Discovering Breakthrough Performance
When Joe Kiani and Mohamed Diab looked at the same pulse oximetry signal differently than anyone had before, they created new possibilities. By employing advanced signal processing techniques–including parallel engines and adaptive filters–they believed they could find the true arterial signal that would allow accurate monitoring of arterial oxygen saturation and pulse rate, even during the most challenging conditions. Signal Extraction Technology®, or Masimo SET®, assumes that both the arterial and venous blood can move and uses parallel signal processing engines–DST®, FST®, SST™, and MST™–to separate the arterial signal from sources of noise (including the venous signal) to measure SpO2 and pulse rate accurately, even during motion.
After six years of dedicated and focused research and development, Masimo SET® debuted in 1995 at the Society for Technology in Anesthesia and won the prestigious Excellence in Technology Innovation Award. Thereafter, skeptical clinicians around the world sought to compare Masimo SET® to the best pulse oximetry technologies other companies had to offer. But in study after study, the signal processing of Masimo SET®consistently resulted in significantly fewer false alarms and true alarm detection.