The goal of Masimo is to provide the best possible treatment for patients by expanding the use of non-invasive monitoring across many fields. The Centroid by Masimo enables clinicians to have more control over what used to be considered a “never event” – pressure ulcers, which are often caused by medical errors.

The device has an adhesive attachment placed anywhere on the skin and pairs wirelessly to the Root® Patient Monitoring and Connectivity Platform via Bluetooth. Root® monitors the motion and can detect any change in position, appearing on the screen display as a human figure. It uses color-coded markers to distinguish the different levels of risk posed by static at a given time. 

The Centroid design is for patients at risk for having little to no daily movement, whether during an extended hospital stay or for those that are wheelchair-bound and restricted in their range of motion or unable to get regular physical activity due to a disability. A lack of changing positions can result in a pressure sore anywhere on the body. Pressure sores are serious issues that affect approximately 2.5 million people a year in the US and cause 60,000 directly correlated deaths. However, they are avoidable with consistent monitoring of movement, which is one of the services that Centroid provides, in addition to monitoring activity levels and respiration rate. Some alerts warn physicians on their smart devices if a patient has been still for too long, which helps to initiate proper patient movement protocols; similar notifications of sudden movements by the patient can help prevent falls and injuries.