Masimo today announced that the Masimo W1 medical watch has received FDA 510(k) clearance for connectivity, allowing it to be integrated with the Masimo SafetyNet telemonitoring solution.
Masimo W1 Medical received FDA clearance last year to provide continuous oxygen saturation (SpO2) and pulse rate (PR) for over-the-counter and prescription use at home and in hospitals. The combination of Masimo W1 Medical and Masimo SafetyNet allows patient data to be collected via the wrist and to be made available on the Masimo SafetyNet smartphone app and reviewed by remote caregivers, including by hospital clinicians on the web-based Masimo SafetyNet clinician portal.
Masimo W1 Medical comes with an integrated Masimo MW-1 sensor, hardware, and software module, which incorporates over 30 years of Signal Extraction Technology pulse oximetry and rainbow Pulse CO-Oximetry knowledge into a single wearable module. It has an integrated optical sensor and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode pads that can be used to detect physiological signals. The Masimo MW-1 module also processes these signals using Masimo’s proprietary signal processing algorithms to output high-resolution SpO2, PR, perfusion index (Pi), and HR from an ECG.
The continuous data from the Masimo MW-1 module is displayed in real time on the Masimo W1 watch touchscreen in an easy-to-interpret format. With the addition of Bluetooth connectivity, patients can now also take full advantage of the powerful Masimo SafetyNet app, using their phone to input additional symptoms into CarePrograms designed by their clinicians, view their live data and trends, conduct virtual visits with clinicians, and view educational resources.
In turn, clinicians back at the hospital or doctor’s office can examine data and trends and receive customized notifications within the Masimo SafetyNet clinician portal – enabling care providers to manage their patients beyond the boundaries of the hospital. With Masimo SafetyNet, clinicians gain valuable insight into how their patients’ physiological data changes as they go about their day, helping them better understand their patients so that they can identify and prioritize patients who need follow up. They can more easily track patient progress, tailor remote care programs to match each patient’s needs, and streamline their workflows with high-fidelity reports, rich analytics, and the integration of reliable medical data into electronic medical records (EMRs).
In addition to making patient data available to hospital clinicians via the clinician portal, patients can configure Masimo SafetyNet so that their data can be shared with other types of caregivers, such as a family member taking care of their elderly parents or a loved one. Remote caregivers can also receive customized updates – helping better assess when to check in with their loved one.
Making the secure transmission and storage of patient medical data possible for Masimo SafetyNet is the Masimo SafetyNet cloud: fast, scalable, and reliably available health cloud storage tailored to meet hospitals’ strict standards. The Masimo SafetyNet cloud not only provides the highest level of end-to-end encryption to ensure that data privacy and security are maintained, but gives clinicians access to trended patient data and waveforms wherever they are – supporting more informed clinical insight and analysis. In addition, the comprehensive data set stored in the cloud can be used to generate robust, highly detailed reports, making Masimo SafetyNet a true population health management platform.
Masimo SafetyNet – which also connects to other wearables, like Masimo Radius PPG for tetherless fingertip pulse oximetry and Radius Tº for continuous wireless thermometry, as well as a variety of spot-check devices – is now an even more robust, powerful, and comprehensive telemonitoring solution.
The Masimo W1 medical watch and the integrated Masimo MW-1 module are indicated for adults in hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and homes.
