, it also measures blood pH, and the level and base excess of bicarbonate.
Blood transfusion
Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood products into a person's circulation intravenously.
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Boston Acoustics
Boston Acoustics was an American manufacturer of home and mobile audio equipment founded in 1979.
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Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins, commonly known as B&W, is a British company that produces consumer and professional loudspeakers and headphones.
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Brain
The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals.
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Cairo University
Cairo University (translit) is Egypt's premier public university.
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Capnography
Capnography is the monitoring of the concentration or partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the respiratory gases.
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
Carboxyhemoglobin
Carboxyhemoglobin (carboxyhaemoglobin BrE) (symbol COHb or HbCO) is a stable complex of carbon monoxide and hemoglobin (Hb) that forms in red blood cells upon contact with carbon monoxide.
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CE marking
The presence of the logo (from French, "conformité européenne" meaning "European conformity") on commercial products indicates that the manufacturer or importer affirms the goods' conformity with European health, safety, and environmental protection standards.
Chair (officer)
The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.
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Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.
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Children's Medical Center Dallas
Children's Medical Center Dallas is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care teaching hospital located in Dallas, Texas, USA.
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) is an academic pediatric acute care children's hospital located in the Pill Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Classé
Classé is a Canadian audio brand known for high-performance music and theater components, such as amplifiers, pre-amplifiers and surround sound processors.
Consumer electronics
Consumer electronics or home electronics are electronic (analog or digital) equipment intended for everyday use, typically in private homes.
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COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
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Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), the flagship campus of the Dartmouth Health system, is the U.S. state of New Hampshire's only academic medical center.
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Definitive Technology
Definitive Technology (sometimes referred to as Def Tech) is an American unit based in Vista, California, of the Sound United division of electronics company DEI Holdings, that designs, develops and sells home theater audio systems, soundbars and headphones.
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DEI Holdings
DEI Holdings, Inc. is the US parent company of several brands of consumer audio electronics and vehicle security/remote start systems.
Denon
is a Japanese electronics company dealing with audio equipment.
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ECRI Institute
ECRI (originally founded as Emergency Care Research Institute) is an independent nonprofit organization tasked with "improving the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of care across all healthcare settings worldwide.".
Electroencephalography
Electroencephalography (EEG) is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain.
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Emergency department
An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own means or by that of an ambulance.
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Employee poaching
Employee poaching, also called employee raiding, is the practice of inducing an employee to leave one employer and take up employment with another employer.
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Food and Drug Administration
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA or the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act) is a United States Act of Congress enacted by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 21, 1996.
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Health technology
Health technology is defined by the World Health Organization as the "application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives".
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Hemodynamics
Hemodynamics or haemodynamics are the dynamics of blood flow.
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin (haemoglobin, Hb or Hgb) is a protein containing iron that facilitates the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.
Home audio
Home audio refer to audio consumer electronics designed for home entertainment, such as integrated systems like shelf stereos, as well as individual components like loudspeakers and surround sound receivers.
Hyperoxia
Hyperoxia occurs when cells, tissues and organs are exposed to an excess supply of oxygen (O2) or higher than normal partial pressure of oxygen.
Hypoventilation
Hypoventilation (also known as respiratory depression) occurs when ventilation is inadequate (hypo meaning "below") to perform needed respiratory gas exchange.
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Hypoxia (medicine)
Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level.
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Intensive care unit
An intensive care unit (ICU), also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) or critical care unit (CCU), is a special department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensive care medicine.
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Irvine, California
Irvine is the largest city and a master-planned city in central Orange County, California, United States, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
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Joe Kiani
Massi Kiani (ماس کیانی.; born September 16, 1964), known as Joe Kiani, is an Iranian-born American engineer, entrepreneur, and corporate executive.
Light-emitting diode
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it.
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Marantz
Marantz is a company that develops and sells high-end audio products.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Medical device
A medical device is any device intended to be used for medical purposes.
Methemoglobin
Methemoglobin (British: methaemoglobin, shortened MetHb) (pronounced "met-hemoglobin") is a hemoglobin in the form of metalloprotein, in which the iron in the heme group is in the Fe3+ (ferric) state, not the Fe2+ (ferrous) of normal hemoglobin.
Mobile app
A mobile application or app is a computer program or software application designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone, tablet, or watch.
Monitoring (medicine)
In medicine, monitoring is the observation of a disease, condition or one or several medical parameters over time.
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Nasdaq
The Nasdaq Stock Market (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American stock exchange based in New York City.
National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, comprising the NHS in England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales.
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Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide (dinitrogen oxide or dinitrogen monoxide), commonly known as laughing gas, nitrous, nitro, or nos, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula.
Non-invasive procedure
A medical procedure is defined as non-invasive when no break in the skin is created and there is no contact with the mucosa, or skin break, or internal body cavity beyond a natural or artificial body orifice.
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Operating theater
An operating theater (also known as an Operating Room (OR), operating suite, operation suite, or Operation Theatre (OT)) is a facility within a hospital where surgical operations are carried out in an aseptic environment.
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Opioid overdose
An opioid overdose is toxicity due to excessive consumption of opioids, such as morphine, codeine, heroin, fentanyl, tramadol, and methadone.
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Opioid withdrawal
Opioid withdrawal is a set of symptoms (a syndrome) arising from the sudden withdrawal or reduction of opioids where previous usage has been heavy and prolonged.
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Oxygen saturation
Oxygen saturation (symbol SO2) is a relative measure of the concentration of oxygen that is dissolved or carried in a given medium as a proportion of the maximal concentration that can be dissolved in that medium at the given temperature.
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Perfusion
Perfusion is the passage of fluid through the circulatory system or lymphatic system to an organ or a tissue, usually referring to the delivery of blood to a capillary bed in tissue.
Physical examination
In a physical examination, medical examination, clinical examination, or medical checkup, a medical practitioner examines a patient for any possible medical signs or symptoms of a medical condition.
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Pneumograph
A pneumograph, also known as a pneumatograph or spirograph, is a device for recording velocity and force of chest movements during respiration.
Polk Audio
Polk Audio is an American manufacturer of audio products best known for its home and automobile speakers.
Procedural sedation and analgesia
Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) is a technique in which a sedating/dissociative medication is given, usually along with an analgesic medication, in order to perform non-surgical procedures on a patient.
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Public company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets.
Pulse
In medicine, a pulse represents the tactile arterial palpation of the cardiac cycle (heartbeat) by fingertips.
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Pulse oximetry
Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive method for monitoring blood oxygen saturation.
Respiration (physiology)
In physiology, respiration is the movement of oxygen from the outside environment to the cells within tissues, and the removal of carbon dioxide in the opposite direction to the surrounding environment.
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Respiration rate
The respiration rate is a parameter which is used in ecological and agronomical modeling.
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Respiratory rate
The respiratory rate is the rate at which breathing occurs; it is set and controlled by the respiratory center of the brain.
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Retinopathy of prematurity
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), also called retrolental fibroplasia (RLF) and Terry syndrome, is a disease of the eye affecting prematurely born babies generally having received neonatal intensive care, in which oxygen therapy is used because of the premature development of their lungs.
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S&P 400
The S&P MidCap 400 Index, more commonly known as the S&P 400, is a stock market index from S&P Dow Jones Indices.
Sedation
Sedation is the reduction of irritability or agitation by administration of sedative drugs, generally to facilitate a medical procedure or diagnostic procedure.
Sensor
A sensor is a device that produces an output signal for the purpose of detecting a physical phenomenon.
Smart home hub
A smart home hub, sometimes also referred to as a "smart hub", "gateway'", "bridge", "controller" or "coordinator", is a control center/centre for a smart home, and enables the components of a smart home to communicate and respond to each other via communication through a central point.
Smartphone
A smartphone, often simply called a phone, is a mobile device that combines the functionality of a traditional mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities.
Smartwatch
A smartwatch is a portable wearable computer device in the form of a wristwatch.
Telehealth
Telehealth is the distribution of health-related services and information via electronic information and telecommunication technologies.
Transducer
A transducer is a device that converts energy from one form to another.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
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United States Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services.
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United States International Trade Commission
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC or I.T.C.) is an agency of the United States federal government that advises the legislative and executive branches on matters of trade.
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Vein
Veins are blood vessels in the circulatory system of humans and most other animals that carry blood towards the heart.
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Virtual private server
A virtual private server (VPS) is a virtual machine sold as a service by an Internet hosting service.
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Wearable technology
Wearable technology is any technology that is designed to be used while worn.
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World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
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See also
Health care companies established in 1989
- Crunch Fitness
- Masimo
Manufacturing companies established in 1989
- 3dr Models
- Air-Sport
- AirBoss of America
- Aurora Flight Sciences
- Daniel Roth (watchmakers)
- DeMarini
- Dirección de la Industria Aeronáutica Ecuador
- Gemilang Coachworks
- Getac
- Hatil
- IKey
- Jain Irrigation Systems
- Kinesis Industry
- Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation
- Kubicek Balloons
- Lorcin Engineering Company
- Luminox
- Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering
- Masimo
- Meghna Group
- Meyer Turku
- Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
- Mittal Steel Company
- Natracare
- Nova Performance Paragliders
- Parascender Technologies
- Pegas 2000
- Pipistrel
- Procter & Gamble Korea
- RAK Ceramics
- Reaction Engines
- SAGE Electrochromics
- STX Finland
- Sany
- Stephan Leitzinger
- Sundance Industries
- TL–Ultralight
- Tata Power Solar
- Tata Technologies
- Timbuk2
- Trendmasters
- WGH (company)
- Wilson Benesch
- XCMG
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masimo
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