The UAE Emirates Health Services (EHS), in partnership with Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI), is introducing the Masimo W1™, a wrist-worn wearable health device, at Arab Health 2022. The first of its kind, the Masimo W1 watch offers accurate, continuous medically relevant measurements and telehealth capabilities – from a leader in hospital noninvasive monitoring technology, hospital automation, and telemonitoring solutions – in a personal, discreet, lifestyle-friendly wearable.

W1 allows continuous monitoring of multiple parameters – including oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse rate, and respiration rate (RR), as well as fall detection and electrocardiogram (ECG) (with afibrillation detection), based on Masimo’s decades of experience in advanced signal processing and revolutionary noninvasive monitoring solutions for hospitals. In fact, Masimo SET® pulse oximetry technology – estimated to be used to monitor more than 200 million patients each year1 – has been shown in more than 100 independent studies to outperform other technologies.2

Masimo SET® pulse oximetry is already deployed throughout the UAE with Masimo SafetyNet®, which patients have been using to monitor their physiological status from home throughout the COVID pandemic, using the Masimo tetherless Radius PPG™ and smartphone app. The data, relayed to the secure Masimo SafetyNet cloud, allows clinicians to remotely keep track of patient status, potentially allowing them to intervene sooner if a patient’s health declines.

Now, Masimo is bringing that same expertise to the W1 to monitor patients with a variety of chronic conditions, people recovering after surgery, and even the everyday health of UAE citizens. The Masimo W1 allows users to keep track of multiple parameters, continuously, even while going about daily activities. Like Masimo’s Radius PPG, the W1 pairs via Bluetooth® with the user’s smartphone, the Masimo Home Health Hub, and the Masimo SafetyNet app for in-depth immediate feedback as well as to track progress over time – and offers the same robust telemonitoring capabilities. Using the secure Masimo SafetyNet cloud service customized for Emirates Health Services, users can share results with UAE clinicians, who in turn are able to provide monitoring to help keep track of their citizens’ health and intervene as needed if there are signs of decline in physiological status, such as abnormally low SpO2, heart activity, or high or low pulse rate or respiration rate.

Joe Kiani, Founder and CEO of Masimo, said, “We are excited to debut the Masimo W1 at Arab Health, extend our partnership with Emirates Heath Services, and bring these innovative capabilities to the citizens of the UAE, who already benefit from some of our most advanced monitoring and telemonitoring solutions. The W1 represents the first wrist-worn medical-grade continuous health monitoring watch, opening up numerous possibilities for personal and remote monitoring of overall, everyday health, extending to chronic conditions, recovery progress after surgery, and beyond.”