IRVINE, Calif. & CULVER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI), a global leader in noninvasive monitoring technologies, and NantHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: NH), a next-generation, evidence-based, personalized healthcare company, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which Masimo will acquire the Connected Care assets from NantHealth, Inc. for a $47.25 million upfront cash payment. NantHealth’s Connected Care solutions provide medical device interoperability to hospitals and health systems. The portfolio includes DCX™ device connectivity (formerly known as DeviceConX™), VCX™ patient vitals software (formerly known as VitalsConX™), HBox® connectivity hub, and Shuttle interface cable.
The acquisition supports Masimo’s goal to help hospitals improve the continuum of great care through hospital automation, connectivity, and innovative noninvasive monitoring technologies. The Connected Care franchise is an established leader in providing connectivity solutions to hospitals, enabling streamlined collection and storage of medical device data through a vendor-agnostic platform into the EHR or other clinical information systems.
“One of the strategic priorities for Masimo is, through our Hospital Automation solutions, to reduce clinician cognitive overload and reduce errors of omission. Through connectivity, predictive algorithms, and decision support, we hope to improve the continuum of great care. The connectivity assets we are acquiring are completely in line with our mission as they will help accelerate our internal growth initiatives in this area,” said Joe Kiani, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Masimo. “Not only does Connected Care immediately increase our customer footprint but also provides us with products which complement our current portfolio. As a result, we are very excited to welcome the Connected Care’s talented team to Masimo and look forward to realizing our vision together.”
Patrick Soon-Shiong, MBBCh, MSc, FRCS (C), NantHealth Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, said, “Our decision to sell the Connected Care business enables us to focus on accelerating growth for our NaviNet® and Eviti® SaaS solutions, our data and molecular analytics capabilities, and pursue other strategically aligned goals. We believe Masimo has the best connectivity solutions, and we are delighted to have found the right home for our Connected Care business and our committed team of employees. We are working with Masimo to ensure a smooth transition for our Connected Care customers.”
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020, subject to customary closing conditions. Masimo expects to fund the acquisition with existing cash on hand. The estimated financial impact of the transaction is included in Masimo’s full-year 2020 financial guidance, which is being issued in a separate press release today.
About Masimo
Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) is a global medical technology company that develops and produces a wide array of industry-leading monitoring technologies, including innovative measurements, sensors, patient monitors, and automation and connectivity solutions. Our mission is to improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of care. Masimo SET® Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion™ pulse oximetry, introduced in 1995, has been shown in over 100 independent and objective studies to outperform other pulse oximetry technologies.1 Masimo SET® has also been shown to help clinicians reduce severe retinopathy of prematurity in neonates,2 improve CCHD screening in newborns,3 and, when used for continuous monitoring with Masimo Patient SafetyNet™ in post-surgical wards, reduce rapid response team activations, ICU transfers, and costs.4-6 Masimo SET® is estimated to be used on more than 100 million patients in leading hospitals and other healthcare settings around the world,7 and is the primary pulse oximetry at 9 of the top 10 hospitals according to the 2019-20 U.S. News and World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll.8 Masimo continues to refine SET® and in 2018, announced that SpO2 accuracy on RD SET® sensors during conditions of motion has been significantly improved, providing clinicians with even greater confidence that the SpO2 values they rely on accurately reflect a patient’s physiological status. In 2005, Masimo introduced rainbow® Pulse CO-Oximetry technology, allowing noninvasive and continuous monitoring of blood constituents that previously could only be measured invasively, including total hemoglobin (SpHb®), oxygen content (SpOC™), carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO®), methemoglobin (SpMet®), Pleth Variability Index (PVi®), RPVi™ (rainbow® PVi), and Oxygen Reserve Index (ORi™). In 2013, Masimo introduced the Root® Patient Monitoring and Connectivity Platform, built from the ground up to be as flexible and expandable as possible to facilitate the addition of other Masimo and third-party monitoring technologies; key Masimo additions include Next Generation SedLine® Brain Function Monitoring, O3® Regional Oximetry, and ISA™ Capnography with NomoLine® sampling lines. Masimo’s family of continuous and spot-check monitoring Pulse CO-Oximeters® includes devices designed for use in a variety of clinical and non-clinical scenarios, including tetherless, wearable technology, such as Radius-7® and Radius PPG™, portable devices like Rad-67™, fingertip pulse oximeters like MightySat® Rx, and devices available for use both in the hospital and at home, such as Rad-97®. Masimo hospital automation and connectivity solutions are centered around the Iris® platform, and include Iris Gateway®, Patient SafetyNet, Replica™, Halo ION™, UniView™, and Doctella™. Additional information about Masimo and its products may be found at www.masimo.com. Published clinical studies on Masimo products can be found at www.masimo.com/evidence/featured-studies/feature/.
