2007, The Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA) an international organization of physicians, engineers, students and others with an interest in anesthesia-related technologies, has chosen M. R. Macknet, MD and a team of researchers at Loma Linda University’s Department of Anesthesiology as the recipients of this year’s STA Excellence in Technology Innovation Award for their study showing that a preliminary Masimo engineering prototype can accurately measure total hemoglobin continuously and noninvasively. This award recognizes excellence in technologies that benefit patients and caregivers in the area anesthesiology especially technologies that address high priority needs of the practice of anesthesia. This is the third time Masimo technology has won such a prestigious award from the Society of Technology in Anesthesia. In 1995, the company won the Excellence in Technology Innovation award for the foundational technology of Masimo SET, the first pulse oximetry technology to provide accurate and reliable SpO2 measurements during motion and low peripheral perfusion. In 2006, Masimo Rainbow SET won the Application of Technology award for creating the first technology to provide noninvasive measurement of carboxyhemoglobin and methemoglobin levels in the blood.
