A Technology Overview of the NellcorTM OxiMax Pulse Oximetry System

Why Nellcor Developed the OxiMax Pulse Oximetry System The introduction of the OxiMax Pulse Oximetry System brought Nellcor’s fifth-generation pulse oximetry technology to market and marked a fundamental shift in one of the design tenets of pulse oximeters. In the first four generations of Nellcor pulse oximetry, beginning with the N-100 Pulse Oximeter introduced in the early 1980s, we focused attention on the hardware and software algorithms that read and decipher the signals provided by the sensors. As Nellcor pulse oximetry technology evolved over the years, Nellcor expanded its line of sensor products, offering a variety of single-patient-use and reusable sensors for interfacing with the patient.