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IRVINE, Calif. and ANDOVER, Mass. – Masimo and Royal Philips have announced an expansion of their partnership to augment remote patient monitoring capabilities in home telehealth applications with the Masimo W1 advanced health tracking watch.   “Expanding our partnership with Philips in this way is a win-win for patients and clinicians everywhere and is an important part of our multi-year plan to bring the best of hospital monitoring to the home, while continuing to improve access...

AMSTERDAM – Royal Philips and the Philips Foundation are providing support, including hospital relief, financial support and supplies, for displaced Ukrainian citizens to help address the unfolding humanitarian crisis. “We strongly condemn the war in Ukraine and are deeply concerned and saddened by the devastating impact it is having on the country’s people,” said Frans van Houten, CEO of Royal Philips. “We are working hard to help those impacted by this crisis, including...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Royal Philips has once again landed on the Forbes “America’s Best Employers of 2022” list. Philips ranked 330 on the list. “At Philips, our purpose is to improve 2.5 billion lives a year by 2030, including 400 million in underserved communities,” said Richard Kranz, head of human resources at Philips North America. “This can only be accomplished with a team of dedicated professionals who share a passion to put our healthcare partners and patients...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Royal Philips has earned a top spot on “America’s Best Employers of 2021” list by Forbes. Philips ranked 135 out of the top 500 large companies nationally, moving up 21 spots from the previous list. “Being named a best employer in America is a significant achievement in the best of times,” said Richard Kranz, head of HR at Philips North America. “However, receiving this recognition from employees in the midst of a global pandemic validates...

AMSTERDAM & IRVINE, Calif. - Masimo and Royal Philips have reinforced their partnership whereby Philips integrates additional Masimo measurement technologies into select IntelliVue MX-series multi-parameter monitors to help clinicians assess cerebral oximetry and ventilation status. “As a global leader in health technology, we are delighted to reinforce our partnership with Masimo, bringing their advanced measurements to our innovative IntelliVue patient monitors, thereby making them even more...

MURRYSVILLE, Pa. - Adaptive servo ventilation is an effective treatment for patients with complex sleep apnea, according to a new study from Royal Philips. The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, compared four ASV devices with different algorithms, including the Philips DreamStation BiPAP autoSV, and the ASV device that was originally associated with greater mortality in patients during a trial in 2015. This study suggests that the underlying adverse...

AMSTERDAM - Royal Philips has sold its 10 millionth DreamWear CPAP mask and cushion. The mask, which features a modular frame system that works interchangeably with nasal, pillow and full-face cushions, launched three years ago. “The invention of the DreamWear mask was not just an incremental improvement on existing CPAP mask designs, but a generational leap forward in terms of comfort and usability,” said John Frank, business leader of Sleep & Respiratory Care at Philips.

LAS VEGAS and AMSTERDAM - Royal Philips has expanded its SmartSleep suite of solutions in America. The product portfolio aims to offer consumers with solutions that can address a wide range of sleep issues from insomnia to snoring, according to a press release. Those solutions, introduced at CES 2019 in Las Vegas, include the SmartSleep Snoring Relief Band, SmartSleep Better Sleep Program, SmartSleep Analyzer, SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband, and SmartSleep Sleep and Wake-Up Light (Somneo Connected)....

AMSTERDAM - Royal Philips has launched a global awareness campaign to celebrate everyday wins by COPD patients and their providers and caregivers. The campaign, set to start on World COPD Day on Nov. 21, seeks to inspire patients and help them improve their overall quality of life."COPD often presents challenges for patients to partake in daily activities," said Dr. Teofilo Lee-Chiong, chief medical liaison at Philips in a press release. "While COPD is a chronic condition, it doesn't need to be a...

AMSTERDAM - Royal Philips has made its wirelessly connected Trilogy family of portable ventilators commercially available in North America. The Bluetooth-enabled devices, which connect to Care Orchestrator, deliver data directly to mobile devices or the desktops of healthcare providers multiple times per day, allowing them to make clinical decisions more proactively, according to a press release. Care Orchestrator is a cloud-based software application that enables data, clinical management workflow,...