Tag: Nonin Medical
Nonin gets OK for OTC oximeter
December 3, 2024HME News Staff
PLYMOUTH, Minn. – Nonin Medical has secured U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for the TruO2 OTC, an over-the-counter fingertip pulse oximeter that’s accurate for patients of all skin colors. It’s the company’s first FDA-cleared, over-the-counter fingertip pulse oximeter. “Over the past several years, the U.S. market has been flooded with poor quality health and wellness-grade pulse oximeters which are not regulated by the FDA,” said John Hastings, CEO...
Medixine, Nonin Medical partner to leverage overnight oximetry as pre-screening tool for oxygen, sleep therapy
April 23, 2024HME News Staff
ESPOO, Finland – Finnish health tech company Medixine has strengthened its presence in the U.S. market with “a deepened technological partnership” with Nonin Medical, a manufacturer of wearable and noninvasive medical monitoring devices. The new partnership will combine Medixine’s digital remote patient monitoring software platform with Nonin’s pulse oximetry devices. “In deepening our partnership with Nonin Medical, we’re setting ambitious goals together...
In brief: AdaptHealth increases credit, Permobil goes Progeo, Alick’s buys Pill Box
April 30, 2021HME News Staff
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – AdaptHealth has expanded its credit by $300 million to boost acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.
The company amended its senior secured credit facilities to increase its term loan by $100 million and to expand the maximum borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility from $250 million to $450 million.
“We appreciate the support of the company’s lenders as we continue to execute on the company’s...
Nonin Medical marks anniversary
April 27, 2021HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS – Nonin Medical is celebrating 35 years in business in the coming months with the largest number of product launches in the company’s history. Over the past three decades the company has introduced dozens of medical monitoring solutions, including the first portable pulse oximeter and first fingertip pulse oximeter, it says. "We are so proud that for the past 35 years, millions of Nonin's devices have generated billions of measurements, improving healthcare outcomes for...
Nonin names new board members
January 14, 2021HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS – Nonin Medical has appointed four new members to its board of directors. They are Brett Edelson, CEO, United Healthcare of Minn., N.D. and S.D.; Rob Kill, CEO, Parata Systems; Jennifer Myster, president, Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital and HealthPartners Home and Community Services; and Sven Wehrwein, director, Atricure, SPS Commerce and Proto Labs. “Looking to the future of Nonin, we are confident the new board members are uniquely qualified to support the...
Nonin recognized by Inc. Magazine
December 3, 2020HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS - Nonin Medical has been named to Inc.'s inaugural Best in Business list in the health products category. The list is meant to honor companies that have gone above and beyond to make a difference. "I couldn't be prouder of what the incredible employees at Nonin have done to address the needs of the health care industry during these trying times,” said Dave Hemink, CEO of Nonin Medical, a manufacturer of pulse oximeters. “Having Nonin named to Inc.'s Best in Business for Health...
Nonin Medical shakes up management
July 1, 2016HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS - Nonin Medical has made several changes to its senior leadership team. Mattew Prior has been named vice president of business development; he was previously vice president of product development. Greg Rausch has been named vice president of product development; he was previously director of advanced technology. Jill Wroblewski has been named senior director of marketing; she was previously director of business development. The changes, effective immediately, are meant to more quickly...
In brief: NSM up for sale, provider blames cuts for closures
May 20, 2016HME News Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Wellspring Capital Management is shopping for a buyer for National Seating & Mobility, according to news reports last week.
The private equity firm has hired Piper Jaffray, an investment bank and asset management firm offering M&A services, to find a buyer for the complex rehab provider, which it says could be worth $400 million, according to an item on Fortune.com citing The Wall Street Journal.
Wellspring Capital acquired NSM in early 2013. At the time, the provider had...
Study: Not all oximeters are equal
May 19, 2016HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS - Nonin Medical this week announced the results of an independent study that demonstrates its PureSAT pulse ox technology captures and reports deteriorating patient conditions better than other brands. Boulder, Colo.-based Clinimark Laboratories tested three oximeters: one from Nonin and two from other, large manufacturers. Two of them did not provide the clinical accuracy required to track desaturations in patients with low blood circulation and labored breathing, according to a press...
Nonin launches program, partnership
November 11, 2015HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Nonin Medical has partnered with Tri-anim Health Services to offer its COPD Seamless Treatment and Exacerbation Prevention (STEP) Plan to hospitals, it announced in a release this week. The STEP Plan, which includes Nonin's GO2 personal pulse oximeter, has a four-pillar approach: care-team alignment, in-patient hospital care plan, outpatient home care plan, and home-care devices to help hospitals reduce readmissions and costs, while improving patient outcomes and quality of life.