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Aspect Medical Systems, Inc. is launching its BISx Power Link system, a novel BIS™ monitoring solution that provides the processing technology required to obtain BIS information from a single, portable device the size of a hockey puck.

The new BISx Power Link interfaces with monitoring systems made by leading manufacturers to display a patient's BIS information along with other vital signs. The BISx Power Link provides users with flexible 'plug and play' BIS solutions that work with the majority of patient monitoring platforms -- from high-end systems in the operating room and intensive care unit, to pre-configured systems in ambulatory surgery centers or procedural sedation locations.

Aspect recently coordinated an early evaluation release of the BISx Power Link at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D, and received positive feedback. "Our initial impression of the BISx Power Link is very favorable," said Scott Carter, Altru's lead CRNA for product evaluations. "The ergonomics, functionality and ease-of-use are greatly improved and the clamp-style housing attaches to nearly anything. Furthermore, the monitoring cables and the BIS engine housing are durable and well protected."

Patient monitoring systems that are equipped to interface with BISx or a BIS Module will be referred to as "BIS Ready,™" and will be fully capable of displaying consciousness monitoring information throughout the continuum of healthcare settings. Aspect's OEM partners that will be BIS Ready include Datascope, Dixtal, Draeger Medical, GE Healthcare, Nihon Kohden, Philips and Spacelabs.

Draeger Medical will be one of the first companies to offer customers BIS Ready solutions with the BISx Power Link for use across the majority of its current and future multi-parameter patient monitoring systems. "Our customers have been using BIS monitoring with Aspect's A-2000 for quite a while, and we're proud to be improving our offering by rolling out our fully integrated BIS Ready products," said Soma Chatterjee, Product Manager for Draeger Medical Systems, Inc. "BIS is one more valuable tool to help anesthesiologists provide better patient care, and Draeger Medical has never had a BIS solution that's been as well-integrated and easy to use." Draeger Medical expects that its BIS Ready Infinity monitors* will begin shipping internationally in the Fall of 2004 and domestically by the end of the year.

*Draeger Medical Systems' support for the Infinity BISx pod requires 510(k) review and is not yet available commercially in the U.S.. Draeger Medical Systems' support for the Infinity BISx Pod is not yet licensed in accordance with Canadian Medical Device Regulations.

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