/24-7PressRelease/ - SAN MATEO, CA, March 29, 2007 - Sensitron, Inc., an international market leader in wireless point-of-care solutions, announced that it has successfully completed the careTrends interface to CASMED 's 740 multi-parameter vital signs monitor. This new interface was demonstrated at the Health Information Management Systems and Society (HIMSS) Conference in New Orleans recently.
Sensitron's careTrends is used to collect patient data at the point-of care and wirelessly transfer it to a hospital's electronic medical record (EMR). This breakthrough system minimizes transcription errors and eliminates lag time between the reading, capture and documentation of clinical data. The interface to the CASMED 740 provides a wireless solution to document vital signs information such as non-invasive blood pressure, pulse oximetry, temperature, and heart rate.
CASMED is a medical device company focused on innovative, non-invasive vital signs monitoring. Andrew Kersey, CASMED's Chief Operating Officer, stated, "We are pleased to add Sensitron's wireless careTrends interface to our list of EMR solutions available to customers. We believe the Sensitron careTrends interface to the CASMED 740 has the potential to improve the standard of patient care in a facility while reducing overall costs."
Rajiv Jaluria, Chief Executive Officer and President of Sensitron, Inc., added, "Our new interface to the CASMED product will allow Sensitron to further penetrate the hospital vital signs monitoring market by expanding the number of monitors that are careTrends -ready. We look forward to continuing to expand our relationship with CASMED into other markets and products."
About Sensitron, Inc.
Sensitron, Inc., based in San Mateo, Calif., is an international wireless healthcare innovations company that has developed careTrends for the med-surg units and Critical careTrends for the critical/intensive care units, both of which communicate vital signs and other data from wirelessly-enabled, legacy point-of-care medical devices at the patient bedside. Sensitron, Inc. was founded in 1997, is a privately-held company and is expanding internationally via channel partners.
http://www.sensitron.net
650-232-2330
About CASMED - NASDAQ: CASM (
www.casmed.com)
Founded in 1984, CAS Medical Systems, Inc. is dedicated to the design and manufacture of innovative technologies and products vital to patient care in the most challenging clinical environments. Its product lines include blood pressure measurement technology, vital signs monitoring equipment, blood pressure cuffs, cerebral oximeters, apnea monitoring equipment and products for neonatal intensive care. With a reputation for the highest quality products available in the markets it serves, CASMED products are used by clinicians worldwide.
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