Royal Philips Electronics, a global leader in healthcare products, announced a series of new portable, compact patient monitors that provides a reliable, yet affordable means to observe and care for patients. The new Philips SureSigns VM3, which is currently available in India is the first Philips patient monitor designed for emerging markets.
According to the company, healthcare services in India are rapidly changing. In order to meet the increasing demand for quality care, people in urban areas have seen the construction of new, state-of-the-art hospitals and associated satellite facilities, while others are increasingly seeking care at smaller nursing homes and clinics. This has fuelled the demand for healthcare equipments across segments and the growth of the Indian patient monitoring equipment market is estimated to reach USD 42 million in 2010. Philips plans to garner a market share of 40 per cent by 2010 through its diverse range of patient monitoring equipment.
"The SureSigns VM3 leverages the high-quality platform of Philips' industry leading patient monitoring portfolio," said Anjan Bose, senior director and business head, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, Philips Healthcare India. "Combining advanced software and technology in a compact economical package, the VM3 is the perfect solution for caregivers across the wide variety of clinical environments we see here in India. This launch reaffirms our commitment to the Indian market, leveraging Philips' global expertise to introduce technologically advanced offerings tailored to this market.
According to the company, it offers vital signs measurement and monitoring in an easy-to-use system that can be used in various departments throughout the hospital, nursing homes, private practices and rural clinics, as well as ambulances and mobile facilities. Like all other Philips SureSigns products, the VM3 is easy to set up, learn, use, and support, with intuitive navigation and colour displays that are bright and easy to read, even in low-light situations. In addition, Philips also launched the SureSigns Vital Signs Viewer (VSV) to complement their entire VM-series patient monitors, company claimed.
The VSV is an affordable, reliable, and simple way to provide the benefits of central viewing and alarming without the complexity and expense of a traditional PC-based central station. Central viewing and alarming can benefit any care area with a high patient-to-caregiver ratio. Having a clear picture of each patient's status, at a single glance, helps improve patient care and helps relieve stress on nursing staff, company further added.