Premier Signs SedLine&#0174 Supplier Agreement with Masimo Corporation

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today it has entered an agreement with Premier, a leading national healthcare group purchasing organization, for Masimo's SedLine® brain function monitoring system. Masimo was awarded the agreement through a competitive bid, marking the first time Premier will offer SedLine to its members.

SedLine technology advances neuromonitoring capabilities to help improve the care of patients under anesthesia or sedation. By continuously measuring brain activity on both sides of the brain simultaneously and providing real-time information about a patient's response to anesthesia, SedLine helps the anesthesia provider deliver the desired level of targeted sedation throughout all phases of anesthesia in the OR and ICU. In addition to offering dependable monitoring during challenging conditions such as electrocautery, SedLine's unique Density Spectral Array enables immediate detection of asymmetrical activity. Use of SedLine and its Patient State Index (PSI) has been shown to help clinicians manage patients to significantly faster emergence from anesthesia and faster recovery.1

Masimo President of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Clinical Research, Jon Coleman, stated, "We are happy that Premier recognizes the utility of our portable brain function monitor to measure the varying stages of consciousness for sedated patients. Masimo's SedLine brain function monitoring system offers the ability to continuously monitor a patient's level of anesthesia and sedation in the OR and ICU settings, helping clinicians improve patient outcomes and advance the standard of care."

Effective through July 31, 2015, Premier members may purchase Masimo SedLine brain function monitoring through Masimo's direct sales and clinical education team. For more information on Masimo SedLine, contact Jim Beyer, Vice President of Corporate Sales, at jbeyer@masimo.com.

1 Drover DR, Lemmens HJ, Pierce ET, et al. Patient State Index: titration of delivery and recovery from propofol, alfentanil, and nitrous oxide anesthesia.Anesthesiology. 2002;97:82-89.

About the Premier healthcare alliance, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,700 U.S. hospitals and 90,000 other sites using the power of collaboration and technology to lead the transformation to coordinated, high-quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier operates a leading healthcare purchasing network with more than $4 billion in annual savings. Premier also maintains the nation's largest clinical, financial and outcomes database with information on 1 in 4 patient discharges. A world leader in delivering measurable improvements in care, Premier works with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has an office in Washington. http://www.premierinc.com. Stay connected with Premier on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

About Masimo
Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) is the global leader in innovative noninvasive monitoring technologies that significantly improve patient carehelping solve "unsolvable" problems. In 1995, the company debuted Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, known as Masimo SET®, which virtually eliminated false alarms and increased pulse oximetry's ability to detect life-threatening events. More than 100 independent and objective studies have shown that Masimo SET® outperforms other pulse oximetry technologies, even under the most challenging clinical conditions, including patient motion and low peripheral perfusion. In 2005, Masimo introduced rainbow SET® Pulse CO-Oximetry technology, allowing noninvasive and continuous monitoring of blood constituents that previously required invasive procedures, including total hemoglobin (SpHb®), oxygen content (SpOCTM), carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO®), methemoglobin (SpMet®), and Pleth Variability Index (PVI®), in addition to SpO2, pulse rate, and perfusion index (PI). In 2008, Masimo introduced Patient SafetyNet, a remote monitoring and wireless clinician notification system designed to help hospitals avoid preventable deaths and injuries associated with failure to rescue events. In 2009, Masimo introduced rainbow® Acoustic MonitoringTM, the first-ever noninvasive and continuous monitoring of acoustic respiration rate (RRa). Masimo's rainbow® SET® technology platform offers a breakthrough in patient safety by helping clinicians detect life-threatening conditions and helping guide treatment options. In 2010, Masimo acquired SedLine®, a pioneer in the development of innovative brain function monitoring technology and devices. In 2012, Masimo acquired assets of Spire Semiconductor, LLC, maker of advanced light emitting diode (LED) and other advanced component-level technologies; and acquired Phasein AB, a developer and manufacturer of ultra-compact mainstream and sidestream capnography, multigas analyzers, and handheld capnometry solutions. Masimo SET® and Masimo rainbow® SET® technologies also can be found in over 100 multiparameter patient monitors from over 50 medical device manufacturers around the world. Founded in 1989, Masimo has the mission of "Improving Patient Outcome and Reducing Cost of Care by Taking Noninvasive Monitoring to New Sites and Applications®." Additional information about Masimo and its products may be found at www.masimo.com.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in connection with the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations about future events affecting us and are subject to risks and uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control and could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in our forward-looking statements as a result of various risk factors, including, but not limited to: risks related to our belief that SedLine facilitates more individualized titration of anesthesia that leads to patients receiving significantly less anesthetic and recovering faster, risks related to our assumptions of the repeatability of clinical results obtained, and risks related to our assumptions that SedLine will facilitate immediate detection of asymmetrical activity in all patients, as well as other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which may be obtained for free at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we do not know whether our expectations will prove correct. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of today's date. We do not undertake any obligation to update, amend or clarify these forward-looking statements or the "Risk Factors" contained in our most recent reports filed with the SEC, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under the applicable securities laws.

Media Contacts:
Mike Drummond
Masimo Corporation
(949) 297-7434
mdrummond@masimo.com

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