Masimo announces CE mark for Lidco BIC module

Masimo announced the CE mark, under the European Union Medical Device Regulation, for the Lidco board-in-cable, or BIC, module. The Lidco BIC module is designed to connect to multi-patient monitoring platforms, like the Masimo Root Patient Monitoring and Connectivity Hub, to provide advanced hemodynamic monitoring. With this solution, clinicians can easily add Lidco hemodynamic monitoring – with its PulseCO algorithm – to their Root patient monitoring hubs. Like the PulseCO algorithm, the Lidco module is pressure transducer agnostic, maximizing flexibility for clinicians and hospitals. For the first time, there is now a solution that can enable hemodynamic monitoring alongside other supported parameters without having a dedicated hemodynamic monitoring box. The Lidco module supports everything from powerful guided protocols, designed to help assess fluid responsiveness, to rich trending data and notifications for beat-by-beat pressure analysis that can be displayed in the most helpful configurations for each patient on the Root monitor. Combining Masimo rainbow Pulse CO-Oximetry and Lidco hemodynamic monitoring brings the potential for significant new insights into patient status.