In 1989, Joe Kiani founded Masimo, a global medical technology company that develops and produces a wide array of industry-leading patient monitoring technologies, hospital and home automation, connectivity, and telehealth solutions, consumer health and wellness devices, and more. In addition, Masimo Consumer Audio is home to eight legendary audio brands, including Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, and Polk Audio. Masimo’s mission is to improve life, improve patient outcomes, and reduce the cost of care.

Kiani is the co-inventor of what is now recognized as “modern pulse oximetry.” His invention overcame a problem the industry deemed “unsolvable” and reduced false alarms in pulse oximetry by 95%. With Masimo Signal Extraction Technology® (SET®), clinicians were able to reduce blindness in premature babies and more effectively screen them for critical congenital heart disease.  Read More...