Nose For A Good Tech? Philips Adds Nasal Alar Pulse Oximetry To Monitoring Portfolio

Philips has added a new pulse oximetry platform to its patient monitoring portfolio, with the acquisition of Xhale Assurance.

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Philips Healthcare has acquired Xhale Assurance Inc. to add a novel pulse oximetry technology to complement its patient monitoring portfolio, which already offers the marketing-leading Rainbow SET pulse oximetry products from Masimo Corp.

Philips announced Aug. 29 that it bought Florida-based Xhale, developer of the SpO2 sensor, for an undisclosed sum. Xhale was...

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